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Year
2017
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Description
Hellapagos is a "co-opetition" game in which players struggle to survive on a desert island and build a raft to escape before a hurricane devastates them. While players need to work together, it's not likely that everyone will survive this backstabbing negotiation game for up to twelve players.
After becoming shipwrecked, your group of castaways finds themselves on a desert island. At first, the surroundings seem like paradise, but life soon proves difficult. Water and food are scarce. It’s doubtful whether everyone can survive this diet. There is only one solution: Construct a large raft together. But don’t waste any time, because the clouds on the horizon suggest the arrival of a dangerous hurricane! At the end of the game, the players who manage to leave the island in time will win (assuming anyone survives that long!).
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positive
Pros
- Strong island theme and tactile components (3D card holder, deck boxes, straw bag)
- Easy to learn with quick 20-minute play sessions and broad player count (3-12)
- High interaction and drama; opportunities for both selfish and group-oriented play
- Multiple variants and rich production value enhance replayability
Cons
- Timing of card interactions is confusing and under-explained in the rulebook
- Rulebook and back-of-rule sheet rely on wall-of-text format; icons and clearer aids would help
- Lack of hidden roles by default may reduce villains' motivation for some groups
- Early eliminations can be unsatisfying; randomness can dampen drama in some sessions
- Some cards are weak or useless; expansion content anticipated to diversify options
Thematic elements
- Survival, resource management, and cutthroat island politics
- A tropical island where stranded players must survive while building rafts to escape.
- Semi-cooperative with emergent social drama; unpredictable politics
Comparison games
- City of Horror
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Four core actions per turn — Players choose from four actions (fish for food, collect water, gather wood, or the last action to scavenge wreckage) to advance their position.
- Item management and permanent items — Diverse items (water bottles, sandwiches, magic conch, sleeping pills, etc.) with strategic uses; permanent items cement roles.
- Resource Management — Diverse items (water bottles, sandwiches, magic conch, sleeping pills, etc.) with strategic uses; permanent items cement roles.
- Semi-Cooperative — Players must vote to exile others when resources run out, creating drama and conflict; alliances are fluid.
- Semi-cooperative political play — Players must vote to exile others when resources run out, creating drama and conflict; alliances are fluid.
- Variant: Voice of the Dead — Dead players can still influence elections in the variant, changing strategy and dynamics.
- Weapon mechanics and bullets — A gun item exists that requires bullets to function; bullets can be traded or stolen, and the killer takes the deceased's items.
- Weather deck and hurricane timing — A hurricane card provides a time limit, accelerating the endgame and adding tension as the deck shrinks.
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Quotes (from this video)
- the game just throws you into this island survival realm with these amazing components
- you can more or less play items whenever the hell you want
- the gun needs bullets to actually work
- buy this island survival experience if you have that rowdy group of friends and just delight in seeing a super fast 20 minute lord of the flies chaotic mess
- the bag is amazing
- City of Horror is the golden standard of these kind of cut-throat games
- the voice of the dead variant lets dead players still vote in elections
- it's easy to learn
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