Survive! - another board game

I recently added to my board game collection another good family game.  I was looking for something that all five of us could play together.  This meant finding a game that adults could enjoy as much as a seven year old.

After some searching and some reading I settled on Survive: Escape from Atlantis.  In this game you are on an island that is sinking into the ocean.  Your goal is to save more of your people than the other players save of theirs.

As your people jump into the ocean or grab up some available boats there are sharks, whales, and sea serpents waiting for their next meal.  On your turn you may have a chance to direct some of these monsters and determine who they will target.

As you can see above, the island is built with various tiles.  Each game this island is randomly built which helps it feel slightly different each time we have played.

This game is very easy to teach because there are not many rules to keep track of.  It also plays quickly and because other players can effect your people you are never bored waiting for your next turn.

We buy a lot of board games and some of them don't turn out as we had hoped.  This time I think I found a game that we all enjoy playing and it will find its way to the table more than others.