co-operative strategy game
2 to 5 players • age 10+ • duration about 30 minutes
Game
Dive into the life of two young seals and two young penguins
living at the South Pole. Together with your fellow players you
make sure that all four of them can grow up to adults. There are
two challenges. The ice oe on which the penguins and seals live is
melting and some hunters are circling around, trying to shoot the
animals.
The seals and penguins eat sh and krill shrimps. Each time they
have eaten, they grow so that they can move further. But since the
ice oe is getting smaller, they have to swim further and further to
reach the sh shoals in the deep water.
The major risk for the animals is caused by the three hunters. Their
boats move along the edge of the ice oe and dock at the coves
to shoot the animals. With the melting of the ice, the hunters are
getting closer to the centre of the ice oe. With patrol vessels and
helicopters, you can keep a close watch on the hunters so that they
cannot shoot. It is also possible to arrest one or two hunters.
Contents
Game board, 18 ice tiles (6 with and 12 without cracks), 3 red boats
(the hunters), 3 krill cards with a hole for the patrol vessel, 3 yellow
patrol vessels, 3 helicopters, 8 oval sh cards, 16 circular cards with
seals and penguins, 5 task cards, 1 spare ice tile, 5 other spare cards.
Aim of the game
Together you take care that the four animals can safely eat. As soon
as all animals have grown up, you win! When a penguin or seal gets
shot, the game stops and you have lost. You also lose when you
need to melt an ice tile with an animal on it.
Build-up of the game
In Antarctica all players have their own task. In the basic game
these tasks will be carried out in a xed order. In this way you will
get comfortable with the game system. To increase challenge and
dynamics, switch to the
advanced game. In the advanced game, the
tasks will be freshly distributed each round of play. If you dare, you
can raise the game level even further to
seasoned player or expert.
Basic game
Preparations
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types of water areas: the deep, dark blue water and the lighter
coloured shallow water.
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Take care that they are placed randomly. Each tile has two coves;
these are the places where the animals will move into and out of
the water. Make sure that the coves are in the right place.
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them on their starting places.
Put the three krill cards and the three yellow patrol vessels on their
starting place.
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sh spots on the board. After that, take away the two
and put them in the game box. There are now two
spots.
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spaces in the lower left corner of the board. Turn one of them face
up; this one is now ready to use. The other two are unmanned
until further notice.
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hatched; put them on the starting spaces with eggshells. Put the
two young seals on the remaining two starting spaces.
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left corner of the board, from small to big.
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recently made a boat trip. This player receives the task card with
the spinning arrow (card number 1).
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playing with four, one player gets cards 4 and 5. With three, the
starting player also takes the penguin card. With two, divide them
as you wish.
Playing the game
The game is played in several rounds. Each round consists
of ve tasks that are carried out in a xed order.
When playing the rst few games, read the rules and follow
carefully. This will guarantee a lot of fun in later games!
1 Starting player: moving fish and hunters
the hunters:
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shoals with these sh to the two empty sh spots.
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boats leave their cove, move along the edge of the ice and dock
at the rst, second or third cove, depending on the number that
the arrow indicates. They always move clockwise around the ice
oe.
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penguin, check if there is a patrol vessel on the water space near
this cove. If not, you will need to deploy a helicopter (see below
for rules on helicopters). When you do not have a helicopter, the
animal will be shot and you have lost!
2 Penguins: moving, eating and growing
penguins try to eat without being shot by the hunters. If a
penguin manages to eat, it grows at the end of the turn. In the
rst round of play it is not possible to eat and grow, but if you
take care it will probably be possible in the second round.
Moving:
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The number of moves is indicated on the penguin card. Moving
less is allowed.
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docked, unless a patrol vessel or helicopter is watching this
hunter.
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water, even if there is a patrol vessel or helicopter present.
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your turn you need to land on an empty space.
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Eating:
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near a patrol vessel. In both cases you need to visit the six-sided
space holding the sh shoal or the patrol vessel with krill.
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the right sh species. There are small white sh, medium-size
yellow sh and big green sh. The bigger the penguin, the larger
the sh that it eats. On the penguin card you can see which sh
you can catch. The sh shoal stays at its place (you only eat one
sh).
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with a krill card. All animals, big and small, can eat krill. But it is
available only three times in the game. Move the krill card to the
lower right corner of the board (you eat all available krill).
Growing:
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a new penguin card on top of this penguin. Next turn, you can
move this bigger penguin by taking the whole pile of penguin
cards. You can grow only once each turn, therefore it is of no use
to eat twice during one turn.
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and can move only one step. But from now on, you may move
both penguins each turn.
3 Seals: moving, eating and growing
eat and grow in exactly the same way as the penguins.
