How to play Sushi Go!

A Sushi Go! deck (108 cards) for two to five players, and paper to keep score.

Have the most points after three rounds, scoring for the dishes you collect and for desserts at the end.

1. 1Deal each player 10 cards in a two-player game, 9 with three, 8 with four, or 7 with five.
2. 2Set the rest aside; you will deal fresh hands for rounds two and three.

1. 1Everyone secretly chooses one card from their hand and places it face down in front of them.
2. 2All players reveal their chosen cards together, then pass the rest of their hand to the left.
3. 3Repeat until every card has been played, then score the round.
4. 4Chopsticks let you later take two cards from one hand: play both, and put the chopsticks back into the hand you pass.
5. 5Wasabi triples the value of the next nigiri you play on top of it.

• Round scoring: maki rolls—most icons 6, second-most 3; tempura 5 per pair; sashimi 10 per set of three; dumplings 1, 3, 6, 10, or 15 for one to five; nigiri egg 1, salmon 2, squid 3 (tripled on wasabi).
• Puddings stay on the table through all three rounds. At the end, the player with the most puddings gains 6 and the player with the fewest loses 6 (no penalty in a two-player game).
• The highest total wins; ties go to the player with more puddings.

• Sushi Go Party! lets you choose the menu from many more dish types and plays up to eight.
• Families with young children sometimes play without pudding penalties.

• Watch what the next player is collecting—taking the third sashimi they need can be worth more than your own small gain.
• Single tempura or two sashimi score nothing, so commit early or not at all.
• Wasabi is strong early in a round, when squid nigiri are still likely to come around.