Lifeboat, the Card Game

One of the best games I have played and I have quite a collection of games. Trying not to stab your buddy in the back or eating your dead counterpart in the game is always a great thing to have to think about. Game takes about 45 minutes to an hour and a half depending on how may players you have. I recommend all the expansions except for #3 (the weather) which seems to not be as favorable as the other two. All my friends love this game and have gone on to but it themselves. My10 and 14 year old can't get enough of it.

If you enjoy games with variable player powers, then this will be a worthy addition to your collection. Despite the simple differences in character size, the game experience is very different with each character as you are forced to be more aggressive or passive. Part of the mechanics of play is loving and hating another character so you get bonus points if the one you love survives and the one you hate doesn't make it. You will find yourself negotiating for your life in this game as you try to figure out who is on your side.

This game is so much fun! A lot of different aspects ablut it that keep it interesting. I bought it to play with my neice and nephew at xmas and can't wait to play again!

I bought this for my game-loving sister for Christmas but was pretty disappointed when we opened it up to play. The directions are copious but lack instructions for how to actually begin playing the game. We wound up you-tubing it after about 20 minutes of reviewing the so-called instructions and then sat through another 20-minutes watching the video, which did not correspond in all things to the instructions but at least got us on the right path. Maybe we’re just not good at games, who knows, but this was not for us.

Lifeboat is an outstanding group game that encourages social interaction and strategy.The central premise of the game is that the collection of players are stranded on a lifeboat waiting to be saved - the goal being to survive with the most points possible. At the beginning of the game, each player is assigned an opponent that they 'love' and 'hate'. This dictates your strategy as you want to keep your 'loved' one alive, and make your 'hated' one dead.The basic game mechanic revolves around distributing and consuming supplies in conjunction with social jockeying on the boat.The one criticism I have against this game is that not everyone starts on level footing. Many times I've felt that with a certain character and love/hate cards that it is near impossible to win. While the gameplay itself is still fun, I don't like the random handicap at the beginning.With a boisterous group of friends who won't hold a grudge against you in real life for your actions in this game, this is perfect evening entertainment.

At our holiday family gathering of teens and adults we gave it a solid hour of our time and gave up. Bright people experienced at gaming. We eventually laughed at how bad and convoluted the directions were. Hard pass.

Fairly entertaining game of survival through alliances and betrayal, but it can drag on...and on. It's also somewhat biased to the stronger characters. If you're strong enough, just take whatever you want from someone else - like the best weapons to become nearly unstoppable...even if every other person teams against you. So the game can become turn after turn of getting bullied for most players.

One of the most fun and simple card games you can play with a crowd. Be prepared for a game that gets people saltier than Catan.Only downside is that it requires 4 people minimum to play and that its potential is maximized at 6 people.