In 1986, Waddingtons launched their three-dimensional version Escape from Atlantis in the UK with revised rules.

It included refreshed artwork and a slightly revised theme (Explorers finding and escaping from Atlantis).

In 2012 "The Island" (Survive: Escape from Atlantis) was a '2012 Juego del Ano Finalist'.

As play progresses the land tiles are incrementally removed, simulating the ongoing sinking of the island.

These are represented as small wooden figures, coloured red, blue, green and yellow.

On his/her turn, each player does three things, in this order: Movement is by the villagers walking on land, swimming (slowly) in the ocean, or being transported by boat or on the backs of helpful dolphins.

He floats at the surface, capable of swimming one space per turn, or three when riding on the back of a dolphin.

The villagers' journeys are endangered variously by sea serpents, giant squid, sharks, and by whirlpools caused by the sinking land itself, and aided by dolphins and boats.

In the spinning phase, the Atlantean Swirler spinner shows which kind of sea creatures should be moved, and how many blocks: one, two, three or five.

The game ends when all villagers either have safely arrived on the coral islands, or are dead, or if the volcano tile is flipped over.

In the original version, Survive!, the land pieces are randomly placed in the sinking island area at the start of the game.

This results in the island sinking in a less-uniform fashion than the current Escape from Atlantis game.

Because the end of the game depended on when this tile is revealed, players were not able to rely on having a pre-determined number of turns remaining.

In terms of villagers, each of a player's 10 pieces have a hidden numeric digit from 1 to 6 located on the bottom.

Once placed on the board, players are no longer able to reference which villager token has which number, even if the piece leaves play.

As a result, it can become difficult to remember where the most valuable villagers are located, and furthermore, the values of other players pieces are never known.