Sos Octopus is a memory game on the theme of the sea. The principle is that the players are explorers of the sea bed whose goal is to discover as many specimens as possible. The game board is composed of four sectors in which tokens are turned over and on which a small boat is sailing. In turn, each player turns over the tokens of the sector where the boat is located in order to turn over a marine specimen that he is looking for. But he can also move his boat (wave token) or move the little octopus Octave (Octave token). If after a move Octavian and the boat end up in the same area, Octavian calls his dad Octopus to the rescue: "SOS Octopus".
In this case, an ingenious pendulum mechanism at the end of a mast, placed in the middle of the game board, simulates an Octopus tentacle. Another player sets this pendulum in motion, and as it swings, it can topple the small boat. In this case, the player loses a food token. The game ends when a player has no more food tokens or when all the animals have been found. The player who has found the most animals wins the game.
Since its release November 2010, S.O.S. Octopus has won numerous awards and has been particularly well received by players. Even if the game started a little while ago, you can still have a good time playing it, below the reward obtained by the game : 2011 (As d'Or - Jeu de l'Année Enfant).
Contents of the box : 1 large octopus figurine "Octopus", 1 octopus tentacle (rod with pendulum), 1 small disc, 4 sea boxes, 1 ship (hull and sail), 16 porthole tokens, 1 small octopus figurine "Octave", 24 animal tokens, 12 food tiles, 1 reef (token holder), 1 game rule.
