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Sail or Die

Sail or Die

2024·Andreas Preiss

Videos
5
Creators
4

Mainly reviews. Sail or Die is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 1 unboxings.

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

From BoardGameGeek

Sail or Die supplies you with 15 points and a handful of cards. You want to keep the points and ditch the cards. To start a round, the first player plays any single card to the center of the table. Each subsequent player can: • Play as many cards as the previous player, but in a color that's not face up on the table. • Place a point token in the center, then play as many cards as the previous player in a color that's already present. • Place a point token in the center, clear all played cards, then play exactly one more card than the previous player in any color. • Retrieve their tokens from the center, then pass, sitting out until play resets. When only one player hasn't passed, reset by removing all played cards and point tokens in the center from the game, after which this player takes the start player marker, then plays a single card of any color. When a player has no cards in hand, the round ends when the player to the right of the start player marker has finished their turn. For each card still in hand, a player removes one of their point tokens from the game. After three rounds, the player with the most points wins. In a tie, the tied player who had the fewest cards in hand at the end of the final round wins.

Sail or Die

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Learn to play

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Loosey Goosey Games5:37

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Loosey Goosey Games

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

Review

Sail or Die Review: Quick Take with Tom Vasel3:26

Sail or Die Review: Quick Take with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Which Sail or Die video should I watch?

Sail or Die has 5 videos from 4 creators: 3 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 1 unboxing. They date from 2024 to March 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Loosey Goosey Games" by 보드라이브 BoardLiveGame, which runs 6 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Sail or Die Review: Quick Take with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 3 creators have reviewed it.

If you like it, try Bag of Butts and Lunar Laser Frogs, also by Andreas Preiss, or SCOUT and dnup, which share several of its mechanics.

All videos

Sail or Die Review: Quick Take with Tom VaselReview3:26

Sail or Die Review: Quick Take with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Sail or Die ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking TableReview21:36

Sail or Die ~ Taylor's Trick-Taking Table

Taylor's Trick-Taking Table

Taylor's Trick-Taking Table

Board Game Heaven How To Play & Review 226: Sail or Die (Loosey Goosey)Review18:17

Board Game Heaven How To Play & Review 226: Sail or Die (Loosey Goosey)

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Loosey Goosey GamesHow to play5:37

Essen Spiel 2024 Novelties - Loosey Goosey Games

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

보드라이브 BoardLiveGame

Boardgame Heaven Unboxing 219: Sail Or Die (Loosey Goosey Games)Unboxing1:00

Boardgame Heaven Unboxing 219: Sail Or Die (Loosey Goosey Games)

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven

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About Sail or Die

From BoardGameGeek:

Sail or Die supplies you with 15 points and a handful of cards. You want to keep the points and ditch the cards. To start a round, the first player plays any single card to the center of the table. Each subsequent player can: • Play as many cards as the previous player, but in a color that's not face up on the table. • Place a point token in the center, then play as many cards as the previous player in a color that's already present. • Place a point token in the center, clear all played cards, then play exactly one more card than the previous player in any color. • Retrieve their tokens from the center, then pass, sitting out until play resets. When only one player hasn't passed, reset by removing all played cards and point tokens in the center from the game, after which this player takes the start player marker, then plays a single card of any color. When a player has no cards in hand, the round ends when the player to the right of the start player marker has finished their turn. For each card still in hand, a player removes one of their point tokens from the game. After three rounds, the player with the most points wins. In a tie, the tied player who had the fewest cards in hand at the end of the final round wins.

Designer

Andreas Preiss

Artist

Yulek Bagel

Publisher

Loosey Goosey Games

Categories

Card Game

Mechanics

Hand ManagementTrick-taking & Climbing
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