Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition (2002)

About this game

Captain Park's Imaginary Polar Expedition is a scavenger-hunt board game. The board is a highly un-representational map of London, showing all the best places to find Artifacts, Photographs, Anecdotes, and whatever else you need to prove you've been to Africa, Everest or wherever. Just to make your life interesting, Captain Park is wandering around looking for you. Once you've got some goodies, and you've been hiding long enough, you'll return to the Gentleman's Club to brag about your adventure. You'll score points for your stuff, bonus points for having different kinds of stuff, and more bonus points for being the first to go somewhere. If that's not enough, you'll also get a bonus if your destination just happens to be in style.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 3 to 7.
• 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 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.