Back before there were The X-Files there was the Bermuda Triangle. Charles Berlitz wrote a book entitled The Bermuda Triangle in 1974 about a mysterious area off the coast of Florida where (supposedly) a large number of ships and aircraft disappeared "mysteriously". The idea caught the public imagination at the time and the Bermuda Triangle showed up in many movies and games. (For example; Flight 19, one of the most famous "disappearances", was one of the plot elements in the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.) This game is another example of the interest generated by the book.
In Bermuda Triangle the players are operators of merchant fleets. They must navigate their fleets between the four ports on the map picking up cargoes (lumber, sugar, oil and bananas). Each cargo they collect and get back to their home port gives them more cash, but they must be careful of the "mystery cloud" which moves around the board and into which their ships may vanish forever.
This is an amazingly fun game. The players move their ships along the track on the map from one port to another according to a die roll while the cloud moves and spins randomly according to the spinner. There are magnets located under the cloud and on the ship counters and if the cloud and a ship get too close together the ship is sucked into the cloud. There is really very little strategy involved in the game (beyond trying to guess where the cloud will move next and moving your ships accordingly) but is is still quite fun to play. The game rapidly turns into a "last ship remaining" contest and the ad-libs, jokes and comments made by the players as their ships are sucked out of sight are worth pulling it out for. By no means serious, but certainly fun.
58 comments on Bermuda Triangle:
me at October 17, 2007 20:18 said:
thyats coooooooooooooooooooooooool
Lazlow at October 18, 2007 07:29 said:
I had this game as a kid. We used to play it all the time on rainy days.
daisy at October 23, 2007 15:33 said:
i think tis stupid to make a game asbout something so serious
Arcadia Ryter at October 29, 2007 09:47 said:
Fun, fun, fun for the whole family!
@Daisy: Lighten up. Bankruptcy is serious, too, but not many people complain to Monopoly about it.
Becca Keel at November 5, 2007 12:38 said:
i think this game looks very interesting and i cant wait to play this game.
I am a nerd and I do not have a social life so I might very much like this game.
I have no one to play this game with except for maybe my dogs!
My dogs are my only friends. My mom and dad hate me so much that they wont even let me come out of my room at nite!
My room is in the attic with all the spiders.
I am fat and ugly so I never get asked on dates so this game will be very good for me!
I hope my parents will buy this game for me! and hopefully if i win the game my parents will hug me!
Mysti at November 6, 2007 08:21 said:
I would love to play this game it seems very fun and interesting
Allison at November 6, 2007 08:25 said:
hi i am a sore loser who has no friends and has to be mean to ppl to get get good ppl to talk to me... oo ya this game will get me some friends so ya
Stalker101 at November 6, 2007 12:19 said:
hello children . . .
my name is Randal
im 56 years old
& i have a pet llama named Mr. Cuddles.
He is my only friend
i came on this game to see if i could find me some friends
Wish me luck!
Omg salzilloooooo
i havn't talked to you in forever maann!!
Remember me . . . Your MAIL MAN (:
Safe Child 101 at November 6, 2007 12:25 said:
My mommy told me not to talk to strangers!!!
i really really really like this game!!
Becca Keel at November 6, 2007 12:42 said:
hey guys~
its becca again!
my parents just bought me the game of the bermuda triangle. guess what! i won! my mom gave me a big hug!
im so stinkin happy!!!!
i played with my dog!
he gave a good fight but i got him at the end!
dang my dog is good at this game!
you better watch out cause he might get you one day like he did me! hehe
well i dont think im doing anything tonight (just like every other night)
so if anyone wants to come to my house you can come play the game with me and my dog!!!!! ♥
well i guess ill go get some snacks just in case someone does come to nite!
bye!!
*peace love and tacos*
Stalker at November 7, 2007 21:48 said:
I love playing this game it makes me crazy...hehe...hehe
harry Potter fan at November 8, 2007 08:28 said:
omg i loooveee harry potter its like the best thing eva! well anyway i loovee this game but not as much as i loovee harry potter! i need someone to be my friend so if you no of any harry potter clubs i can be a part of please let me no. please i need some friends!!
