Play Go Fish

How to play Go Fish

For 2 – 3 players you need to print 4 sets of Digit Dog’s cards, onto card. The cards have numerals along with ten-frames.

The game can also be played with digit cards 0 – 10 or 0 – 20, or  a pack of playing cards.

To play:

Deal each player 7 cards and spread out the remaining cards face down on the table. The aim of the game is to find pairs of cards.

Each player takes a turn. During a turn the player:

1. Looks at the cards in their hand, if they have any pairs, they put them in front of them, face up.
2. They then ask another player if they have a particular card so that they can make another pair. For example, player 1 might ask player 2 “do you have a 5?” If player 2 has a 5 card, then they must give it to player 1. If they don’t have a 5 card, they say “go fish” and player 1 takes a card from the pool of cards on the table.
3. If the player gets the card they asked for, either from the pool or from the other player, then they put their pair of cards in front of them, face up.

The game ends when one player runs out of cards or there are no more cards in the pool. The winner is the player with most pairs in front of them.