A launch game for two to four. Set the track down the middle of a kitchen table, hand out the hulls, and take turns. Load up to four crates, pull the rubber band back to one of three notches, and let go. Cargo that clears the dock's back rail is yours until a later shot knocks it off. Rules are engraved on the lid, so nobody has to look anything up.

How a launch plays out. Hook the rubber band into the launch cradle, seat the loaded hull, and release. The hull runs the dovetailed track tiles to the stop end, where the sprung piling jaws catch it. The boat stops dead; the crates don't. They skid on over the raised back rail onto the home dock, and every one that stays there counts.

What's in the set. Seven kinds of piece: track tiles, a home dock, the launch cradle, the stop end, workboat hulls, crate cubes, and the box lid. Hulls come in four colors and crates in five, so every player's cargo is easy to tell apart on a crowded dock. The tiles dovetail into one straight fairway, and the lid carries the engraved rules with the tile stack.

Built to take a hit. Made in PETG, the full set weighs just under a pound. Each track tile runs 5.9 inches and dovetails into the next, so the fairway stays straight shot after shot. Crate cubes are 0.47 inches a side, engraved and colored to match their hull. The launch cradle's channel seats a size 32 rubber band, released from one of three engraved pull notches.