The Spill
2022Andy Kim
- Videos
- 43
- Creators
- 34
Mainly reviews. The Spill is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 23 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 5 recorded sessions, 7 unboxings, and 5 other videos.
1 - 4 players
50 - 60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
From BoardGameGeek
Offshore rig, DeepWell•4, has blown out and the rupture is spilling crude oil into the ocean at an alarming rate! Your response team must work together, using your individual talents to avert an ecological disaster, one which threatens to contaminate marine life and devastate the ecosystem. The situation is dire and escalating by the minute, so there is no time to waste. Contain the oil flowing from the rig Remove what oil you can from the waters Rescue the marine animals The world is watching. The fate of the coast is in your hands! This fully cooperative game features a 4-way dice tower as the oil rig, which randomly drops oil dice onto the four quadrants of the game board. In this respect, the game is a reverse tower defense game, as players sail the perimeter trying to push back and contain the oil, remove dice from the water and save the sea life. Communal resource cards are chosen by the team before the game begins and are then powered for use by either removing 3 oil dice from the game or saving a full set of 6 marine creatures. Weather dice complicate matters adding new challenges for the round that restrict movement, drop more dice or increase the cost of operations. It takes coordination and teamwork to win, as new oil dice are dropped at the beginning of every turn and the number of oil dice dropped increases over the course of the game. If the team can accomplish all three objectives on their WIN Condition card and remedy any potential losing conditions on the board by the end of a given turn - they win. Otherwise the game will end when the 60 dice from the bag are exhausted or they are unable to correct one of the three losing conditions. -description from the publisher
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Which video should I watch for The Spill?
The Spill has 43 videos from 34 creators: 23 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 5 playthroughs, 7 unboxings and 5 other videos. They date from 2021 to June 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play The Spill (Rules School) with the Game Boy Geek" by Game Boy Geek, which runs 24 min. For a quicker teach, "The Spill de Smirk & Dagger" by El Doc Logan runs 13 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Spill Review: Stopping Oil Spills and Dice Towers" by The Dice Tower. 22 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "All the Games with Steph: The Spill" by Steph Hodge, one of 5 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Tesseract, Marvel D.A.G.G.E.R., Flock Together or Cthulhu: Death May Die – Fear of the Unknown, which share several of its mechanics.
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About The Spill
From BoardGameGeek:
Offshore rig, DeepWell•4, has blown out and the rupture is spilling crude oil into the ocean at an alarming rate! Your response team must work together, using your individual talents to avert an ecological disaster, one which threatens to contaminate marine life and devastate the ecosystem. The situation is dire and escalating by the minute, so there is no time to waste. Contain the oil flowing from the rig Remove what oil you can from the waters Rescue the marine animals The world is watching. The fate of the coast is in your hands! This fully cooperative game features a 4-way dice tower as the oil rig, which randomly drops oil dice onto the four quadrants of the game board. In this respect, the game is a reverse tower defense game, as players sail the perimeter trying to push back and contain the oil, remove dice from the water and save the sea life. Communal resource cards are chosen by the team before the game begins and are then powered for use by either removing 3 oil dice from the game or saving a full set of 6 marine creatures. Weather dice complicate matters adding new challenges for the round that restrict movement, drop more dice or increase the cost of operations. It takes coordination and teamwork to win, as new oil dice are dropped at the beginning of every turn and the number of oil dice dropped increases over the course of the game. If the team can accomplish all three objectives on their WIN Condition card and remedy any potential losing conditions on the board by the end of a given turn - they win. Otherwise the game will end when the 60 dice from the bag are exhausted or they are unable to correct one of the three losing conditions. -description from the publisher
Designer
Andy Kim
Artist
Kwanchai Moriya
Publisher
Smirk & Dagger Games
Mechanics