Dive :: Quick Overview
Dive deep with keen eyes to find the most turtles while avoiding dangerous sharks in this unique visual perception game, Dive, by @sitdowngames
In Dive, players are simultaneously looking down at the top of a stack of transparent tiles, each with a variety of sea life. Players are trying to figure out what sea life (turtles, sharks and manta rays) are in the first 5 layers of transparent cards, and more particularly, which layer they each occur in.
Behind player screens everyone will use their 5 tokens and place them (from top to bottom) shark side up or down to indicate which layer has a shark. If you guess incorrectly, you stop diving further down and don’t get as many points.
Everyone reveals how they set up their tokens and then all pull of a transparent layer one at a time to see whats on it and who guessed correctly.
Your tokens also have numbers (1-5) and for each layer whoever used the highest token gets to score for that particular layer (with a tie, no one scores). You gain points based on turtles you find in a layer. 1 point for one green turtle and two points for a duo (red+yellow) turtle. If your winning layer has a manta ray, you get to catch up in points to the next player ahead of you.
So if you really want a layer you can bid your highest token (5) or you can even place two tokens in one spot to up your bid (but sacrifice diving deeper). The furthest level you dive (while avoiding those sharks) gains you that many points as well (dive down all 5 levels safely is another 5 points).
Players repeat this 5 layers at a time until someone gains 23 points to trigger the last round. Most points wins!
There are variants to increase complexity where players get a special sea creature with a one use ability. Or an easier variant for kids where you only want to identify sharks and ignore points from turtles or manta rays.
Dive is a unique game that instantly engages everyone. They all love looking through the transparencies and it is incredibly interactive and fun. However, as much as we enjoyed the gameplay, it got repetitive fast. It just felt like you were doing the same thing over and over again. Sadly it has become one of the games we play a couple of times in a row, very excitedly, then not again for a few months. But that’s just us, so we urge you to try it out for yourself!