Sushi Go

Designer

Phil Walker-Harding (Phil81) - https://boardgamegeek.com/user/Phil81

Publisher: Gamewright

• Adventureland Games
• Cocktail Games
• Devir
• Gamewright
• Kanga Games
• Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd
• uplay.it edizioni
• White Goblin Games
• Zoch Verlag

Rules

Edition 2:

• GameWright Rules - http://www.gamewright.com/gamewright/pdfs/Rules/SushiGoTM-RULES.pdf

Edition 1:

• Sushi Go! English Rules | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/88800/sushi-go-english-rules

Variants

6+ Players

The upcoming sequel to Sushi Go!, Sushi Go Party! will allow for 6-8 players. Among many other features, it allows you to essentially play the original game but with 2-8 players.

However, if you really want to try a 2 deck variant of the original game for 6-8, here's the simplest way to do it:

Play with 2 decks shuffled together. Maki rolls score 6/4/2 points for 1st/2nd/3rd. In 6 player games, deal 10 cards to each player per round. In 7 player games, deal 9 cards to each player per round. In 8 player games, deal 8 cards to each player per round.

While this works, it isn't completely satisfying, as you can have some imbalanced rounds based on what is dealt out from the (now humungous) deck!

-- Phil Walker-Harding [1]

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6/7 players | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/911193/67-players

2 decks, up to 10 players? | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1169826/2-decks-10-players

Has Anyone Come Up with a Good 6-7 Player Variant? | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1005137/has-anyone-come-good-6-7-player-variant

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"The best way to expand the game would be to simply add more cards. I have actually come up with a variant for 6-8 players with 2 decks. I'll post it here once I'm totally happy with it. " -- Phil Walker-Harding [2]

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"Hi David, I'm actually working on a 6-8 player version. The main issue with just putting 2 decks together is that sushi roll scoring goes a bit wonky with more than 5 players! But it is playable." -- Phil Walker-Harding [3]

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"No at this stage nothing is happening with the 6-8 player version. However the basic idea was going to be: add more cards for more players, and change the roll scoring to 6/4/2 points for 1st/2nd/3rd place in 6-8 player games. Feel free to grab a second copy of the game and experiment with these ideas if you like!" -- Phil Walker-Harding [4]

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"I did experiment with a 6-8 player variant which required two copies of the game to play. The only major rules difference was adding points for third place in the sushi roll scoring each round. In the end, it didn't seem exciting enough to warrant buying two copies. Although I may return to it at some point and post the rules.

A version where the deck is reshuffled each round could potentially work, although the fact that the puddings cannot be reshuffled could make for some weird rounds with big "pudding swings". Worth thinking about though!" -- Phil Walker-Harding [5]

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Phil Walker-Harding (Designer)

The upcoming sequel to Sushi Go!, Sushi Go Party! will allow for 6-8 players. Among many other features, it allows you to essentially play the original game but with 2-8 players.

However, if you really want to try a 2 deck variant of the original game for 6-8, here's the simplest way to do it:

Play with 2 decks shuffled together. Maki rolls score 6/4/2 points for 1st/2nd/3rd. In 6 player games, deal 10 cards to each player per round. In 7 player games, deal 9 cards to each player per round. In 8 player games, deal 8 cards to each player per round.

While this works, it isn't completely satisfying, as you can have some imbalanced rounds based on what is dealt out from the (now humungous) deck!

In Sushi Go Party the points for ties are not split between players like in the original. Instead tied players all get the full amount. So this is the only way I have tested this scoring. I would say to use the original game's scoring style, the following would make sense: If 2 players tie for a placing in rolls scoring, the next placing below is not awarded. e.g. If 2 people tie for first, second place gets 2 points not 4. If 2 people tie for second, third is not awarded. Hope that helps!

Source: 2 decks, up to 10 players? | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1169826/2-decks-10-players

Division Variant

Dividing Sushi Rolls and Puddings | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/983288/dividing-sushi-rolls-and-puddings

Sushi Roll ties:

Add together the points from first and second place (9 points total) and evenly divide them among the players with the most sushi rolls. The player with the second highest number of sushi rolls receives the remaining points (if any).

EXAMPLES

• In case of a two-way tie for first, both players get four points. One point is awarded to the third place player (the one with the second highest number of sushi rolls). If two or more players are tied for third place, none of them receive points.
• In case of a three-way tie for first, all tied players received three points each. No points are awarded to the player with the next highest number of sushi rolls.
• In case of a four-way tie for first, all tied players receive two points each. 1 point is awarded to the player with the next highest number of sushi rolls.

Pudding ties:

• In case of a tie for the most/least puddings, divide points evenly among tied players, discarding any remainder.

EXAMPLES

• Two players tie for the most puddings = 3 points each.
• Three players tie for least number of puddings = -2 points each.
• Four players tie for most puddings = 1 point each.

Least Points Win

Poison Sushi -- Phil Walker-Harding [6]

Least points win | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1297986/least-points-win

How low can you go? | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1218002/how-low-can-you-go

Rainbow Bonus

Taste the Rainbow Bonus | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/thread/1045059/taste-rainbow-bonus

Sushi Go!: Soy Sauce Promo | BoardGameGeek Store - http://boardgamegeekstore.com/products/sushi-go-soy-sauce-promo

• A mini expansion for Sushi Go! includes four copies of a new "Soy Sauce" card that will score four points to the player who collects the most variety of colors in a round.

Errata

2nd Place Maki Roll Rules

Any differences between English Second Edition and Multilingual First Edition? | Sushi Go! | BoardGameGeek - https://boardgamegeek.com/article/21634169#21634169

The Maki Roll rules are different. In the Gamewright version you can collect 3 points for 2nd place WITHOUT taking any Maki Rolls. The first edition specifically stated that you must take a Maki Roll card to score any Maki Roll points.

Personally, I like the first edition rules for Maki. I think it was just an accidental omission on the part of Gamewright, but hard to tell.