Sirenen in Sicht (2015)

About this game

Sirenen in Sicht is a two-player game in which each player is trying to sink tiles of a boat with the help of cards. On your turn, you play a card with a value on your site or on the opponent site of a ship. Cards have positive or negative values. The cards with negative values also have a special power (e.g., move the captain from one ship tile to another). If the cards hit the value of the ships tile, it sinks; otherwise the ship tile sinks when five cards are on each side, and whoever has more points on their side wins this tile. Each ship tile, the captain, and the first mate are all worth 1 VP, and a game is won as soon as a player has scored three points.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Strictly 2 players — no more, no fewer.
• Rules load. At 1.5/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.