Small Islands
Small Islands is a tile-placement game in which you are daring explorers discovering a magnificent archipelago. Its islands are brimming with natural resources but also temples from an ancient and mysterious civilization. Brave adventurers, bring back to your clan wealth & prestige!
A game is played in maximum 4 Rounds. At the beginning of each Round, each player secretly picks an Objective Card out of three cards. And in turn, players draw and place a Landscape Tile out of the 5 available (2 in hand, and 3 on the table). At a certain point, another option becomes available: placing a Ship Tile. When this tile is placed, in turn, all players place Houses on the islands and earn Prestige Points according to their Objective. Then players start a new Round. When the game ends, players receive additional points for their Ship Tiles.
In Advanced Mode, Objectives are split in 2 types of cards which allows you to create your own objectives amongst many combinations.
There is also a Solo Mode, innovative for its mechanics as well as for the very concept of a solo mode in a tile-placement game. We gave it an AI with a personality and different behaviors.
Small Islands offers you even more surprises, hidden at its heart.
| Ages: | 8+ |
| NoOfPlayers: | 1-4 Players |
| PlayTime: | 30-30 Minutes |
| Playing Time : | Under 30 Minutes |
| BGG Link: | BGG Link |
| Game Type: | Family Games |
| Game Categories: | Exploration | Nautical | Territory Building |
| Game Mechanisms: | Push Your Luck | Solo / Solitaire Game | Tile Placement |
| Game Family: | Crowdfunding: Spieleschmiede | Crowdfunding: Zeczec | Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena | Misc: LongPack Games | Players: Games with Solitaire Rules | Series: Alexis Solo Mode |
| Game Designer(s): | Alexis Allard |
| Game Artist(s): | Aurélie Guarino |
| BGG Rank Overall: | 3035 |
| BGG Weight: | 2.09 |
| BGG Weight Filter: | 2 to 3 |
Small Islands is a tile-placement game in which you are daring explorers discovering a magnificent archipelago. Its islands are brimming with natural resources but also temples from an ancient and mysterious civilization. Brave adventurers, bring back to your clan wealth & prestige!
A game is played in maximum 4 Rounds. At the beginning of each Round, each player secretly picks an Objective Card out of three cards. And in turn, players draw and place a Landscape Tile out of the 5 available (2 in hand, and 3 on the table). At a certain point, another option becomes available: placing a Ship Tile. When this tile is placed, in turn, all players place Houses on the islands and earn Prestige Points according to their Objective. Then players start a new Round. When the game ends, players receive additional points for their Ship Tiles.
In Advanced Mode, Objectives are split in 2 types of cards which allows you to create your own objectives amongst many combinations.
There is also a Solo Mode, innovative for its mechanics as well as for the very concept of a solo mode in a tile-placement game. We gave it an AI with a personality and different behaviors.
Small Islands offers you even more surprises, hidden at its heart.
