Stronghold Games | Survive: Escape from Atlantis! 30th

A little more complicated than the original version of Escape from Atlantis from my childhood, but we’ve played the last 2 evenings with my children (9,9,7) and they’ve really enjoyed playing it. A great family board game. Great service too – arrived on time, in good condition.

This game is very easy to learn, fast to play, a lot of replayability. It has the perfect balance between strategy, luck, and fun moments. If you are looking for a light game to play with family and friends, despite if they are common board games players or not, Escape from Atlantis will be a very good choice. I just love it, and all people that I introduce to the game always ask to play again.
I very happy with this purchase. Great game !!!

Buy it! Bought as an Xmas gift for my niece and nephew (aged 7 and 9) based on a friend’s recommendation. The rules are easy to learn, and the instruction booklet is laid out well, with handy pages to refer to during gameplay. Once I had played a couple of games with the kids to teach them the rules, they were then able to set up and play on their own too – no adult supervision required.
There are different modes to play, and lots of expansion packs available to add extra twists to the game. I will be getting them expansions packs for next Xmas I think! I enjoyed playing the game as well – it’s a great family game that is completed within approx 45 minutes, and can be played by adults alone, adults and kids, or kids alone.

As far as I’m concerned, this is the best reboot of a board game on the market. With some reboots of board games, the rules or game play is modified, and the quality of the board and pieces usually aren’t as good. In this case, game play stays true to the original, and the board and game pieces are superior to the original. The playing surface (game board) is bigger than the original. Also, they have made an effort to make instructions (on the land tokens) more visual, making the game easier for younger kids to participate. (In the original version, game pieces had text on the bottom of each land token, now there are pictures on the bottom of the tokens, and a key explaining what the pictures represent.) I am very impressed with the effort that went into the development of this version. Well worth the money.

For 2-4 players, best with 3 or 4, takes half an hour to an hour to play, very simple and easy to get started, but still good fun.
The idea is that each player has characters of different worth, and you have to try and get the best characters off Atlantis before it sinks, either by swimming or taking a boat to the separate islands at each corner of the board. Boats are generally better as they can take more characters at once, but other players characters can also board your boat, and direct where it goes.
At the end of each players turn they will remove a tile from Atlantis, starting with the beach pieces, and when they have all been removed, forest pieces, and finally mountains. The game ends when the volcano tile is removed (one of the mountain tiles).
While it makes sense to try and get your best characters off Atlantis first, other players may recognize you doing this, and try and stop you, either by sinking your boat, or permanently killing your character, which can either be done by sending a shark or sea monster to the tile they’re on. The biggest problem is that once you have placed your characters on the board, it becomes very hard to keep track of the best ones as they all look the same, meaning you could think you’ve saved a 6, and then it turns out to only be a 1. Often it is strategic to sacrifice a 1, if you can kill a higher character of a competing player.