[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":371},["ShallowReactive",2],{"game-en-sushi-go":3,"overlays-en-sushi-go":370},{"id":4,"title":5,"accent":6,"age":7,"backdrop":8,"bggUrl":9,"body":10,"categories":27,"components":8,"cover":31,"deepDive":32,"description":16,"duration":123,"extension":126,"faq":127,"industryLegend":8,"lastReviewed":163,"leaders":8,"locale":164,"manualUrl":165,"mechanics":166,"meta":170,"navigation":171,"path":172,"players":173,"publisher":177,"quickStart":178,"resourceLegend":8,"rulesVersion":329,"seo":330,"sourceFiles":331,"sourceNotes":333,"stem":334,"strategies":335,"summary":366,"videoLanguage":8,"videoUrl":8,"weight":367,"year":368,"__hash__":369},"games\u002Fen\u002Fsushi-go.md","Sushi Go!","#D8443C","8",null,"https:\u002F\u002Fboardgamegeek.com\u002Fboardgame\u002F133473\u002Fsushi-go",{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":23},"minimark",[13,17,20],[14,15,16],"p",{},"Sushi Go! is the kind of draft game you explain in one sentence and play in a breath. Each turn\nyou pick a card from a hand that keeps rotating, so you are building your set and deciding what\nto leave your neighbour at the same time.",[14,18,19],{},"The charm is that cards are worth little on their own. A tempura needs another, sashimi needs\ntwo more, wasabi needs a nigiri and maki needs comparing with everyone else. The whole game is a\nrace to close sets before the hand runs out.",[14,21,22],{},"And then there is pudding, the card that scores nothing until the end and punishes whoever has\nthe least. In the last rounds a single pudding can be worth more than any sushi combination: it\nis how the game reminds you that not everything is about adding up.",{"title":24,"searchDepth":25,"depth":25,"links":26},"",2,[],[28,29,30],"Card game","Family","Party","\u002Fimages\u002Fgames\u002Fsushi-go\u002Fcover.webp",{"title":33,"intro":34,"phases":35},"What each card is really worth","You can already pick and pass. Games are decided by the marginal value of each collection, by what you hand over when you pass and by when it is worth fighting for pudding instead of banking safe points.",[36,80],{"id":37,"label":38,"steps":39},"values","Collections and values",[40,55,69],{"title":41,"text":42,"images":43,"check":48},"Every collection has a price per card","Two tempura give 5 points, so each is worth 2.5; three sashimi give 10, about 3.3 per card; dumplings scale from 1 to 15 and wasabi triples nigiri. That arithmetic decides what is worth taking: a lone tempura is worth nothing until its pair arrives, and a lone sashimi is the worst card in hand. Before taking, count how far you are from closing the collection, not just what it scores now.",[44],{"src":45,"alt":46,"label":47},"\u002Fimages\u002Fgames\u002Fsushi-go\u002Fcartas.webp","Sushi Go! cards spread on a green table: squid, salmon and egg nigiri, wasabi, sashimi, tempura, pudding, maki rolls and chopsticks.","The card types",{"question":49,"options":50,"answer":53,"explanation":54},"How much do three sashimi score?",[51,52],"10 points","6 points",0,"The sashimi trio scores 10; with two you score nothing.",{"title":56,"text":57,"images":58,"check":63},"Wasabi is not a free multiplier","Wasabi triples the next nigiri, but only if that nigiri reaches your hand and you place it on top. Wasabi is a promise: without a nigiri nearby it is a dead card. Players who take it out of habit often waste the turn; those who take it with a nigiri already in hand turn a 1–3 point card into 3–9. Before taking wasabi, check your hand and what is still being passed.",[59],{"src":60,"alt":61,"label":62},"\u002Fimages\u002Fgames\u002Fsushi-go\u002Fguia-cartas-1.webp","Game cards face up in a fan, none covering another.","Cards",{"question":64,"options":65,"answer":53,"explanation":68},"What does wasabi do?",[66,67],"Triples the next nigiri placed on it","Doubles all your nigiri","Wasabi only affects the next nigiri placed on top of it.",{"title":70,"text":71,"images":72,"check":74},"Maki is a race, not a collection","Maki does not score by quantity but by majority: most rolls take 6 points and second place takes 3. The value of a maki therefore depends on what others hold, and sometimes it is not worth fighting for. If two rivals already have many rolls, spending cards on maki may waste points you need to close tempura or dumplings. Read the table before joining the race.",[73],{"src":60,"alt":61,"label":62},{"question":75,"options":76,"answer":53,"explanation":79},"How does maki score?",[77,78],"By majority: 6 for first and 3 for second","One point per roll","Maki is awarded by majority at the end of each round, not by accumulated quantity.",{"id":81,"label":82,"steps":83},"draft","Passing is playing too",[84,98,109],{"title":85,"text":86,"images":87,"check":92},"The hand you pass comes back","Cards you pass do not disappear: they stay on the table and may return to you several rounds later. Passing a good card is not simply giving it away: it is deciding when you want to see it again. If your rival needs a tempura and you pass the second one, you are serving it; if you take it, you deny it. The draft is a conversation