The players are various passengers originally from a now-sunken cruise ship, stuck in a lifeboat together and trying to survive.
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Players frantically try to find and rescue four artifacts off of a mysterious island that is slowly sinking into the sea.
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Many a family has been broken up by its grossly unbalanced gameplay.
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Merchants and Marauders strips out any of the television or movie themes and allows simple trade and pirate battles.
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Timeline does a lot to try to solve the issue that plagues most trivia-based games.
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Such a simple game wouldn’t warrant much note, but this game also has the benefit of Matthew Inman’s sense of humour and comic art style.
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The game is very funny, and holds true to its murder mystery roots.
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I felt that the complexity of Tsuro of the Seas took away from the eastern philosophy of its source.
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The two player system gives the game an intense feeling—similar to playing chess.
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‘Aye, Dark Overlord!’ game review By Ed Appleby, Illustrator The source of all humour is tragedy. And since you’ve failed your boss for the last time, you’d better make it…