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Kayanak

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1999 · 2-4 players · 15min · weight 1.20 · 612 ratings

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ID
4493
Name
Kayanak
Year
1999
Rank
6545
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
15
Min playtime
15
Max playtime
15
Avg weight
1.2
Num weights
25
Bayes avg
5.68752
Average
6.44615
Users rated
612
Num owned
1143
Wanting
52
Wishing
159
Num comments
193
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:34:56 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Dice RollingMemory
Categories (2)
Action / DexterityChildren's Game
Description (832 chars)

In the freezing frost of the Arctic, the Inuit — or polar bears, depending on which edition of the game you own — dedicate themselves to their favorite occupation: ice fishing. Of course each of them wants to make the biggest catch, but they're discovering that this isn't so easy. Only the one who moves across the ice floes with foresight, breaks open the ice at the right spots, and guides the fishing rod skillfully, will be able to get the desired fish out of the water! In Kayanak, players punch holes through the "ice" (a sheet of paper) to try to catch fish, which are represented by steel balls of various sizes. In the basic game, the first player to catch ten fish wins. For children aged 6 and over, big fish are worth more than small ones, and the fisher with the most points at the end of the game wins.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).