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Flotsam Float

Flotsam Float

2022·Günter Burkhardt

2 - 5 players
15 - 20 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

Skill is required in this game of island hopping. Flotsam Float contains 24 colorful stacking stones. This flotsam and jetsam must be collected and stacked on the wobbly raft. You need a steady hand because the fully loaded raft must be balanced to the next island. In clockwise order, players pick a wooden piece and must stack it on one of the raft cards on top of the already existing found objects. In doing so, they must not move the other pieces. If no piece fell, that player may take an island card that has shells and a symbol on it. The symbol indicates which island the raft must be balanced to in the second phase. The islands are each four cards with a symbol on them, which are randomly distributed in the game area during the set-up. The raft card must be moved, but the found objects may not be touched. If again nothing has fallen down, this player gets the number of shells credited as points. The game is over as soon as only one island has island cards left. The player with the most shells wins.

Flotsam Float

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Learn to play

How to Play Flotsam Float8:21

How to Play Flotsam Float

Game Like A Mother

Game Like A Mother

Watch it played

Jason and Rory Play Flotsam Float18:11

Jason and Rory Play Flotsam Float

The Boardgame Mechanics

The Boardgame Mechanics

Which Flotsam Float video should I watch?

Flotsam Float has 3 videos from 3 creators: 2 how-to-play guides and 1 playthrough. They date from 2022 to May 2024.

To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Flotsam Float" by Game Like A Mother, which runs 8 min.

To see it played, watch "Jason and Rory Play Flotsam Float" by The Boardgame Mechanics.

If you like it, try Potato Man, Tipperary, Ulm and Volltreffer, also by Günter Burkhardt.

All videos

Jason and Rory Play Flotsam FloatPlaythrough18:11

Jason and Rory Play Flotsam Float

The Boardgame Mechanics

The Boardgame Mechanics

How to Play Flotsam FloatHow to play8:21

How to Play Flotsam Float

Game Like A Mother

Game Like A Mother

Flotsam Float - Dexterity Game Review | GiveawayHow to play5:28

Flotsam Float - Dexterity Game Review | Giveaway

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Game Like A Mother
Game Like A Mother
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Little Big Thumbs
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The Boardgame Mechanics
The Boardgame Mechanics
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About Flotsam Float

From BoardGameGeek:

Skill is required in this game of island hopping. Flotsam Float contains 24 colorful stacking stones. This flotsam and jetsam must be collected and stacked on the wobbly raft. You need a steady hand because the fully loaded raft must be balanced to the next island. In clockwise order, players pick a wooden piece and must stack it on one of the raft cards on top of the already existing found objects. In doing so, they must not move the other pieces. If no piece fell, that player may take an island card that has shells and a symbol on it. The symbol indicates which island the raft must be balanced to in the second phase. The islands are each four cards with a symbol on them, which are randomly distributed in the game area during the set-up. The raft card must be moved, but the found objects may not be touched. If again nothing has fallen down, this player gets the number of shells credited as points. The game is over as soon as only one island has island cards left. The player with the most shells wins.

Designer

Günter Burkhardt

Artist

Stephanie Böhm

Publisher

HABA

Categories

Children's Game

Mechanics

Dexterity
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