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How to play Sushi Go!

What kind of game is it?

Sushi Go! is a card-drafting game set at a conveyor-belt sushi restaurant. It plays with 2–5 people over three rounds. Each round you pick one card from your hand, place it face up in front of you, then pass the rest of your hand to your neighbour and keep drafting from the hand you receive. When the round ends you immediately score the cards you collected that round — pudding is the only exception.

How each card scores

  • 🍣 Maki rollsAt the end of the round, compare how many maki icons everyone collected. Most icons scores 6 points, second most scores 3. Ties split the points for that place (rounded down), and nobody scores with zero maki.
  • 🍤 TempuraTwo cards make a set. 5 points per set; a leftover single card scores nothing.
  • 🐟 SashimiThree cards make a set. 10 points per set; an incomplete set scores nothing.
  • 🥟 DumplingsThe more you collect, the steeper the reward: 1 card = 1 point, 2 = 3, 3 = 6, 4 = 10, 5 or more = 15 (capped at 15).
  • 🍙 Nigiri (egg / salmon / squid)Egg 1 point, salmon 2 points, squid 3 points each.
  • 🟢 WasabiWorth nothing on its own. The next nigiri you play on top of it scores triple.
  • 🥢 ChopsticksNo points. Instead, you may swap it back into your hand to take two cards at once on a later turn of the same round.
  • 🍮 PuddingThe one card that is not scored each round. After round 3, add up all the pudding everyone collected: most gets +6, fewest gets -6. Ties split the points (rounded down), and in a 2-player game there is no penalty for having the fewest.

How a round plays out

  1. Deal a hand to each player and everyone simultaneously picks one card and places it face up.
  2. Pass the rest of your hand to your neighbour, then draft one card from the hand you just received.
  3. Repeat until every card has been played.
  4. Score maki, tempura, sashimi, dumplings and nigiri (with wasabi) right away.
  5. After the third round, settle pudding to decide the final standings.
Open the score helper

Rule summaries are for reference only. Always check the official rulebook for exact rules.