Pyramid Review: Shipwrecked Card Game

Pyramid Review

Shipwrecked Card Game

Published by Out of the Box

Designed by Matthew Kirby and Mark Alan Osterhaus

Illustrated by John Kovalic

24 Bid cards, 24 Resource cards, 65 gemstones, rulebook; $15.95

Two to four castaways are stuck on a deserted island and must compete with each other for food, shelter, water, and friends in this new bidding game from Out of the Box Games. In the tradition of their previous games, Apples to Apples and Bosworth, Shipwrecked is simple, fun, and hysterically illustrated by John Kovalic.

Kovalic provides a unique illustration for twenty Resource cards. The Resources are divided into the four types mentioned above and are ranked from ten to 50 Points each. The first Crusoe to win 100 Points worth of cards of a single type of Resource, or to win 150 Points worth of cards of any type, wins the game. Each Resource also has an Income number that gives players gemstones, the local currency, at the beginning of their turns. Finally, they have a Value number players can use to sell the card to the bank for a quick cash infusion. As the Points of the cards increase, the Income decreases, so a player lagging behind in Points receives more help from the bank each turn.

Players win Resource cards by bidding on them. On each turn, a player reveals the top Resource card and begins a six round bidding session. The price of the Resource cards begins at five gemstones for the first round and it decreases every round until a player . . .

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Article publication date: March 16, 2001

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