with the cards, not an isolated choice.",[88],{"src":89,"alt":90,"label":91},"\u002Fimages\u002Fgames\u002Fsushi-go\u002Fpartida.webp","Several hands of Sushi Go! cards and a scoring reference card on a white table.","Hands and passing",{"question":93,"options":94,"answer":53,"explanation":97},"What happens to the cards you pass?",[95,96],"They stay in play and may return to your hand","They are removed from the game","Hands rotate: what you pass stays on the table and can come back.",{"title":99,"text":100,"images":101,"check":103},"Pudding is settled at the end","Pudding does not score each round: it is kept until the end, when the player with most gains 6 and the one with least loses 6. That makes it a long-term investment and a denial card: taking pudding not only scores for you, it also takes points from whoever ends last. In round three, a pudding can be worth more than a tempura, especially if you are already ahead.",[102],{"src":60,"alt":61,"label":62},{"question":104,"options":105,"answer":53,"explanation":108},"When does pudding score?",[106,107],"Only at the end of the game","At the end of each round","Pudding is saved for the final count: 6 for most and -6 for fewest.",{"title":110,"text":111,"images":112,"check":117},"The last round is played with information","In round three you already know what each rival holds and what they lack. That changes the draft: you can take a card you do not need just so they cannot close it, or finish your collection before they can block it. Points from the first two rounds are fixed; the third is the only one where information is nearly complete, and whoever uses it best usually wins.",[113],{"src":114,"alt":115,"label":116},"\u002Fimages\u002Fgames\u002Fsushi-go\u002Fcaja.webp","The Sushi Go! box next to tempura, wasabi, chopsticks, sashimi and pudding cards on a light table.","Box and cards",{"question":118,"options":119,"answer":53,"explanation":122},"What makes the third round special?",[120,121],"You already know the rivals' collections","Cards are worth double","With two rounds seen, information about rivals is much greater.",{"min":124,"max":125},10,20,"md",[128,132,135,139,142,146,149,152,156,159],{"category":129,"question":130,"answer":131},"setup","How many players can play?","Two to five. With four or five the draft is tenser because hands rotate faster; with two it works, but the rulebook offers a variant with a dummy player.",{"category":129,"question":133,"answer":134},"How long does a game take?","About 15 minutes. It is three rounds of seven to ten cards per hand, and every choice is quick: the game can be taught in two minutes.",{"category":136,"question":137,"answer":138},"turn","Can you look at the cards you have already played?","Yes, all your cards sit face up in front of you. Grouping them by type makes it easy to see how many you still need to close a set.",{"category":136,"question":140,"answer":141},"What if two players want the same card?","Nothing happens: each picks from their own hand. Two players may play the same card, but nobody takes it from anyone, because the hands are different and keep rotating.",{"category":143,"question":144,"answer":145},"special","How does wasabi work exactly?","Wasabi stays in front of you and the next nigiri you take goes on top and triples its value. You may hold several wasabi, but each takes only one nigiri. A wasabi with no nigiri scores nothing.",{"category":143,"question":147,"answer":148},"Can chopsticks be used more than once?","Yes. Using them returns them to your hand and they follow the pass, so another player may pick them up and use them too. Only one pair may be used per turn even if you hold several.",{"category":143,"question":150,"answer":151},"What happens to the cards left at the end of a round?","The last card in each hand is placed face up with the rest and scored normally. Sometimes it is a useful card another player was forced to leave you.",{"category":153,"question":154,"answer":155},"scoring","Does maki score by icons or by cards?","By icons: there are one, two and three roll cards. At the end of the round you add the icons on all your maki and compare with everyone else.",{"category":153,"question":157,"answer":158},"How do dumplings score?","By quantity: one is worth 1 point, two 3, three 6, four 10 and five or more 15. The more together, the better.",{"category":160,"question":161,"answer":162},"end","When is pudding counted?","After the third round. Most pudding scores 6 and least loses 6; ties split the points. If everyone has the same, nobody scores.","2026-10-24","en","https:\u002F\u002Fgamewright.com\u002Fproduct\u002FSushi-Go",[167,168,169],"Card drafting","Set collection","Hand passing",{},true,"\u002Fen\u002Fsushi-go",{"min":25,"max":174,"best":175},5,[176],4,"Gamewright",{"pitch":179,"pitchCheck":180,"setup":186,"turn":226,"mistakes":294,"winning":322,"winningCheck":323},"Sushi Go! is a drafting game for 2 to 5 players that lasts three rounds. Everyone is dealt a hand, picks one card at a time, reveals it and passes the rest of the hand to the player on their left. Turn by turn you build your sushi set: pairs of tempura, trios of