Survive: Escape from Atlantis! (Pick-Our-Play)

Games from the Cellar

Join us this week, as the panel dives in and discusses the board gaming classic, Survive: Escape from Atlantis!

Survive: Escape from Atlantis!, designed by Julian Courtland-Smith, was originally published in 1982 by Parker Brothers. It was later reprinted by Stronghold Games in 2012. It was nominated Game of the Year in Italy and Game of the Year in Spain.

Episode Summary:

Join the panel this week as we explore the classic board game Survive: Escape from Atlantis!, designed by Julian Cortland Smith and originally published in 1982 by Parker Brothers. We discuss the ins and outs of the game, including the rules for moving meeples & creatures, the different types of terrain, and the strategies for getting the most meeples to safety.

The panel gives their thoughts on playing Survive Escape from Atlantis, touching on the challenges of managing our meeples and the successful (and unsuccessful) tactics that were employed to reach dry land.

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Episode Chapters:

(0:00:12) - Escape From Atlantis Board Game (9 Minutes) (0:09:24) - Survival-based Strategy and Gameplay (11 Minutes) (0:20:09) - Surviving the Game(12 Minutes)

Chapter Summaries:

(0:00:12) - Escape From Atlantis Board Game (9 Minutes) The panel explores Survive Escape from Atlantis, a light-complexity game designed by Julian Cortland Smith and originally published in 1982 by Parker Brothers. We discuss the rules of the game, such as how the meeples are placed and moved on the board and the two phases of the game are discussed. Strategies for getting the most meeples to safety and the importance of distributing the meeples effectively are discussed.

(0:09:24) - Survival-based Strategy and Gameplay (11 Minutes) The panel then discusses the goal of Survive Escape from Atlantis, which essentially is to lose the least amount of your meeples. We talk about the mayhem of the game and the potential advantages of going first.

(0:20:09) - Surviving the Game(12 Minutes) We discuss our experience playing Survive Escape from Atlantis. We reflect on the challenge of managing our meeples and the strategies we employed to make it to the shore. We also provide tips on how to play the game and where listeners can find it.

Show notes created with assistance from https://podium.page

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