Table feel
Moderate interaction with a good balance between direct confrontation and strategic depth.
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Swordfish
Swordfish is a German game on the fishing and the commerce of swordfish. Close to the North Atlantic continental shelf is a group of shallow underwater plateaus called Grand Banks. This area is unique because the cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream...
Players
2-6
Time
?-?
Age
14+
Weight
2.88
Rating
5.87
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Moderate interaction with a good balance between direct confrontation and strategic depth.
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.0
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Swordfish has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, strategic depth, and scalability. The presence of expansions adds to the replay value. The game offers a moderate level of easiness to learn, making it accessible to a wide range of players. Overall, Swordfish provides fresh and engaging experiences with room for improvement in strategy, making it highly replayable.
Luck profile
Swordfish has a moderate level of luck involved in the game. Random elements like dice rolls or card draws have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game outcome is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
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Swordfish is a German game on the fishing and the commerce of swordfish. Close to the North Atlantic continental shelf is a group of shallow underwater plateaus called Grand Banks. This area is unique because the cold Labrador Current mixes with the warm waters of the Gulf Stream. The mixing of the streams and the shape of the ocean bottom lifts nutrients to the surface, helping to create one of the richest fishing grounds in the world – but it is also the cause of violent storms that happen in the best fishing zone of this area: the well-known Flemish Cap of The Perfect Storm. The players will have to manage their victory points when they are on the coast to hire boats, engage captains and crews, and buy the proper quantities of fuel and bait so as to sail the Ocean at their best and fish the heaviest and most profitable swordfish of the world. Only the most skilled and bravest seamen will be able to take to the open sea without fear through the storm, find the "triple markers", and sell the catch in order to have the most victory points at the end of the season.
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Designers
2
Pierluigi Frumusa
Davide Rizzi
Artists
1
Giorgio De Michele
Publishers
2
ElfinWerks
Ghenos Games
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