We have lost our way and sailed into a nightmare. All our cargo has been thrown overboard, and now we must save this precious cargo - and our captain! - and escape from the gigantic, raging octopus of the deep. In Crash Octopus, players race to retrieve a shipment floating in the ocean, while surrounded by a horrifically giant octopus. The first player to collect all five types of cargo on their ship wins. The game is played using the table as a landscape, with a perimeter of ropes around the playing area. To set up the game, place the octopus's head in the centre of the playing area, surrounded by the tentacles spaced evenly apart, then the players' ships and anchors outside the tentacles, near the perimeter. Finally, you place all the goods on the playing area by bouncing them off the octopus's head.
On his turn, a player uses his flag to sail - by clicking on the anchor next to his ship, then moving his ship to touch the anchor - or to launch a cargo. There are five types of cargo: goblet, chest, gem, gold and captain (yes, really!). You can drag any cargo to your ship that is not on your ship. The only exception is that you cannot flick the object closest to your ship. If the thrown cargo misses your ship, your turn ends; if it hits it, you load that cargo, then advance the cargo tracker, which is a string of beads around the perimeter. If you advance a black bead on the cargo track, the octopus attacks! Each player, in turn, rolls a die and bounces it off the octopus's head, eventually moving the head or a tentacle to interfere with others picking up cargo and eventually knocking a ship's cargo off its feet. What a setback!
Crash Octopus funded on the Kickstarter platform
Crash Octopus was funded on the Crowdfunding Kickstarter (See the campaign) platform on the Oct 27, 2020, the campaign lasted 35 days. 3,304 people helped funded the game, whose the amount requested was ¥500,000. Thanks to these 3,304 people the game could be funded up to ¥16,922,503, ~3,384.50%.
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Contents of the box : 1 octopus head, 8 tentacles, 1 Ink die, 1 crab, 1 Octo-chrono, 10 flags, 4 ships, 4 anchors, 4 captains, 4 cups, 4 gold bars, 4 gems, 4 chests, 1 island, 1 palm tree, 1 pirate ship, 1 Octo-cannon, 4 bottles, 4 roses, 1 small octopus, 1 rule book.
