As in many of the previous editions of the game, the player miniatures have detachable limbs that can be removed to represent the number of shark bites they’ve received throughout the game, whilst the shark miniature looks distinctly metallic and has a hinge jaw to simulate chomping. Hardcore players may want to sleeve the cards to prevent markings that could tip other players off to what they’re playing, but really, if you’re trying to play Get Bit! All photos on this site are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4. Each turn, players select a card from their hand - which are numbered from one to seven - with the lower numbered cards putting the players further in front of the pack, whereas the higher numbers leave players trailing behind.

Get Bit also has a number of small expansions - one of which lets one player take the role of the shark! So, watch your opponents, guess and second guess their actions, learn to bluff, bluster and ride your luck to victory. Because everyone chooses which card to play simultaneously, you never know when your plans will be foiled.

And if you’re playing with just 2 or 3 players, each player can control 2 pirates – thus extending the hope of staying alive. Good and bad play are rewarded and penalized enough in-game with the chomping shark that the end game condition is almost secondary. This is a thematic game but with modest components, so it works much better if you really get into it.

Escaping requires the players to swim as far away from the shark as possible, whilst their fellow robots are steadily consumed.It’s easy to learn and it will have you and your fellow gamers in stitches as you fall victim to the shark, or ditch your mates right in the biting line. We will use anonymous information about the ad you saw and how you engaged with it to measure and improve our advertising campaigns in the future. This creates an entirely luck-based game, yet the theme remains the same and it adds an extra level of fun/fear since you have no idea who is going to be left behind! The reason is that while played cards stay in front of players, a player gets all played cards back to use again if either they are bit or they have only one card in hand. Hence, for children it is possible to remove the strategic element and instead shuffle the cards and each player plays their top-most card.

I didn’t want to go near the ocean (not that I had much opportunity), and I was even suspicious of our landlocked Midwestern lakes. The goal of Get Bit is to be the last surviving member of your friendship group after you are ambushed whilst out for a casual swim.

over and over again in a sitting, much the same way I feel like eating bowl after bowl of ice cream.

combines the right amount of clever gameplay, zany situations, and opportunities for laughter into a small package that’s quick and easy to explain and understand. But you know what is significantly less terrifying than a giant shark destroying boats and eating humans?To refuse these cookies, please follow the instructions below under the heading "How can I control cookies?