Shallow Regrets

Awaken your curiosity in this strategic and frightening fishing game.

Strange fish swim beneath your boat. Creatures with too many eyes and teeth. These supernatural anomalies are worth a small fortune, provided you have a fearless heart and a strong stomach.

Create the best collection of unusual fish to maximize your earnings. Take turns fishing for monstrous creatures and adding them to your catch. As your catch grows, you can catch bigger and more valuable fish.

Use powerful abilities to manipulate each fisherman's luck. At the end of the day, whoever has the highest value in their boat wins the game!

Use the 18 cards to create 6 schools of fish. At least 3 of them must have a small shadow, the easiest fish to catch, above them.

Each turn, the active player pulls up 2 fish from the school(s) of their choice. They can choose one to keep in their boat. The fish that are not kept return to the schools. Each fish has a strength value: to keep it, the player must have a number of hooks in their previously caught fish that matches the strength value.

Most fish have supernatural abilities that influence the game. These can be used by exhausting the fish, turning it on its side to show that its ability has been used.

When all fish have been caught (or no player can catch any more fish), all players calculate the total value of the fish they have caught. Some fish are considered bad, and the player who has caught the most bad fish suffers a point penalty for their poor efforts. The fisherman with the highest total wins the game!