Powerboats (2008)

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Designer	Corné van Moorsel
Artist	Christof Tisch
Publisher	Cwali
Year Published	2008
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4, 5, 6 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players (22 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	9 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (11 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (16 voters) [poll]
Honors	2009 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Nominee
Subdomain	Family Games Strategy Games (18 voters) [vote]
Category	Nautical Racing Sports
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Modular Board
Expansion	Powerboats Expansion 1
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Primary Name	Powerboats
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Compete in races with 2-6 speedboats. The more boats, the better the competition! Race as fast as you can between the islands and around the buoys on the large modular gameboard, but be careful not to crash!

Use the unique new 3-sided dice to determine your speed by the unique mechanic of adding/removing dice to accelerate/brake.

Powerboats is easy to play, but can be tricky. There is luck of the dice, but the main challenge is to manage your speed and routes the best.

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You can play the two player version at http://www.mastermoves.eu/games.php

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First edition

Publisher: Cwali

Artist: Christof Tisch

Year: 2008

Product Code: CWA-POW01

Size: 13.70 x 9.00 x 1.90 inches

2.51 pounds

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2	Rules Crossing the Finish Line	2011-08-05	zombiegod	3
2	General One of the best casual games... Expansions?	2011-07-09	VeaaC	4
6	Play By Forum Powerboats - Play by Forum - Game I [Page 1,2,3...23,24,25]	2011-06-11	zombiegod	611
1	Rules Boats and movement (Blocking with boats?)	2011-05-13	laticpot	4
4	General suggested maps/routes?	2011-05-10	bleus	1
0	General Buoy Arrows	2011-05-03	prizziap	7
2	Rules Zero dice	2010-01-06	weishaupt	5
3	General My copy had no boats, no dice, and no rules	2009-12-14	kjamma4	10
0	General What are / will the other expansions be?	2009-12-09	chengr05	0
2	General Available in Essen with the expansion ?	2009-10-07	tech7	12

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Powerboats - FAQ

Powerboats FAQ v1.0

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2012-03-11

Powerboats Scoring Chart

Chart to help players with scoring.

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2011-09-11

Powerboats - Reglas.pdf

Reglas en español de Powerboats.

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2009-06-05

Powerboats - Cyberboard Version

Updated the start and finish graphics. Altered the numbered buoys, which now have flippable direction arrows encircling them. New Damage markers. Slight map tweak. [imageid=1060627 medium] You will Need the [url=http://cyberboard.brainiac.com/cyberboardv310.exe]Cyberboard[/url] program to run the files. [b]See my [url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/18537/my-cyberboard-conversions]Geeklist Here[/url] for all my other Cyberboard Conversions.[/b] Don't forget to Thumb!

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2009-03-03

Powerboats Power Ups V1

Simple rules to add videogame inspired power ups to the game (mines, rockets, turbo etc).

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2008-12-07

Slowakian Powerboats rulebook

Slowakian Powerboats rulebook for printing.

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2008-10-31

Traditional Chinese (Taiwan/Hongkong) Powerboats rulebook

Traditional Chinese (Taiwan/Hongkong) Powerboats rulebook for printing

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2008-10-29

Chinese Powerboats rulebook

Chinese Powerboats rulebook for print

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2008-10-19

Hungarian Powerboats rulebook

Hungarian Powerboats rulebook for printing.

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2008-10-18

Italian Powerboats rulebook

Italian Powerboats rulebook for printing.

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2008-10-18

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Board Game Rank:	668
Strategy Game Rank:	373
Family Game Rank:	147
Num Ratings:	1282
Average Rating:	6.76
Standard Deviation:	1.22
Num Views:	59301
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.7
Fans:	35

Personal Comments:	470
Users Owning:	949
Users Wanting:	184
Users Trading:	34 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	4990
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Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	64
Average Rating	7.31
Average Weight	1.50

Num Owned	299
Prev. Owned	9
For Trade	10
Want in Trade	19

Wishlist	26
Comments	39
Year Published	2009

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Spanish Review at Laboratorio de Juegos	http://ludotecla.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/powerboa...	2012-01-19
Metagames Review (English)	http://blog.metagames.co.uk/2010/09/21/review-powe...	2010-09-21
Dutch user reviews on Bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/powerbo...	2010-09-08
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/p-q.html#p...	2010-06-13
Thoughts from the Gameroom English Review	http://sodaklady.wordpress.com/2008/12/21/143/	2009-11-13
Dutch Review at Spellenclub13	http://www.spellenclub13.be/recensies/Powerboats.h...	2009-10-22
German review at Das-Spielen	http://das-spielen.de/index.php/powerboats/	2009-10-18
German review at Rezensionen-für-Millionen	http://rezensionen-fuer-millionen.blogspot.com/200...	2009-10-18
German review at HALL9000	http://www.hall9000.de/rezi.pl?spiel=powerboats	2009-10-18
German review at Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2009-04-25