In 1954, with an explosion over a hundred thousand times more powerful than even the wildest estimates, the Castle Bravo nuclear test obliterated the Bikini Atoll, and ruptured the Earth down to its mantle.
As water levels rose in the aftermath, the remnants of humanity fled their homes and took to the sea. World leadership came together to build a massive Flotilla, mankinds last bastion of civilization.
Now, ten years after the disaster, the Flotilla is home to the very last of us.
Flotilla features two distinct and interwoven modes of gameplay, as you try to outpace your opponents in bringing prosperity to humanitys new home. You begin the game as a Sinkside Fleet Commander, commissioned by world leaders to explore the new face of the ocean, scour the depths for resources, and rescue any survivors you come across. At any point in the game, you may choose to turn Skyside, by selling your skiffs, and leaving your seafaring life behind to now grow the Flotilla itself.
The choice of if or when to switch from a Sinkside explorer to a Skyside settler defines the very core experience of Flotilla. They represent two similar but distinct game experiences, utilizing the same game components, seamlessly intertwined among all players. If you switch, youll flip over all of your accumulated game components, watching your crew grow into new roles with new art for the same characters, while finding entirely new uses for your ocean tiles and resources, and beginning to trade with the Sinkside players as you go after new objectives. As players turn Skyside, different niches are filled, forever changing the games economy. Mastering this ebb and flow will be critical if youre to shape the new face of humanity!
As a Sinksider, you will explore the ocean with your skiffs, pulling some of the 92 hexagon-shaped ocean tiles out of a bag, and arranging them to help you effectively collect resources, discover valuable artifacts from the sunken civilization, all while trying to avoid toxic radiation left from the disaster. Youll dive for supplies, rolling a pool of custom dive dice that vary based on the depth level of your skiffs. Youll also carefully manage your resources, trading them on the open market for the currency you can use to buy more skiffs and outposts, or stockpiling them for when you turn Skyside.
As a Skysider, you will use your resources to build an expansive network of watercraft and docks, using the Skyside of your ocean tiles. Your divers will also have new jobs as researchers, rolling custom, multicolor Research dice, to discover new technologies that allow the Flotilla to manage a growing population. Youll also build Sonar stations, making life a little easier for the Sinksiders still out exploring the unknown, while earning quite a few points for yourself.
On both sides, youll also grow your relationships with the four different governing guilds, each giving you unique bonuses and more powerful crew. The players with the strongest relationships will also earn valuable points at the end of the game!
The components in Flotilla are unique, immersive, and interconnected. Your skiffs will be able to actually carry up to four resource barrels, and come in a unique shape for each player color. Artifact tokens slot into matching spaces in a double-layered hub board and art on the ocean tiles lines up to create a unique layout for your growing Flotilla each time you play.
In Flotilla, youll find significant strategic depth and variety, while giving players the freedom to tell their own story. Will you build the Flotilla by being the first to go Skyside, or stay Sinkside for the whole game, becoming the most powerful seafarer of them all?
Components*
100x wooden Resource barrels
92x double-sided ocean tiles
70x double-sided crew cards with 92 unique pieces of art.
67x VP tokens
65x currency tokens
40x guild seal tokens
33x double-sided Objective tiles
30x depletion tokens
30x wooden outposts in 5 player colors
20x wooden Influence disks in 5 player colors
20x wooden boats with 5 unique shapes, one for each player color
16x double-sided artifact tokens
16x Resource tokens
16x custom translucent dive dice in 3 different colors
10x toxicity tracker tokens
7x custom multicolor research dice
5x double-sided Player boards
5x double-sided starting tiles
4x guild dial pointers
4x guild dial sprockets
3x Dock Tiles
2x wooden tracker disks
2x survivor track tiles
2x cloth bags
Flotilla Hub board
Guild board
Sonar track board
Rulebook