sashimi, nigiri with wasabi, maki rolls and dumplings. Each round's collection is scored at the end, while pudding is kept until the end of the game, where it pays six points to whoever has the most and takes six from whoever has the least.",{"question":181,"options":182,"answer":53,"explanation":185},"What do you do with the hand after picking a card?",[183,184],"Pass it to the player on your left","Return it to the deck","The game is all about passing: the hand rotates and every turn you pick from a different one.",[187,197,207,216],{"text":188,"images":189,"check":191},"Shuffle the 108 cards and deal one hand per player depending on the count: ten cards for two players, nine for three, eight for four and seven for five. Everyone looks at their hand without showing it.",[190],{"src":114,"alt":115,"label":116},{"question":192,"options":193,"answer":53,"explanation":196},"How many cards does each player get in a four-player game?",[194,195],"Eight","Ten","More players means smaller hands: the game length stays the same.",{"text":198,"images":199,"check":201},"Leave the rest of the deck face down in the middle: it is not used until the next round. Get paper and pencil ready and pick someone to keep score.",[200],{"src":60,"alt":61,"label":62},{"question":202,"options":203,"answer":53,"explanation":206},"What is the central deck used for during a round?",[204,205],"Nothing: it is only dealt at the start of each round","Drawing when your hand runs out","Hands are passed until they are empty; the central deck is only touched between rounds.",{"text":208,"images":209,"check":211},"Before starting, go over what each card scores: tempura in pairs, sashimi in trios, dumplings by quantity, nigiri at face value, wasabi tripling the next nigiri and maki competing for the most icons.",[210],{"src":45,"alt":46,"label":47},{"question":212,"options":213,"answer":53,"explanation":215},"How much does a trio of sashimi score?",[51,214],"5 points","Sashimi only scores in threes: two cards are worth nothing.",{"text":217,"images":218,"check":220},"Remember that pudding is the only card not discarded at the end of a round. It stays in front of each player until the end of the game, when it is scored all at once.",[219],{"src":60,"alt":61,"label":62},{"question":221,"options":222,"answer":53,"explanation":225},"When is pudding scored?",[223,224],"At the end of the game, after the third round","At the end of every round","Pudding accumulates over the three rounds and is counted once.",[227,238,249,262,273,283],{"title":228,"text":229,"images":230,"check":232},"Pick one card","All players pick a card from their hand at the same time and place it face down in front of them. There is no turn order and no waiting: once everyone has chosen, all cards are revealed together.",[231],{"src":60,"alt":61,"label":62},{"question":233,"options":234,"answer":53,"explanation":237},"Do players take turns?",[235,236],"No, everyone picks at the same time","Yes, starting with the youngest player","Selection is simultaneous: nobody can react to what another player takes.",{"title":239,"text":240,"images":241,"check":243},"Pass the hand","After revealing, pass the rest of your hand face down to the player on your left and pick up the one arriving from your right. Each turn the hand is one card smaller.",[242],{"src":89,"alt":90,"label":91},{"question":244,"options":245,"answer":53,"explanation":248},"Which way does the hand go?",[246,247],"To the left","To the right","Always to the left, unless you play the alternating-pass variant.",{"title":250,"text":251,"images":252,"check":257},"Wasabi and nigiri","If you take a nigiri while a wasabi is in front of you, the nigiri goes on top and triples its value: squid 9, salmon 6, egg 3. A wasabi with no nigiri scores nothing, and each wasabi takes only one nigiri.",[253],{"src":254,"alt":255,"label":256},"\u002Fimages\u002Fgames\u002Fsushi-go\u002Fguia-mesa-1.webp","The table mid-turn, with the pieces the step mentions.","Table in play",{"question":258,"options":259,"answer":53,"explanation":261},"What is a salmon on wasabi worth?",[52,260],"2 points","Wasabi triples the nigiri: 2 becomes 6, 3 becomes 9 and 1 becomes 3.",{"title":263,"text":264,"images":265,"check":267},"Chopsticks","If you have chopsticks in front of you, on a later turn you may take two cards: pick the first, call \"Sushi Go!\", take a second and reveal both. Before passing, the chopsticks go back into your hand, so they keep rotating.",[266],{"src":60,"alt":61,"label":62},{"question":268,"options":269,"answer":53,"explanation":272},"What happens to chopsticks after use?",[270,271],"They go back into the hand and are passed on","They are discarded for good","Chopsticks are reusable: they return to the hand and follow the pass.",{"title":274,"text":275,"images":276,"check":278},"Maki rolls","Maki compete: at the end of the round, whoever has the most roll icons scores 6 points and whoever has the second most scores 3. Ties split the points evenly, ignoring any remainder.",[277],{"src":254,"alt":255,"label":256},{"question":279,"options":280,"answer":53,"explanation":282},"How much does second place in maki