SOS Titanic
2013 / Card game / 1-5 players
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As a solo player, I was intrigued, amused and sceptical about what seemed to amount to debatably disrespectful Titanic Patience, but I was ultimately swayed by the involvement of Bruno Cathala (responsible for way more of our favourite games than I realised) and a heavily discounted, slightly battered foreign edition, which spared me from struggling to mock this up using regular playing cards.
It is mainly Titanic Patience, but there are enough twists with special powers and frustrating rules to make it an addictive challenge and the theme carries it the rest of the way. Just one more try, I know I can save the children this time.
