2024Julian Courtland-Smith
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- 38
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2 - 5 players45 minLight weight

1982Julian Courtland-Smith
Mainly reviews. Survive: Escape from Atlantis! is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
Survive is a cutthroat game where players seek to evacuate their pieces from an island that is breaking up, while remembering where their highest-valued pieces are located to maximize their score. An island made up of 40 hex-tiles is slowly sinking into the ocean (as the tiles are removed from the board). Each player controls ten people (valued from 1 to 6) that they try and move towards the safety of the surrounding islands before the main island finally blows up. Players can either swim or use boats to travel but must avoid sea serpents, whales and sharks on their way to safety. Survive is very similar to Escape from Atlantis with some key differences. Survive was reprinted as "Survive: Escape from Atlantis!" by publisher Stronghold Games and hit store shelves in February, 2011. The reprint contains the game Survive, as well as all the extra pieces needed in order to play the game as "Escape from Atlantis" and is actually found here: Survive: Escape from Atlantis! because it came with the dolphins and dive dice which were removed from the anniversary edition which was released a couple of years later (though they were later made available by themselves for owners of that version). "Survive: Escape from Atlantis!" is game #2 in the Stronghold Games "Survive Line".
Survive: Escape from Atlantis! has 9 videos from 6 creators: 4 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 2 playthroughs, 1 unboxing and 1 other video. They date from 2021 to July 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Survive: Escape from Atlantis!" by Eastern Oklahoma Library System YouTube, which runs 28 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "THIS GAME DESTROYS FRIENDSHIPS! #boardgames #tabletopgames" by Cribbage & More. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Survive: Escape from Atlantis Board Game Gameplay | All Expansions (Twitch/YouTube Live Stream)" by dmNorthTV, one of 2 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Survive The Island, Lost Valley of the Dinosaurs, Survive The Island: Monster Pack and Escape from Atlantis, also by Julian Courtland-Smith.
2024Julian Courtland-Smith
2 - 5 players45 minLight weight
1985Julian Courtland-Smith, Tonie Courtland-Smith
2 - 4 players30 - 60 minLight weight
2025Julian Courtland-Smith
2 - 5 players45 minLight weight
1986Julian Courtland-Smith, C. Courtland-Smith
2 - 4 players45 - 60 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Survive is a cutthroat game where players seek to evacuate their pieces from an island that is breaking up, while remembering where their highest-valued pieces are located to maximize their score. An island made up of 40 hex-tiles is slowly sinking into the ocean (as the tiles are removed from the board). Each player controls ten people (valued from 1 to 6) that they try and move towards the safety of the surrounding islands before the main island finally blows up. Players can either swim or use boats to travel but must avoid sea serpents, whales and sharks on their way to safety. Survive is very similar to Escape from Atlantis with some key differences. Survive was reprinted as "Survive: Escape from Atlantis!" by publisher Stronghold Games and hit store shelves in February, 2011. The reprint contains the game Survive, as well as all the extra pieces needed in order to play the game as "Escape from Atlantis" and is actually found here: Survive: Escape from Atlantis! because it came with the dolphins and dive dice which were removed from the anniversary edition which was released a couple of years later (though they were later made available by themselves for owners of that version). "Survive: Escape from Atlantis!" is game #2 in the Stronghold Games "Survive Line".
Designer
Julian Courtland-Smith
Artists
David Ausloos, Julian Courtland-Smith, Jean-Brice Dugait, Stéphane Gantiez, Andrew White
Publisher
Parker Brothers
Mechanics