Koi Pond: A Coy Card Game

What is Koi Pond: A Coy Card Game

Game description from the publisher:

Koi Pond: A Coy Card Game is a lovely, clever game for 2-4 players. Collect colorful koi fish and choose whether to place them in your pond or in your house. You'll score points only for the *lower* number, though, so keep your pond and house as balanced as you can. Your pond is public, but your house is secret. To win, you have to be...coy!

Each turn, players take turns drawing a card from the face-down deck or from the face-up "lake" until everyone has three new cards in hand. Then all players simultaneously choose from amongst their entire hand one card to add to their personal pond and one to discard to their personal "river". Cards in your river will eventually go to the lake, so choose carefully.

After six turns, the round ends. Score points by comparing the total number of koi of a suit in your pond and your house. Score points equal to the *lower* number. Score each suit of koi in this manner. If a crane, housecat or turtle is in your pond, you score bonus points for koi of that noted suit in your opponent's pond (crane), house (housecat) or river (turtle). Which opponent depends on the number of players and the current round.

Game details

Players

2–4

Age

+10

Duration

20 min

Difficulty

Light

Type

Board game

Year

2013

Mechanics

Hand Management · Open Drafting · Set Collection

Categories

Abstract Strategy · Animals · Card Game

Designer

Daniel Solis

Publisher

Shanghai Creative Tree Cultural Spreading Co. LTD. · Smart Play Games