2021 · Party Game

Crash Octopus

Players race to recover five distinct types of cargo that floated into the sea after a shipwreck, while a giant octopus and its wandering tentacles interfere. The playing area is the tabletop inside a string perimeter; the octopus head sits at center with tentacles radiating out, player ships and anchors sit near the edge, and cargo is scattered by dropping it off the octopus head. On a turn a player uses their flag to either navigate by flicking their anchor and moving their ship to that anchor, or to flick a cargo token toward their ship. Hitting the ship loads that cargo and advances a bead-based cargo tracker; landing on certain tracker spaces triggers an octopus attack. When the octopus attacks, players drop a die off the head to move the head or tentacles and potentially displace cargo or knock items off ships.

groupPlayers

1–5 best 4

schedulePlaying time

20–30 min

cakeAge

7+

psychologyComplexity

1.4 / 5