Board Game

Overboard

Released 1977 / 2-2 players / 15-15 min / Ages 8+

Also known as Over Boord, Přes palubu, Taler schieben, Über Bord

Designer: Alex Randolph

Publisher: Lakeside, Otto Maier Verlag, (Unknown), Irisa

Overboard cover art

Description

This game is one of a series of 2 player strategy games by Lakeside from the 1970's, also including Blockade, Trespass, and Isolation. In Overboard, the "Slide to Survive" game, the board is a 7x7 grid of squares with slots between them to create a grid of 6x6 or 36 playing positions. There are 36 pieces, 18 red, 18 white, which are placed on the intersections between the squares; they have little knobs which hold them in the slots. On his turn, a player uses one of his pieces to push a row of his opponent's pieces off the board, a la Kuba. The winner is the last player with pieces on the board.

Game at a glance

Year published
1977
Players
2
Play time
15 minutes
Listed playing time
15 minutes
Minimum age
8+

Categories (1)

  • Abstract Strategy

Mechanics (2)

  • Point to Point Movement
  • Square Grid
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