Attention Skippers! Family seeks
experienced skipper for safe, speedy voyage along perilous jungle
river to Jungle Navigation Company Headquarters. Esteemed Company
owner Alberta Falls will announce one of four families as temporary
Company caretakers before going on sabbatical, and we’re in the
running! Since we might be your future bosses, if you keep us on
board, we’ll do the same for you. Payment dependent on arrival of
cargo and passengers… preferably in one piece.
Disney Jungle Cruise Adventure Game is
a mystery and deduction game based on the world-famous Disney Parks
attraction. Players are intrepid skippers transporting valuable cargo
and families of passengers through the jungle to Jungle Cruise
Navigation Company Headquarters. Along the way, they’ll collect
clues to see which family might be appointed Company caretakers—these
passengers are worth more points at the end of the game! They’ll
also collect lost passengers and cargo and navigate dangers that
cause passengers and cargo to get lost in the jungle. The skipper to
transport the most valuable cargo at the end of the game wins!
On a player’s turn, they will roll a
movement die and move their boat forward that many spaces. They’ll
draw four Navigation cards, each of which has a danger rating and
targeted boat section as well as a dangerous encounter (including
hippos, giant butterflies, and ducks). As is appropriate, each
Navigation card also includes a pun.
Players only encounter as many cards as
they move (ex: two cards for two spaces). They will roll encounter
dice equal to the danger rating (0-3), then remove one passenger or
cargo for each ! symbol they roll from the indicated boat section. If
a player doesn’t like their roll, they can use their Warning Shot
to reroll.
On future turns, if there are empty
spaces on their boat, players will be able to collect a “Lost &
Found” token when they land on a river space. Lost and Found tokens
allow players to collect lost passengers or cargo. Players will also
stop at Outposts (which allow them to reload Warning Shots and
collect cargo or passengers). Depending on their chosen route,
players may also encounter Clue spaces (which show one of the
families NOT chosen by Alberta).
When the first player reaches
Headquarters, they may collect a tip token. Once all players have
arrived, the new caretakers are revealed, and players add up their
scores. Passengers belonging to the caretaker family are worth more.
The player with the most points (most valuable cargo) wins!
A look at all the components of the game.
The dice and miniature boats that are the player's tokens.
The game in action. It looks like red is about to experience the backside of water.
Ravensburger makes some great licensed games and Jungle Cruise is no exception.
The game has already found it's home in my collection of games next to the Universal Studios titled games from Ravensburger.
A few other Disney games on the shelf that I intend to feature in later posts see if you can spot them.
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