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After the island sank, we found ourselves surrounded by dangerous sea creatures.
Parker Bros Survive! 1982 with the game's inventor Julian Courtland-Smith
My homemade Survive with Sculpey bits and added Landscape
New "30th Anniversary Edition" from Stronghold Games.
Inside of box showing new tray. From the new "30th Anniversary Edition" from Stronghold Games.
the almighty Sea Monster and his glistening reflection
My home made version of Survive! box edge and parts
Escape !
Playing Survive! with pieces repurposed from other games.
Hoping to Survive

Survive: Escape from Atlantis! (1982)

Players
2–4
Best: 4
Playing time
45–60 min
Age
8+
7.31
Average rating
28,092
Ratings
1.70/5
Weight
#386
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Alternate names:Atlantis +14 more
Designer:Julian Courtland-Smith
Artist:Julian Courtland-Smith, Stéphane Gantiez, David Ausloos, Jean-Brice Dugait, Andrew White
Publisher:Parker Brothers +16 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 7, Interaction 10, Complexity 3.4, Theme 6
Strategy5.0
Luck7.0
Interaction10.0
Complexity3.4
Theme6.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

Survive is a cutthroat game where players seek to evacuate their pieces from an island that is breaking up, while remembering where their highest-valued pieces are located to maximize their score.

An island made up of 40 hex-tiles is slowly sinking into the ocean (as the tiles are removed from the board). Each player controls ten people (valued from 1 to 6) that they try and move towards the safety of the surrounding islands before the main island finally blows up. Players can either swim or use boats to travel but must avoid sea serpents, whales and sharks on their way to safety.

Survive is very similar to Escape from Atlantis with some key differences.

Survive was reprinted as "Survive: Escape from Atlantis!" by publisher Stronghold Games and hit store shelves in February, 2011. The reprint contains the game Survive, as well as all the extra pieces needed in order to play the game as "Escape from Atlantis" and is actually found here: Survive: Escape from Atlantis! because it came with the dolphins and dive dice which were removed from the anniversary edition which was released a couple of years later (though they were later made available by themselves for owners of that version).

"Survive: Escape from Atlantis!" is game #2 in the Stronghold Games "Survive Line".

Expansions

Survive: Escape from Atlantis! – The Giant Squid Mini Expansion
Survive: Escape from Atlantis! – 5-6 Player Mini Expansion
Survive: Escape from Atlantis! – Dolphins & Dive Dice Mini Expansion
Survive: Dolphins & Squids & 5-6 Players...Oh My!
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