Sushi Go Party! FAQ
55 questions players ask · Updated Nov 10, 2026 · Full rulebook
Setup and card selection
- How many of each card are in Sushi Go Party?
- Must Wasabi be in every Sushi Go Party deck?
- Are Spoon and Edamame used in a 2-player game?
- Is there a dummy-player variant for two players in Sushi Go Party?
- Is Sushi Go Party an expansion, and do I add the original Sushi Go cards to it?
- Can Sushi Go Party's menus recreate the original Sushi Go card counts?
- What are the menu tiles on the board for?
- Can I use Menu or Special Order in a 7- or 8-player game?
Starting and ending a round
Bonus actions: Chopsticks, Spoon and Menu
- When do Chopsticks and Spoon take effect, relative to the reveal and the passing of hands?
- Do I choose my Chopsticks second card after seeing the other players' cards?
- Can I use more than one Chopsticks or Spoon in the same turn?
- In what order do several bonus cards or Menus resolve in the same turn?
- Do unused Chopsticks or Spoon cards score points?
- Can a Spoon take a card I already played, or only cards from hands?
- Can I call a Spoon on the turn I play it?
- When my Spoon takes a card, do I play two cards that turn?
- How specific must I be when I name a card for a Spoon?
- Where does Menu draw its four cards from?
- When I play Menu and draw four, do I still pass the same number of cards as everyone else?
Nigiri and Wasabi
Special Order and Takeout Box
- Can Special Order copy a Tea card so it raises my largest Tea set?
- If Special Order copies an Onigiri, does it join that Onigiri set?
- Can two Special Order cards copy the same card?
- Can Special Order copy a dessert from an earlier round?
- Does a Special Order that copies a dessert score at game end?
- What happens if I play Special Order when I have no card to copy?
- When does a Special Order pick the card it copies?
- Can I play Takeout Box and flip no cards, just to stop others from using them?
- Can Takeout Box flip a dessert played in an earlier round?
- Can Takeout Box flip cards that were already discarded, such as scored Uramaki or a matched Miso Soup?
- Does Takeout Box score points for me later if I hold it, or is it played at once?
Maki and Uramaki
- When are Uramaki scored during a round, and do the cards stay in play?
- If two players reach 10 Uramaki icons on the same turn, who gets the 8 and who gets the 5?
- If nobody reaches 10 Uramaki, who scores Uramaki at the end of the round?
- Can one player score more than one Uramaki place in a round?
- If several players tie for the most Maki rolls, does the next player still score second place?
Soy Sauce and Tea
- Which cards count toward Soy Sauce and Tea colour sets?
- Which cards share a colour for Soy Sauce and Tea?
- Do cards flipped by Takeout Box still count as their colour for Soy Sauce and Tea?
- Do dessert cards from earlier rounds count toward Tea and Soy Sauce?
- Can I play more than one Tea card in a round and score each one?
- If two sets are tied for the largest colour group, does Tea score for both?
- Does Tea count cards that score nothing on their own?
- If I play two Soy Sauce cards in one round and have the most colours, do both score?