Send penguins diving for fish and decide on every flip whether to surface or risk one level deeper.
You run a waddle of penguins diving for fish, and every dive is a bet. On your turn you flip an ocean tile and look at what it shows. Take the food in the shallows and surface safely, or push deeper for a bigger catch, knowing that the deeper you go the more predators are waiting. Food comes in colors and you score by building sets of three, so what you take matters as much as how much. The game ends when one depth of the ocean has been fully explored, and the best collection wins. It is a quick press-your-luck game with a little memory flavor, for 1 to 6 players in about twenty minutes. This is the 2023 penguin game, not other games called Deep Dive.
Who it's for
You want a short push-your-luck game with a cute theme that works with a mixed group, across mixed ages.
Not for you ifβ¦
You dislike luck-driven risk or want a game with long-term planning. Your fate mostly rides on the next tile.
Vibe's take
Quick and tense in a small way. You keep telling yourself one more dive and then there is a predator, and everyone at the table groans together.
newer than 71% of games
collected more than 56% of games
Best with 3 or 4 Β· publisher: 10+
shorter than 84% of games Β· typical 30β90 min
Explained in 5 minutes Β· 1.1 out of 5 Β· lighter than 89%
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Playable without the language