score?",[281,52],"3 points","First scores 6, second 3; ties divide the points.",{"title":284,"text":285,"images":286,"check":288},"End of round and end of game","When the hands are empty, score everything collected except pudding and deal a fresh hand of the same size for the next round. After the third round, score pudding: most cards gains 6 and fewest loses 6.",[287],{"src":254,"alt":255,"label":256},{"question":289,"options":290,"answer":53,"explanation":293},"How many rounds are played?",[291,292],"Three","Five","Three rounds, each with the same hand size.",[295,304,313],{"title":296,"text":297,"check":298},"Starting sets you cannot finish","Two sashimi cards are worth nothing and a lone tempura is worthless too. Before taking the first piece of a trio, check how many cards are left in the hand: if there is no room to close it, pick something else.",{"question":299,"options":300,"answer":53,"explanation":303},"What do two sashimi cards score?",[301,302],"Nothing","Five points","Sashimi needs exactly three cards to score 10.",{"title":305,"text":306,"check":307},"Ignoring pudding until the end","Pudding costs the player with the fewest cards six points, and in a four or five player game it is easy to end up at zero. Taking one in time costs a turn but avoids a penalty that can decide the game.",{"question":308,"options":309,"answer":53,"explanation":312},"How much does the fewest pudding lose?",[310,311],"Six points","Three points","Whoever has the least pudding loses 6 points at the end of the game.",{"title":314,"text":315,"check":316},"Handing over the maki race","If two players fight over maki, a third can take second place without spending cards. Before grabbing a roll, consider whether you can really win the race or are just feeding someone else's.",{"question":317,"options":318,"answer":53,"explanation":321},"How many players score for maki?",[319,320],"The top two","Everyone holding maki","Only first and second score, and only when ties do not dilute it.","The player with the most points after adding the three rounds and the pudding wins. On a tie, whoever has the most pudding cards wins. In a two-player game nobody loses points for pudding: only the 6 points for the most are awarded.",{"question":324,"options":325,"answer":53,"explanation":328},"How is a tie broken?",[326,327],"Most pudding wins","An extra round is played","Pudding decides ties, which is why ending up with none is dangerous.","Reglamento EN (Gamewright, 2014)",{"title":5,"description":16},[332],"reglamentos-pdf\u002FSushiGo_Rules_EN.pdf","The official seven-page rulebook covers contents, the deal for each player count, how a round runs, wasabi, chopsticks, scoring for every card type, the end-of-game pudding and the alternating-pass and two-player variants.","en\u002Fsushi-go",[336,340,343,346,350,353,356,360,363],{"level":337,"title":338,"text":339},"beginner","Finish what you start","A lone tempura is worth nothing and two sashimi are worth nothing either. If you commit to a trio, count the cards left in the hand: with fewer than three turns ahead, do not start.",{"level":337,"title":341,"text":342},"Wasabi is a promise","Taking wasabi before you have nigiri is a bet: if the nigiri never comes, it is a wasted card. Do it when enough cards remain or after you have seen nigiri go by.",{"level":337,"title":344,"text":345},"Do not forget pudding","One pudding in time costs a turn and avoids losing six points at the end. If nobody has taken pudding in the first round, the second is the moment to grab one.",{"level":347,"title":348,"text":349},"intermediate","Read what passes through your hand","Every hand you receive tells you what the others are taking: if it arrives full of maki, they are passing up point cards. That information is worth as much as the card you choose.",{"level":347,"title":351,"text":352},"Only fight races you can win","Maki only pays first and second. If two players already hold five icons, your third roll is worth nothing: change plans and strengthen another set.",{"level":347,"title":354,"text":355},"Work two fronts","The best turns combine: one card closing a trio and another adding to maki. The more each card serves two sets, the less you depend on the luck of the pass.",{"level":357,"title":358,"text":359},"advanced","Count the cards that are gone","There are 14 tempura, 14 sashimi and 14 dumplings. Knowing how many are outside your hand tells you whether a trio is still possible or you are chasing a card that no longer exists.",{"level":357,"title":361,"text":362},"Block without giving up","Sometimes it pays to take a card you do not need so a rival cannot have it, especially in the last round. Only do it if it does not break your own set.",{"level":357,"title":364,"text":365},"Plan across all three rounds","Pudding and maki live in the table's memory, not on a board. Track who is ahead and adjust: sometimes the last round is not about scoring more, but about the leader scoring less.","Three rounds of drafting: pick a card, pass the hand and build the best sushi set before the cards run out.",1.3,"2013","sTNCDYK9QjieJ0D7t3GwZGpPvdCGic0jR_CRi5Oggoo",[],1792930450502]