Survival Scenario

Your group has been stranded on a subtropical deserted island. The island is more than 1,000 miles away from the nearest land. No one knows where you are, and you must use your wits and your knowledge of islands to survive and, hopefully, to escape. In order to survive, you can use the items that you have brought with you. You may also explore the island and surrounding ocean in order to obtain more resources to help you survive. Your ability to survive is measured by your cumulative points in five categories: water, food, shelter, warmth, and health. You will have to react to a variety of challenges and opportunities provided in randomly selected "challenge" cards. These challenges may add to or take away from your resources. They may also provide opportunities to escape from the island, which is your ultimate goal.

• an opportunity to escape, such as a boat or plane passing nearby
• a successful strategy to escape, i.e., a way to signal or move to the location where the opportunity exists
• at least 5 health points
• at least 5 escape points

If you do not have ALL of the qualifications for escaping, you may not attempt to escape, even if you have the opportunity. You must also maintain adequate resources in each of the five resource categories at all times. Each round, your food and water will decrease by 1 point if you do nothing to increase them. You will lose the game if any of your five resource categories falls below zero for two consecutive rounds. Therefore, if you find yourself with close to zero points in any resource category, you should immediately adopt a strategy that will increase your resources in that category.