BECCER at November 8, 2007 12:32 said:
KAITLYN!!!! omg i like totally love u maybe even more than the BERMUDA TRIANGLE GAME!!!!
corrine at November 8, 2007 19:15 said:
me and monkey boy played htis game and we had a really good time
Elizabeth moore at November 8, 2007 21:17 said:
hey guys.
its me again, the hobo.
i just lost this dang game!
so now im going to slit my wrists!
i hope everyone on her chokes!
jane (i heart animals!!! <3 and puppies) at November 22, 2007 21:10 said:
you guys.. i dont think its very funny to make fun of people who honestly just looove this game i love this game more than my immediate family. so dont make fun of me okay? dont judge me you dont know me you dont even care. i love this game so much. ive won it every time ive played it.. because it loves me back. no one else loves me and you shouldnt make fun of people like me because thats just what meanies do, you dont want to be a meanie. ok? ok.
jane (i heart animals!!! <3 and puppies) at November 22, 2007 21:17 said:
oh yeah and i like to play with the ships in the sink. i like to make big BIG waves and when i drain the sink i pretend it is a whirlpool so dont be making fun of this game. OKAY!? OKAY!
marigold at November 22, 2007 21:19 said:
i agree with daisy.
jewels at December 3, 2007 16:16 said:
i think the B.Triangle game looks fun! I think i'm gona ask for it for x-mas (j.k) but it does look fun!!!
robert simpson at December 4, 2007 16:17 said:
um it looks...fun but confusing haha lol...
robert and amanda at December 4, 2007 16:19 said:
this game looks absolutely postitively... we are twins and we fight over the game...
wtrhgkdflgkdfmg at December 4, 2007 17:55 said:
i just commented this to make it 22 comments on this thing
im sorry at December 5, 2007 16:13 said:
hey mr dude who runs this website, me and my friends are extremely sorry for posting inappropriate things on your website. please forgive us.
~Anonymous
michael at December 15, 2007 06:39 said:
maybe the since is make of photocopy machine or some sort scaner
Eric at December 18, 2007 13:03 said:
This was TOTALLY our favorite game when we were kids... played it countless times! How do I buy it now? is it still being manufactured??
Brandon Mazza at January 4, 2008 09:26 said:
the burmuda triangl is veary interesting
james bond at January 16, 2008 19:31 said:
cool
Nia January17,2008 5:53 at January 17, 2008 16:58 said:
that was so cool I would never have the gust to write and put on the computer for the world to see.reply e-mail to bullock21227@msn.com
sailor saturn super fan at January 22, 2008 14:44 said:
im doing a repirt on the bermuda triangle and is pretty hard to descovered the mystery of why people,planes,and boats are desapearing when they get to that point.
Elizabeth D. at January 28, 2008 09:27 said:
Hey BECCA KEEL, this is elizabeth and i got on this website cause am doing a research paper over the bermuda triangle.. and i was scrolling down reading ppls comments and yours really got to me. it looks like you need a good friend on your hands.. so if you wanna play one day am here.. just comment me back i guess. aight well gotta go!!! duece!!! ;)
I Love Tim Leal
Eric at February 6, 2008 18:47 said:
im really stupid i was just kidding about this game being fun i never played it with my kids and i fuckin know that it is not still being manufactured!! YES
Sal at April 23, 2008 01:36 said:
the cloud in this game is so cool, spin the spinner and it tells you how far to turn the cloud in place, and then how to move the cloud across the board- how far and in which direction. Hail the cloud. All glory to the cloud.
