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recommended in: 
MAGAZINE 100 list "2009" |
 Spiel 2008 list - #7 |
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| INTRODUCTION ICE FLOW is a family strategy board game for 2-4 players, aged 11+. You oversee 3 explorers crossing the icy waters of the Bering Strait between Alaska and Siberia - on foot! Use drifting ice floes as ‘stepping stones’ as you trek from east to west. Climb pack ice ridges using rope, and avoid polar bears using fish. But beware the other players, who will attempt to slow your progress! |
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OF THE GAME The first player to get all 3 explorers to Siberia is the winner! |
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THE BOX Rules (English, German, French) 1 Game Board 24 Blue Acrylic Ice Floe Tiles 1 Cloth Bag 12 Explorer Figures (3 x 4 colours) 15 Red Rope 15 Brown Fish 5 White Polar bears 2 Diomede Islands cards 14 Ice Floe Cards 4 Player Guide Cards 4 Rucksack Card |
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English| PLAYER TURN | ||
| Your turn is divided into TWO possible actions: A. ICE FLOE ACTION and B. EXPLORER ACTION: | ||
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ICE FLOE ACTION During your turn, you MUST complete one Ice Floe Action (Ai or Aii or Aiii). This may be taken before or after your Explorer Action. |
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| Ai. Chart an Ice Floe Movement | ||
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Move the chosen ice floe according to the sea current that it is floating in. Each sea current shows distance and direction of flow using arrows | |
| Aii. Measure Ice Floe Rotation | ||
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Rotate the chosen ice floe through 60°(1 edge), either clockwise or anti-clockwise. | |
| Aiii. Discover a New Ice Floe | ||
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Take an ice floe tile at random from the cloth bag. Turn an unused ice floe card to see if any items (rope/fish/polar bears) appear on the discovered ice floe. Now place the ice floe tile, with its items (if available), on any clear entry point at the start of a sea current in the Bering Strait. | |
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EXPLORER ACTION |
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| Bi. Move Explorer
and Collect an Item You may move 1 of your own explorers as far as she will reach across the Bering Straits. |
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Movement between ice floes using the flat, un-broken edges is FREE; however, for movement across broken edges (pack ice), across the sea or past polar bears, you will need to use rope or fish from your rucksack (see ‘Using Items for Movement’). | |
| At the end of this movement, you may collect ONE item from the space where your explorer stops. | ||
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This item is placed on a free space in your rucksack for later turns. | |
| Bii. Go Fishing | ||
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Instead of moving and/or collecting an item (Bi), an explorer may hang a rope over the edge of the ice floe and ‘go fishing’. You exchange 1 rope from your backpack for 2 fish from the supply. This completes your Explorer Action. | |
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Items for Movement Your explorers move FREELY across the flat, un-broken edges from ice floe to ice floe, and must avoid polar bears. However, to help your explorers cross the Strait faster, you may use any rope and fish in your backpack at the start of your turn. |
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| Uses for ROPE | ||
| Ri. Cross 1 Pack Ice Ridge | ||
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Each
ice floe contains Pack Ice Ridges - indicated by 2 or 3 broken edges. To cross 1 pack ice ridge with an explorer, you must use 1 red rope from your rucksack. |
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| Rii. Go Fishing | ||
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Instead of moving and/or collecting an item (Bi), an explorer may hang a rope over the edge of the ice floe and ‘go fishing’. You exchange 1 rope from your backpack for 2 fish from the supply. This completes your Explorer Action. | |
| Uses for FISH | ||
| Fi. Swim 1 Sea Space | ||
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As part of her trek, an explorer may eat fish to gain energy enough to swim across the open water of the Bering Strait. This action is part of continuous movement. Pay 1 fish from your backpack to the supply and move 1 explorer across 1 sea hex space from ice floe to ice floe. | |
| Fii. Distract 1 Polar Bear | ||
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Your
explorers may NOT step onto an ice floe containing polar bear(s) -
unless they use 1 fish to distract each bear (up to 2). She may then either: |
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Continue movement to another ice floe, OR ii. Stop on this ice floe |
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you move a polar bear to an ice floe (or Diomede Islands containing
1 or more explorers, these explorers MUST be moved immediately to
an adjacent ice floe (or across a maximum of 1 sea hex to the next
safe point). Players affected by the polar bear’s arrival immediately take turns, in clockwise order starting with the active player, to move their explorer(s) out of danger. Rope and fish must be used to pay for this escape according to the rules (Ri and Fi) above. Nobody dies in ICE FLOW! If escape from the polar bear is not possible, your endangered explorer is immediately emergency air-lifted back to any start station in Alaska. |
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| GAME END | ||
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ICE FLOW ends as soon
as one player gets each of their 3 explorers to a different station
in Siberia: Alternative
Game End |
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| Full English rules can be found here | ||
