Escape from Nemo's Island
2-4 players (best at 3-4)
30-60 minutes playtime
12 years or older
Escape from Nemo's Island is a semi-cooperative game of island exploration, gathering supplies and treasure, and escape. The players must balance hunting for needed supplies with searching for treasure, because the supplies will allow them to escape, but the treasure will help them win.
Balance greed vs altruism
Players have become stranded on Nemo’s Island, where Captain Nemo retired from the world long ago. They must work together to gather Supplies (Food, Water and Fuel) and escape in Nemo’s sub, the Nautillus.
During the game, players can travel around the island and discover Clues about the location of the Supplies. Once found, the Supplies need to be transported to the Nautillus. Some of the Clue cards also can lead the players to the Treasures that Nemo hid around the island.
But, Captain Nemo has left a number of traps around the island. If the players stumble onto too many of them, the Volcano on the island erupts and will cover the island in lava.
Players must recover the needed Supplies and escape the island. The player with the most points in Treasures wins.
Be too greedy, and you wont escape, but be too helpful, and someone else will win.
Unique Selling Points
Semi-cooperative: players must work together to escape the island, but also work for themselves to win the game
Clue cards: players gather Clue cards as the explore the island. Each card points to a unique intersection of column and row, and tells the player that they can obtain a supply, or a treasure, at that intersection.
Random setup: the island is represented by a 6x6 grid of cards that are placed face down. Players can tell how dangerous a location is by the number of skulls on the back, but not necessarily what is at that location until the card is flipped over.
