- Posts: 8773
- Thank you received: 6758
- Forum
- /
- The Salon
- /
- Article Discussions
- /
- Flashback Friday - Survive: Escape from Atlantis! - Love it or Hate It? Do you Still Play It?
Bugs: Recent Topics Paging, Uploading Images & Preview (11 Dec 2020)
Recent Topics paging, uploading images and preview bugs require a patch which has not yet been released.
Flashback Friday - Survive: Escape from Atlantis! - Love it or Hate It? Do you Still Play It?
Love it or hate it? Do you still play it?
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- hotseatgames
- Offline
- D12
- Posts: 7278
- Thank you received: 6516
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Michael Barnes
- Offline
- Mountebank
- HYPOCRITE
- Posts: 16929
- Thank you received: 10375
Space Attack is great. It adds a little complexity and some pew-pew, making it slightly more aggressive. It’s really kind of underrated...and our very own Geoff Engelstein did the additional design on it. My son likes it better than the original.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Matt Thrower
- Offline
- Shiny Balls
- Number Of Fence
See, the thing is, it sounds great. It ought to work. But in practice, for me at least, it's a great game without a niche. It's a casual game that's no good for casual play because it's so mean. And if you want to play it with the mean crowd, I'd rather have a game with a bit more depth or a bit less play time.
I imagine all my value stickers have fallen off in the years since it last saw the table.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Jackwraith
- Offline
- Ninja
- Maim! Kill! Burn!
- Posts: 4419
- Thank you received: 5831
charlest wrote: I really like this game, but my group never is too enthusiastic about it. Waiting for my daughter to get old enough.
Yep. This, exactly. I love this game. I think it's a slick design and does exactly what it says on the tin. But my group could just never get into it, so I traded it. I've never tried any of the expansions or Space Attack, etc.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Colorcrayons
- Offline
- D8
- Wiz-Warrior
- Posts: 1693
- Thank you received: 1703
It is the only game whose track record is 100% among every player I have introduced it to.
It is evergreen. Timeless.
Those who spurn Survive are philistines who should be stoned and ostracized for their heresy.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
This has been a hit with the family for years, and for some reason my more serious gaming group recently got into it, so if anything its seeing the table more now than it did back in 2011.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
I played it thirty years ago with a new friend I had just met (our mother were BFFs in high school, and when they reconnected - our age and interests were a commonality). That friend and I still hang out every Thursday night, albeit blowing shit up on Xbox Live.
Anyway, I got a copy of that old game from thirty years ago at the Goodwill five months ago. Four bucks. It has so much more character than Stronghold's pathetic first crack at college freshmen graphic design. Visuals criticized, I still own my Stronghold copy and it's two expansions. It gets regular play.
All I'm saying is when I remove a whale from the board? It's because I'm playing a Tile that's printed in English stating, "Harpoon a Whale."
And deep down, I'd like to lay my hands on a copy of that Plastic Fantastic version that Waddington's Games published.
Please Log in or Create an account to join the conversation.
- Forum
- /
- The Salon
- /
- Article Discussions
- /
- Flashback Friday - Survive: Escape from Atlantis! - Love it or Hate It? Do you Still Play It?