Lifeboat

骇浪求生

Survivors crammed into one lifeboat. Each secretly loves one passenger and hates another, and there isn't enough water.

The goal

Have the most points when land is sighted: for surviving, for your loved one surviving, for your hated one dying, and for the valuables you hold.

1Everyone gets a character and a provisions card, plus a secret Love card and a secret Hate card naming someone in the boat, possibly yourself. Characters sit in order from bow to stern.
2Provisions: the character at the bow draws one card per conscious character, keeps one and passes the rest toward the stern, one pick each. The further back you sit, the worse your pick.
3Actions: each character does one thing. Row (look at two navigation cards and put them in order), change seats, mug someone for a provision, use a special item, or do nothing.
4If someone refuses to give up a seat or be mugged, there is a fight. Both sides can recruit helpers; add up size plus weapons, the bigger total wins, and everyone on the losing side takes a wound.
5Navigation: reveal a navigation card, which says who goes overboard and who gets thirsty. A thirsty character hands in a water card or takes a wound.

When the fourth seabird shows up on the navigation cards, land is near. The game ends at once and everyone scores.

Hide who you love and hate. Once people guess, they use it against you.
Whoever rows chooses which navigation card comes up, and with it who goes thirsty or overboard.
Big characters win fights. Small ones need allies.