Rules guide
How to Play Dock Fight
Dock Fight is a push-your-luck, Stringer-building, light take-that card game. Players draw cards into a temporary Cast, decide when to bank cards safely, and compete to hold Fisherman Frank while building three locked Stringers.
Goal
Build 3 Stringers, which are 3-of-a-kind Day numbers, and hold Fisherman Frank to win.
Setup
Shuffle the Dock Fight deck. Put Fisherman Frank where everyone can reach him. Deal or draw according to the included helper cards.
Your Turn
Choose HIT to draw cards into your Cast or STOP to bank the cards safely into your Livewell.
Bust
If you draw a duplicate Day number into your Cast, you BUST and lose your entire Cast. Fisherman Frank returns to the Dock.
Burn 3
Use BURN 3 to spend three matching cards from your Livewell or Broken Hauls for a table-swinging move: Swipe Fisherman Frank from an opponent or Cut a Stringer.
Stringers
Stringers are points. Broken Hauls are fuel. Stringers are locked once laid down and cannot be Burned.
Winning
The first player with 3 completed Stringers who also holds Fisherman Frank wins Dock Fight.
The 12 Day Species
- Florida Pink Shrimp
- Red Snapper
- Hogfish
- Mahi-Mahi
- Grouper
- Yellowtail Snapper
- Flounder
- Florida Pompano
- Swordfish
- Florida Stone Crab
- Florida Spiny Lobster
- Oysters