How to play Go Fish (Card Game)

Learn the rules to the card game Go Fish quickly and concisely - This visually rich video has no distractions, just the rules.

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RULES:

The object of the game is to collect the most 4 of a kinds. Setup: Shuffle a standard deck of playing cards and deal 5 cards to each player. Players look at their cards but do not show them to others. Pick a player to go first, then play proceeds clockwise.

On your turn you ask 1 other player for any card rank. For example: “Bob, do you have any three’s?” The asked player must give you all the cards matching the rank from their hand, then you get to take another turn. If the asked player doesn’t have any of the asked cards in their hand they say: “Go Fish.” You then must draw 1 card from the top of the deck. If you draw the card you had just asked for, show it and take another turn, otherwise end your turn.

Whenever a player gets all four of cards of the same rank, a “4 of a kind”, they immediately remove those cards from their hand and place them grouped together face up in front of themselves. Whenever a player runs out of cards in their hand they immediately draw 5 new cards from the deck. When the deck runs out of cards, play continues until every card in every player’s hand is gone.

The game is now over. Each player receives 1 point for each 4 of a kind match they have in front of them. The player with the most points wins.

[steveburke]

You left out one very important rule: You must have at least one card of the rank you ask for. The video does show this but not the voice-over, so its easy to miss if you've never played before.

[natanaelmunguia]

My life is a lie.... I've been calling it Goldfish my whole life -_-

[TonyVic]

Perfect. Thank you for this quick and easy way for my daughter and I to understand and start playing Go Fish!

[martinsmall]

45 years old, needed a refresher on a child's game. Thank you for the video, Sir !

[rocksonandon]

Thanks I played this a few years ago but forgot!

[lemonboy]

Thank you so much. The last time I played this was when I was in 3rd grade and I played it everyday at recess with my best friend. I miss her. Thank you again. ❤️✨

[justaweeb]

Simple, straightforward tutorial. I like it

[cwp]

I used to play this all the time. This game is such a classic

[jinchurriking]

THIS IS AWESOME!! me and my boyfriend were playing this after we were done doing business

[tommymcweedface]

Cool! Gotta find something new to play with the granddaughter! Hide and seek gets pretty tiring in a 1 bedroom apartment.

[nathansautodetail]

Thanks for the explanation. I know I've played it before, but it's been so long. My girlfriend's daughters like games and I was informed this is one of the games they play, but I had forgotten the rules so this was a nice refresher. Simple concept.

[triz]

Thanks to this, I learned to play go fish with my sis and nephew! Thank you!! We are having fun 😊

[luoviedo]

I saw few videos but you explained it very easily..thanks!

[cloude.skye]

Thanks so much I played this a long time ago and I figured out how to play again

[GRCanalYT]

Yeah, i think you can also play Go Fish with Uno cards without Wilds or Action Cards. Just the number card (from 1 to 9) and that's it

[laxvmarch]

Thanks for explaining! I played a while ago but forgot how.

[RichRich]

I never really understood the 4 pairs part lol I always thought it was two pairs. I was wondering why my daughter kept saying 4 pairs. So I played 4 pairs my hands started to cramp holding all them cards 😂

[cody]

My aunt asked for a 5 from someone else.. I have 3. I asked her for a 5 she said go fish! Sneaky snake in the grass! Blew our minds!

[MoaoAyt]

IVE BEEN PLAYING THIS WRONG MY ENTIRE LIFE 😭😭

[obedpalma]

Nice and quick explanation I LOVE IT good work 👏🏼