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2022 Ranked #10,705

Sunny Day Sardines

A set-collection game has cannery workers gather sardines and turn them in to fulfill orders for points. Players choose between collecting fish or completing available orders, and the highest score earns employee recognition.

Card Game Contracts Open Drafting Animals: Fish / Fishes

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

6.57

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.9/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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Welcome to Sunny Day Sardines cannery! Competition is tough for the coveted Employee of the Month Award.

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Welcome to Sunny Day Sardines cannery! Competition is tough for the coveted Employee of the Month Award. Do you have what it takes to gather fish and pack the most orders? If so, then you’re hired! Sunny Day Sardines is a fun and quick pocket sized game where players take turns gathering sardines and using them to complete orders for points. Whoever has the most points at the end of the game wins and is named the Employee of the Month at the Sunny Day Sardines cannery. This travel size game even comes in a metal tin! Sunny Day Sardines is a family fun game with easy to learn rules suitable for all ages. Game play is quick to explain and get right to playing. Let's find out how: On a player's turn they can do one of two things: collect two fish from the market (two different single fish cards or one double fish card) OR turn in fish they've already collected to complete order cards from the display. Players will take turns until the last order card is placed into the display, then finish the round. Most points from collected order cards wins! -description from publisher

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–3
Play time
15 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jeremiah Acevedo

Artists

2
Chip Cole Matt Paquette & Co.

Publishers

1
25th Century Games

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