01crewMarket advice
Bay Spotter
Before your action, inspect the top draw card. Keep it on top or put it at the bottom, then discard this optional spotter card.
THE SUNNY-SIDE CLUBBring your crew.
Bring your crew.
Collect the good stuff.
A bright fishing card table built for trades, happy surprises and the satisfaction of completing a set. Pick a bay, build your hand and hang your third badge before the picnic is over.
A LITTLE STRATEGY.
A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
3BADGES TO
START THE FINALE
THE SUNNY-SIDE TABLESTART THE FINALE
3–6 club membersAbout 20 minutesSets & open trading
CAST.TRADE.CELEBRATE.
GOODCOMPANY
THE CHARACTERS AT THE TABLEPull up
Pull up
another chair.
The club portraits give the table its personality. They do not assign different powers, so choose your favourite and learn the same simple turn together.
RemyThe enthusiastic hostBeaThe market watcherOttoThe optimistic collector
Meet this edition’s crewA FEW FAVOURITES FROM THE DECKA hand full
A hand full
of possibilities.
01crew
02tackleTrade-day flavour
Candy-Stripe Spoon
This is a support card carrying a feather mark. Collect shell and wave marks with it to make a wild; it is not a fish for a colour set.
03catchDeep-water fish
Bluebell Bass
Count this card as one blue fish. Three blue fish, or two blue fish and one wild, can be showcased for one badge.
A SMALL INTERACTIVE EXAMPLESpot the set
Spot the set
in your next hand.
Deal a fresh five-card practice hand. Matching habitat colours are highlighted and the guide tells you whether a trio is ready. This teaching sample uses fish cards only, with no trading or scoring saved.
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Deal a hand to see which habitat colours belong together.
THE SCATTER COMBINATIONA shell, a feather,
A shell, a feather,
and a very useful wave.
During your own turn, exchange one support card of each scatter mark for a wild card. This exchange is free, but the wild counts toward the seven-card hand limit. A showcased set may include only one wild, and an unused wild has no score.
See it in the rulesShell
Feather
Wave
ONE COMPLETE SETA table advantage, earned together
THE SHAPE OF A TURNLearn it once.
Learn it once.
Pass it around.
A turn is one clear decision: draw, trade or show a set. The open market makes it easy for everyone to follow the table, even while they are still learning.
Choose one action
Cast to draw two cards, trade one card from your hand for one face-up market card, or showcase a matching trio. Only one of these actions is taken on a turn.
Show a proper set
Three fish cards of the same habitat earn one badge when showcased. Discard the trio and keep the badge in front of you. A wild card may replace one fish.
Keep the hand tidy
At the end of your turn, keep no more than seven cards. Put extra cards into the discard pile; market cards stay where they are until a trade changes them.
Give the club a last chance
When someone earns a third badge, each other member gets one final turn. Compare badge totals after that last circuit of the table.
THE WORLD ON YOUR TABLEGET TO KNOW THE WATERFive bays.
Five bays.
Plenty to talk about.
The circular mat organises five habitat colours: lily, cove, stream, reef and deep water. It is a place to arrange the open market, not a movement track. Your growing hand does the travelling.
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Lily & cove
The warm shoreTwo friendly colours to spot first. Every habitat follows the same set-building rules.
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Stream & reef
The busy middleWatch the shared market: a card somebody else puts down may finish your next trio.
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Deep water
The blue collectionBlue fish are no rarer or stronger than the others. A complete colour set is what earns the badge.
INSIDE THE PROPOSED BOXA small box.
A small box.
A rather full afternoon.
The proposed club box contains 60 main-deck cards, wild cards, badge counters and a five-bay market mat. Portrait and weather cards are optional additions; leave them out while learning the basic draw–trade–showcase rhythm.
Rules and sample components describe a design concept. No physical box is sold through this site.
Picnic ShowerA CHANGE IN THE CONDITIONSEven a shower
Read the card details
Even a shower
can freshen the table.
In the optional event variant, replace the five market cards from the draw pile. Discard the old market together and resume the usual turn order.
BACK AT THE LANDING
Clubhouse Swap
A useful card never stays lonely for long.
May I trade directly with another player?
The basic game uses the shared market only. That keeps trades clear and gives every member the same opportunity to inspect the available cards.
Can three support cards count as a fish trio?
No. One shell, one feather and one wave make a wild card. You still need two fish of one habitat to showcase a set with that wild.
What happens when the draw pile runs out?
Shuffle the discard pile into a new draw pile. Keep hands, the open market and badges in place; the game’s ending condition does not change.
Is membership or payment required?
Neither is required to read this site. Cloudfin Club is a tabletop design concept rather than a paid club, official game service or shop.
THE SUNNY-SIDE CLUBThe chairs are out.
The chairs are out.
Your hand is waiting.
Find your colours, make a useful exchange and leave enough room at the table for the next good idea.
Bring the rules to the table