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Year Published
1993
# of Players:
3 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 6 players
Recommended with 4, 5, 6 players
(34 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
12 and up
User Suggested Ages
12 and up
(6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(5 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Lifeboats
Alternate Names
救生艇
Every Man for Himself
Rette Sich Wer Kann
Seenot im Rettungsboot
Expanded By
Families
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Also known as 'Rette Sich Wer Kann' ('Each Man for Himself') and often times referred to as 'The Lifeboat Game,' this pure negotiation game puts a different spin on the typical ocean catastrophe. There's been a boating accident, and a rag-tag group of six lifeboats is trying to make its way to one of several islands just over the horizon. However only one boat will make any forward progress in a given turn, so players try to convince everyone to vote for his particular favorite. To further complicate matters, the sailors can't seem to decide which boat they want to be in, so they're constantly jumping out of boats to swim to another one. As if all that wasn't enough, one of the boats springs a leak each turn. If the boat is at maximum occupancy when the leak occurs, then players vote to decide who to toss to the sharks!

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0 Anchor Markers in Six Colours
It's true - it can be difficult to remember your colour. These markers, in six colours, have improved graphics.
2009-09-16
2 Teaching aid for Lifeboats- in Hebrew
המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים
2009-05-01
2 Teaching aid for Lifeboats- in Hebrew
המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים
2009-05-01
5 English Rules [incl German Rules Stick variant]
PDF file of existing english rules (from publisher site) edited to include the stick rules from the German Rules (added to last page of PDF in previously blank area). This should make this easier to find out the stick rules referred to in the forums
2009-02-28
0 Lifeboat Rules in Korean ver1.0
Translated in Korean
2009-02-16
6 Lifeboats Greek Translation
For Z-Man edition, based on a text of Shawn Low.
2009-02-15
2 Rette Sich Wer Kann - Portuguese Translation
Tradução para Português da primeira edição.
2008-04-13
3 Flags to denote player colours before pawns drown.xls
A number of players have said they can't remember who is playing what colour, especially early in the game before pawns start to drown (it's a lovely game!) These markers should help. Print, fold, glue - or just print!
2007-09-01
0 Lifeboats - Sommario.pdf
Lifeboats sommario in italiano - Game Summary in italian
2007-04-23
10 Lifeboats Player Aid V1.doc
Lifeboats Player Aid, English, Z-Man edition, Sterling Babcock, Version 1.0
2007-02-01
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 483
Num Ratings: 1350
Average Rating: 6.73
Standard Deviation: 1.37
Num Views: 61691
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.9 moreinfo
Fans: 5
Personal Comments: 606
Users Owning: 1310
Users Wanting: 205
Users Trading: 68
Has Parts For Trade: 1
Want Parts In Trade: 1
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1819
Plays This Month: 20
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