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Designed By	Jeff Siadek
Art By
Published By	Fat Messiah Games Gorilla Games
Year Published	2002
# of Players:	4 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6 players Recommended with 5, 6 players (10 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	0 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (7 voters) [poll]
Category	Bluffing Card Game Humor Nautical Negotiation Travel
Mechanic	Co-operative Play Hand Management Partnerships Secret Unit Deployment Set Collection Trading Variable Player Powers
Primary Name	Lifeboat
Alternate Names
Expanded By	Show Expansions » Lifeboat Expansion #1: Cannibalism
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Your only hope for survival is to climb aboard a Lifeboat and head out into uncharted waters. But as supplies run low and hidden treasure is discovered, the passengers start to take sides. Protect your secret love, watch out for your secret enemy, and grab as much loot as you can!

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Lifeboat Expansion #1: Cannibalism

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Lifeboat The Card Game of Survival and Revenge New

6d 22h 12m

$ 15.59

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0	Rules Limiting Table Talk	2009-06-03	Darkehorse	3
2	Rules Row deck: separate or back into the Navigation deck each turn?	2009-03-19	LordBobbio	1
1	Rules Multiple weapons and psychopaths	2009-02-15	shelflife...	2
1	Rules Outright murder	2009-02-12	BruceGee	8
1	Rules Playing cards on characters	2008-10-27	Monkatron	1
4	General Should I buy this game?	2008-09-11	rantinron...	4
1	Rules Overboard Question	2008-08-31	Sharga	2
0	Rules Rowing question	2008-08-16	gpren	2
17	Reviews An Average Joe review	2008-05-22	rstruve	5
3	Sessions Life on a Boat	2008-05-01	rstruve	1

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Lifeboat simplified Chinese

Rules translation in simplified Chinese by darffe 20081201

darffe

2008-12-01

Box with player mat for homemade version

Box with player mat for homemade version (see images section)

fenolin

2008-01-19

Regals en español

Reglas en español. Revisadas con las ultimas variaciones y FAQs. Algunos gráficos adptados a mi versión casera.

fenolin

2008-01-02

Lifeboat rules.pdf

2007 Edition Lifeboat Rules

ourhero

2007-09-18

LifeboatFAQ.pdf

Official Lifeboat FAQ

ourhero

2007-08-28

LIFEBOATcardmanifest.doc

Lifeboat card manifest

monkeyrobot

2006-10-18

LifeboatRules.doc

Rules (for those who dislike rules on tiny cards)

bengkohn

2002-09-20

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48	Monty Python - A sketch compilation	2007-01-29
47	"Home Made Boxes" - Contest closed, but open for more items!	2009-03-21
45	New to you Aug 07 => Best new game you played this month and why	2007-09-01
39	Games with a cast of (playable) characters	2007-10-13

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User Rank:	1387
Num Ratings:	249
Average Rating:	6.42
Standard Deviation:	1.48
Num Views:	18883
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	1.4
Fans:	5

Personal Comments:	129
Users Owning:	357
Users Wanting:	48
Users Trading:	16
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	0
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	384
Plays This Month:	2

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Lifeboat Expansion #1: Cannibalism

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	32
Average Rating	6.87
Average Weight	1.33

Owned	106
Prev. Owned	2
For Trade	2
Wanted in Trade	13

Wishlist	16
Comments	7
Year Pub.	2008

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Fat Messiah Games	http://www.fatmessiahgames.com/smg/lifeboat.html	2002-12-14
Lifeboat product page on FMG site	http://www.fatmessiahgames.com/fmg/lifeboat/lifebo...	2003-12-14
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2007-10-04
Home made version (versión casera)	http://webs.ono.com/fenolin/lifeboat.html	2008-02-08

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