Fish

Welcome

This website was created by Shashvat Srivastava.

Fish (Canadian Fish, Literature, or Recollection) is a 6 player card game played in two teams of three. Each team aims to score as many half-sets as possible.

When it is your turn: ask a member of the opposing team for a card. You can only ask for a card if you have a card in that half-set.
If you're right: you take the card from the other player. It's your turn again.
If you're wrong: its the other player's turn.

A player can declare at any point in the game if they think their team has all six cards of a set. This is the only way to score a point.
One player from the team must state exactly who on their team has which card. If they are right, they get one point. Otherwise, the other team gets the point.

This website aims to accomodate as many variations of the game as possible.
In some variations of the game, players are not allowed to bluff by asking for cards they already have. This form of bluffing is allowed on this website.
Sometimes, a player may declare when it is their turn and run out of cards. The play then transfers to one of their teammates. In some variations, the play must transfer in a specific direction. This website allows the player to transfer to any teammate.
In one variation of the game, a player can transfer their turn over to a teammate after declaring a set. This website allows players to transfer their turn to a teammate whenever they want (as long as it is their turn already) to allow for all possible house rules.

Gather yo party: Get 5 friends to play the game. Hardest part of the game. It is too easy to cheat in online Fish to be able to trust strangers, so this website does not have a lobby system.
Get a code: Fill out the reCAPTCHA in the host tab. Hopefully you're not a robot. Then send the code to your friends.
Assign numbers: Give each a player a number. The game is odd players versus even players. Player 1 always goes first. Can use RNG tab for random teams.
Joining a game: Join a game via the join tab. Can also spectate games and leave games (so someone else can hop in) through the join tab. Screen name is optional for spectators. When a spectator watches a player, the player is notified and their screen name revealed to the player if given.
Playing the game: Go to the play tab and click the button in the center.

Top Displays the game code, your player number, the game score, and a list of declared sets.
Table Shows how many cards each player has. The current player is in bold.
Card list Shows your cards.
Log Shows the last ask.
Declare Alert Quickly tell players that you are about to declare. Non-binding, but please don't spam.
Asking for cards Click ask. To ask for a low heart, first click the player you want to ask. Then click one of your low hearts. Then click for the card you want to ask for. Do not be the person that asks the wrong player.
Declaring Select which set you want to declare, and then specify which player has which card.
Transferring If it's your turn and you are out of cards, you can transfer your turn to a teammate through the transfer button.

You can rejoin the game without doing anything unless you close the browser. Go to the play tab.

You must join a game to use the game chat; it is not a global chat.
Currently, only players (not spectators) can use the game chat.
The game chat is not the best, but it is intended as the communication method of last resort. Use video or voice chat instead.

Gamecode Input is not an alphanumeric string!

Player Input is not a number from 1 to 6!

Name

Game code:

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Player	1	2	3	4	5	6
# of Cards

Player 1

Nine

Ten

Jack

Queen

King

Ace

Player 3

Player 5

Player 1

Player 2

Player 3

Player 4

Player 5

Player 6