# Lifeboats

Lifeboats is a board game for 3–6 players. It plays in 90 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 6. It is rated 6.6 out of 10 by 19 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 3–6 (best with 6)
- **Playing time:** 90 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 1.8 out of 5
- **Year published:** 1993
- **Categories:** Party Game, Negotiation, Nautical
- **Mechanics:** Voting, Simultaneous Action Selection, Player Elimination
- **Ludoya rating:** 6.6 out of 10, from 19 reviews
- **Owned by:** 23 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 50
- **Unique players:** 61

**Designers:** Ronald Wettering

**Artists:** Matthias Catrein, Wolfgang Steinmeyer

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/lifeboats)
- [Lifeboats in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/lifeboats)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/249)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._