Lifeboat (2002)

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Designer	Jeff Siadek
Artist	Stephen K. Ratter
Publisher	Fat Messiah Games Gen-X Games Gorilla Games Le Joueur Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. Show More »
Year Published	2002
# of Players	4 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 6 players Recommended with 5, 6 players (20 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
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User Suggested Ages	12 and up (6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (12 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Party Games (11 voters) [vote]
Category	Bluffing Card Game Humor Nautical Negotiation Travel Show More »
Mechanic	Hand Management Partnerships Secret Unit Deployment Set Collection Trading Variable Player Powers Show More »
Expansion	Lifeboat Expansion #1: Cannibalism Lifeboat Expansion #2: Liquid Courage Lifeboat Expansion #3: Weather Deck
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Family	Titanic
Primary Name	Lifeboat
Alternate Names	Bote salvavidas Bote salvavidas Les Naufragés du Titanic За бортом! 怒海求生
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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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Les Naufragés du Titanic

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French First Edition

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Year: 2010

Size: 2-deck card box (e.g. Coloretto)

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怒海求生

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Chinese Edition

Publisher: Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.

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Lifeboat

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Third Edition

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Year: 2010

Product Code: ooc1002

Size: 2-deck card box (e.g. Coloretto)

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Bote salvavidas

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Lifeboat

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Second Edition

Publisher: Gorilla Games

Artist: Stephen K. Ratter

Year: 2007

Product Code: OOC 0702

Size: 5.71 x 5.12 x 0.59 inches

0.52 pounds

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0	Rules A couple of questions	2012-02-09	jellelle	1
1	Rules Weapon using	2012-02-03	kotya	2
1	Rules I just don't get it!	2012-01-24	rowdyray	7
1	Rules Madame Wong question	2012-01-16	kotya	2
0	Rules overboard with life preserver	2011-12-11	jarinu	4
7	Reviews Lifeboat: A Child's Play Review	2011-09-30	Spielemit...	0
0	General Weather Deck expansion	2011-08-15	maelic001	1
0	Rules Overboard, chum and consciousness	2011-07-17	LFITQ	1
0	Rules Who can you trade seats with?	2011-07-01	fnord3125	8
1	Rules Do attackers get wound if lose in fight?	2011-05-28	coolpigoox	2

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0	Lifeboat Expansion #2: Liquid Courage Rules Madame Wong - special ability	2011-09-26	arcweldx	0
0	Lifeboat Expansion #1: Cannibalism Rules Healing an Unconscious Character - Does he get to act afterward?	2011-04-15	selwyth	1
1	Lifeboat Expansion #2: Liquid Courage General 2nd edition compatibility	2011-02-12	Ophryon	1
2	Lifeboat Expansion #2: Liquid Courage News [US] In stock and ready to ship from Funagain Games!	2010-11-16	Pone4games	1
1	Lifeboat Expansion #1: Cannibalism Rules Cannibalism?	2009-08-21	ah3Dog	10
0	Lifeboat Expansion #1: Cannibalism General A seven player game?	2009-05-23	gpren	2

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Lifeboat HUN

Újrafordított Lifeboat magyar szabály, kiegészítve a BGG-n eddig felmerült szabályértelmezési kérdésekkel.

Simulacrum

2011-08-11

Homemade tokens

Homemade tokens, if you need replacements.

sleviatan

2010-08-20

Hungarian translation of the rules

Unofficial hungarian translation of the rules.

sleviatan

2010-08-20

Modular Lifeboat

I loved fenolin's lifeboat board, but wanted to always keep that cramped-spaces feeling, so I made a modular board with three center sections that can be added to increase the size of the lifeboat from 4 up to 7 players.

cdippel71

2009-10-19

Russian translation of the rules

Unofficial russian translation of the 2007 edition rules.

romanko

2009-08-12

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

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Board Game Rank:	1208
Party Game Rank:	60
Num Ratings:	731
Average Rating:	6.47
Standard Deviation:	1.47
Num Views:	64065
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.6
Fans:	27

Personal Comments:	274
Users Owning:	1033
Users Wanting:	60
Users Trading:	29 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	1
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Total Plays:	1270
Plays This Month:	14

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Lifeboat Expansion #1: Cannibalism

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	135
Average Rating	6.76
Average Weight	1.60

Num Owned	445
Prev. Owned	33
For Trade	7
Want in Trade	6

Wishlist	24
Comments	43
Year Published	2008

Lifeboat Expansion #2: Liquid Courage

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Num Ratings	55
Average Rating	7.13
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	238
Prev. Owned	8
For Trade	2
Want in Trade	6

Wishlist	24
Comments	20
Year Published	2010

Lifeboat Expansion #3: Weather Deck

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Num Ratings	8
Average Rating	5.81
Average Weight	1.50

Num Owned	67
Prev. Owned	0
For Trade	0
Want in Trade	5

Wishlist	17
Comments	4
Year Published	2011

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Who Will Survive? A Review of Lifeboat at The Gaming Gang	http://thegaminggang.com/2011/04/who-will-survive-...	2011-08-17
French board	http://languedeserpent.free.fr/index.php?tag/les-n...	2011-04-06
French review at Jedisjeux.net	http://www.jedisjeux.net/les-naufrages-du-titanic-...	2011-01-08
Review and rules with photos in french	http://ludophile.over-blog.fr/article-les-naufrage...	2010-12-30
Home made version (versión casera)	http://webs.ono.com/fenolin/lifeboat.html	2008-02-08
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2007-10-04
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
Lifeboat product page on FMG site	http://www.fatmessiahgames.com/fmg/lifeboat/lifebo...	2003-12-14
Fat Messiah Games	http://www.fatmessiahgames.com/smg/lifeboat.html	2002-12-14