The Tabletop Takeaway: A Board Game Design Podcast · Ananda Guneratne, Charlie McCarron, Trevor Muller-Hegel

111. Hey, That's My Fish!

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Penguins battle on melting ice floes in Hey, That's My Fish, where each move permanently alters the board.
The hosts analyze the abstract strategy game Hey, That's My Fish, discussing its mechanics like sliding movement, territory splitting, and zero-level heuristics. They explore how the game creates tension through multiple penguins and emergent strategies, comparing it to other games like Domain and chess.

As heard by us

A concise look at movement, blocking, and point chasing in an abstract strategy game.

The episode frames Hey, That's My Fish! as a lean abstract strategy game: penguins move across a hex grid, claim fish, and leave the board broken up behind them.

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Why you'd press play

You want a clean lesson in area control with just enough penguin chaos.

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