Matthew BaileyGame 2 of the “Bailey Family Summer 2023 Board game bonanza” is “Stomp the Plank”, played by myself, Katie, Jack (_8), and Toby (5).
On the surface “Stomp the Plank” is a simple push-your-luck game but in reality, this is a mechanic I really like boiled down to its purest form and it’s brilliant.
So essentially you set up the magnetic planks with the elephants and on your turn you have to steal treasure from the captain by turning over cards. For every treasure stolen a wooden disc goes on the end of every other player’s plank. The catch is that if you turn over a card that matches one that you already turned over then the round ends and instead your elephant moves one space forward.
This keeps going until it all becomes too heavy and players start to drop off.
And that’s it. Trust me though it’s brilliant. I love push-your-luck games but the components are such high quality and the added kinda dexterity element makes it so compelling to play, It is a little expensive (£27.84 cheapest I can find) but this is due to the high production values and I cannot recommend this highly enough.