Sexy chika from wyoming at May 8, 2008 12:39 said:
i do believe in all this phenomenon;)
RUCHIRA at June 9, 2008 09:49 said:
I THINK IT IS A STILL UNSOLVED MYSTERY. I THINK BESIDE THIS MYSTERY THERE HAND OF SCIENCE WHICH IS NOT DEVELOPED YET..
the baldwellnator! at July 8, 2008 07:48 said:
hmm i smell sadoness if thats even a word...i qwote (spelt wrong) for ages 8-adult...adults play this...you should be shot...
kaseyisweet1 at July 23, 2008 19:59 said:
I am 12. I am wondering about the devils tringle as some say if you know anything please conetact me at kaseyisweet1@yahoo.com
some say it ufo or it was somthing wrong that happen earth
............ at July 26, 2008 13:15 said:
a little bit crazy but also funny
70's Derelict at September 2, 2008 16:37 said:
I just gave this game to Goodwill. Me, my brother, and our cousin used to luv playing this game as kids. I saw a documentary on Discovery channel, and scientists think there is a large deposit of natural gas under the Atlantic Ocean in that area. This gas vents through the gaps in the continental plates, making large bubbles in the ocean, that in turn produce large waves, (like when you you fart in the tub)- except this time it's Mother Earth farting. Just like when you fart in the tub, you can sometimes smell the fart after if it bubbles up to the surface. Scientists thinks its the airborne remnants of that gas that has caused planes to crash in that area. The ocean is 2 miles deep (10,600 feet) in that area. Anyway, I had a lot of fun playing this game. It's too bad that the kids these days need TV and/or video games all the time. Those things rob a kid's mind of imagination. Imagination is the precursor of innovation- which is the precursor to invention. Without imagination and innovation, Alexander Bell may not have invented the telephone. Anyway, I babled long enough. This is a great family game.
matt at September 16, 2008 15:33 said:
hi people
90s Derelict at October 6, 2008 16:18 said:
We saw this game at the goodwill on east carson street pittsburgh. Probably 70's derelict's old game. Funny as hell, had to get it.
shooshel at October 7, 2008 05:14 said:
I have this game and used to play it a lot when I was younger. I've just dug it out again but I've lost the instructions, so can someone clarify a couple of things for me please? Does each colour start in one port and that's their home port? I know you aim to get lots of $ from the ports, is it the person with the most $ who wins? What if you have the most $ but no ships left? When does the game end? Sorry, I'm confused, please help!
pooperscuper at October 18, 2008 19:42 said:
i lost my shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip
michael jackson at October 18, 2008 19:44 said:
Does this attract little boys, He He!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Farid P. at October 19, 2008 16:53 said:
that was a Great Family game
b.t. at November 3, 2008 23:13 said:
shooshel-
I just received this game in the mail. I purchased on eBay. I loved it as a kid and now my kids love it too. You place one of your ships in each port. The only "home" port is the one near Miami. There are two ways to win. Either get $350,000 or whoever has the most money left when the first person loses all their ships is the winner. Technically, you can even win if you lose your ships first (as long as you have the most money).
b.t.
shooshel at November 16, 2008 04:54 said:
Thanks heaps b.t. Now we can play it properly!
gggggggg at November 17, 2008 10:53 said:
the bermude tryangle is grate but wat is the real story about it
Sameer Yaqoub at November 26, 2008 16:17 said:
GREAT !
hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh at November 27, 2008 15:52 said:
i love it
shooshel at November 28, 2008 04:33 said:
b.t. hoping you can help again. What is the rule about moving your ship if it is partly under the cloud?
joker at December 30, 2008 21:27 said:
I own they game and love it. ha ha ha
Peter Johnson at January 11, 2009 21:12 said:
There is some serious information about this game on the internet. Here is a link to the most comprehensive website on 'The Bermuda Triangle' board game ever. www.trianglebermuda.com
uncle fucker at February 4, 2009 10:38 said:
THis is so gayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. go to biteme.com instead
anonymous at February 17, 2009 05:02 said:
bing bong i know you
Anonymous at March 14, 2009 21:03 said:
buritos!!!! i saw a plane jjjuuusssttt crash !11111
shabolo at April 21, 2009 02:07 said:
i am gay
nikos at May 2, 2009 06:42 said:
i think that is a fucking triangle and it blow up with skata
sonia at June 14, 2009 07:39 said:
i have only listened about bermuda triangle so i really dont know about this