Party comes with the old cards or I need to keep both?

It does come with the old cards but not the same quantity. In Party you shuffle the deck after each round. In the base game, you play through the deck once.

all of the original cards are included in Party. However the quantities are different. But I would say this is a total replacement. I don't see why you would ever pull the original out.

agreed

@gamewright games make more this is a great thing and the only thing that could make it better is more of it.

True - exactly what happened to me and my wife !

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even better rule: winner eats for free! (everyone else split the bill) for maximum risk play that the lowest score loser pays for everyone!

I mean I'm still going to get it, but I might have to leave some cards out. 😀 And I love tins. 😊

As I understand the game, when you play, you do not include ALL of the cards; this is what the setup board helps with. Therefore, you can gradually add in new items and the game remains family friendly.

+Dan Durkin Yes, but the issue that the same cards don't get used every game makes it easier to forget them in between uses. 😊

Late reply but I've kept both. I lend the original to friends often

Hahahaha I agree - very hilarious. Onigiri - "Oh-nee-jai-rey"

Yes, that's my one beef with the storage of the game, no place to put the menu tiles or the player pieces.

dependd of the menu

I was thinking it might be a good candidate for making use of the many Carcassonne expansion boxes i have kicking around, if it'll all fit.. Maybe print a custom box 'cover' and put it on there.

He has a lot of those plastic containers (he was showing them off in one Board Games Breakfast episode).

I threw away the tin and game board, and stored the cards and tiles inside a 160+ deck box. I did have to print the rules on couple sheets of paper to be foldable enough to fit inside the deck box.

They are very good quality.

For the number of times they're going to be shuffled, dealt, passed, fanned and sorted, sleeving all of the cards is highly advisable. 181 cards plus 22 promo cards. I recommend GameGenic matte finish.

sleeve them.

+Shitstirrer I'd planned to do that to my copy on purchase, but it didn't work out. The cards are plastic-coated like poker cards, so they really resist being put in sleeves. Additionally, the insert that keeps everything separate was not made to hold sleeved cards.

I suppose you could but you would either need massive hand sizes to build up your scoring sets or be content with only one or two matching cards per scoring set.

Board Game Geek has a good reference for sleeve sizes for most games. Just google Board Game Geek sleeve sizes.

You can buy it without Sushi Go, they are seperate games. However this one includes Sushi Go so you don''t need the original if you have this one. :)

Yes

Not exactly. There are enough of the original cards to play with that composition, but the order of when you play chopsticks is a little different (after instead of before) and there are only enough of the cards to play a single round. it looks like the original game is: 14 tempura 14 sashimi 14 dumpling 26 maki 20 nigiri 10 pudding 6 wasabi 4 chopsticks party composition of the original menu: 8 tempura 8 sashimi 8 dumpling 12 maki 12 nigiri 15 pudding 3 wasabi 3 chopsticks plus all of the other card types, which greatly outnumber the original card types. the ratios are not the same as far as the original game and the sushi go party card ratios go. You can see that pudding has way more in the new game and maki has significantly less in proportion to nigiri. It would be interesting to hear some opinions on the balance between original and party as far as the original menu goes. I disagree with Tom on the box, it's actually fairly nice as far as organizing your cards goes. You can store the chitboard insert for each type with its cards and it organizes quite nicely. If you take the time up front to organize the box, it can make a very quick setup and cleanup.

Alex Stixx Could you elaborate more on the chopstick change? Well, I believe the ratios or at least quantities will be different, but since now you reshuffle every round adding a few dessert cards, the gameplay should feel the same.

Sure, The original sushi go says that to use the chopsticks you call "sushi go" BEFORE everyone reveals their cards. Then you swap out the chopsticks for a new card and put the chopsticks back in the hand before cards are revealed and passed. The Party rules say that chopsticks and spoon are played by calling the name of the card, "Chopsticks", AS all players are REVEALING their card. It says you then choose a second card to play after the cards have been revealed. What this changes is that chopsticks now allow the player a little more information before playing that second card. I'm not sure how it really impacts the balance of the game. The rules still state that a player must wait until the next turn from when they initially played/claimed the chopsticks to actually use them.

Alex Stixx Thank you so much Alex, that's really useful information right there.

Well, you'd be wrong.

@@thedicetower I stand corrected.😊 As always, great review.