Rafter Five

What's Eric Playing?

Jan 22

Base price: $25.
3 players.
Play time: ~20 minutes.
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Logged plays: 3

Unfortunately, it's been a pretty busy month, so reviewing has taken a bit of a back seat to all of the work- and non-work-related stuff that's come up. It … happens, I suppose, but I'm hoping that I can tackle some interesting games over MLK Weekend and try to get back to being somewhat ahead on reviews, ahead of a bunch of travel and such over the next few months. We will certainly see. In times of strife I come back to my old stalwarts, Oink Games, and I'm always excited to see what they have next in the pipeline. I already covered DroPolter, one of my new favorites, but let's see how Rafter Five measures up!

In Rafter Five, players are after one thing: treasure! The best way to get treasure, as everyone knows, is to build as big of a raft as possible. The trick is making sure that getting on the raft is as tricky as possible, so that other players fall off into the water with their goods (and sometimes yours). If they drop your stuff off, you can blame them for it and potentially kick them out of the treasure hunting group. Ideal, really. So build the raft, make it complex, and see who you can trick. Will you be able to stay afloat?