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
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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