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Technical Details
- 2010 Mensa Select Games Winner
- Adventure game with problem solving and strategic thinking
- Collaborative play
- Innovative rules and infinite possibilities
- Richly illustrated
Product Specifications
| Model Number: | 317 |
| Number of Game Players: | 2 to 4 |
| Number of Puzzle Pieces: | 95 |
| Assembly Required: | No |
| Batteries Required?: | No |
| Batteries Included?: | No |
| Material Type(s): | Plastic |
| Material Composition: | 50% Card 50% Plastic |
| Color: | multicoloured |
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Product Description
Product Description
Dare to discover Forbidden Island! Join a team of fearless adventurers on a do-or-die mission to capture four scared treasures from the ruins of this perilous paradise. Your team will have to work together and make some pulse-pounding maneuvers, as the island will sink beneath every step! Race to collect the treasures and make a triumphant escape before you are swallowed into the watery abyss! Playing time 30 minutes.
Product Description
Dare to discover Forbidden Island! Join a team of fearless adventurers on a do-or-die mission to capture four sacred treasures from the ruins of this perilous paradise. Your team will have to work together and make some pulse-pounding maneuvers, as the island will sink beneath every step! Race to collect the treasures and make a triumphant escape before you are swallowed into the watery abyss! The latest creation by cooperative game master, Matt Leacock who created the best seller Pandemic.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Forbidden Island is an excellent introduction to co-operative board gamng.
The 'board' is created by laying shuffled tiles (never the same order twice) to create the island. During the gameplay, the tiles get turned over once to show they're being flooded and it's the players' role to ensure they are shored up to stop them being removed forever.
There are four treasures to collect before the island sinks, and it's up to the players to work together to collect the treasure cards, the treasures and then get to a specific tile (Fool's Landing) before playing a Helicopter Lift card to complete the game.
The game mechanic is similar to Pandemic (same author, Matt Leacock). The one starting tile layout is shown in the instructions. I recommend visiting BoardGameGeek and checking out the forum threads for a translation of the German instructions that have a few more challenging layouts, and a printable A4 page with plenty of even more callenging layouts from it's wide fan base, should the original layout ever become stale.
The 'board' is created by laying shuffled tiles (never the same order twice) to create the island. During the gameplay, the tiles get turned over once to show they're being flooded and it's the players' role to ensure they are shored up to stop them being removed forever.
There are four treasures to collect before the island sinks, and it's up to the players to work together to collect the treasure cards, the treasures and then get to a specific tile (Fool's Landing) before playing a Helicopter Lift card to complete the game.
The game mechanic is similar to Pandemic (same author, Matt Leacock). The one starting tile layout is shown in the instructions. I recommend visiting BoardGameGeek and checking out the forum threads for a translation of the German instructions that have a few more challenging layouts, and a printable A4 page with plenty of even more callenging layouts from it's wide fan base, should the original layout ever become stale.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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This is a good game in an unusual genre, cooperative games. Despite sounding odd it is still very fun to play and on the harder levels is very challenging, play "Legendary" at your peril!
Also works well with 2 players (as well as up to 4), an excellent buy!
Also works well with 2 players (as well as up to 4), an excellent buy!
17 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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I tend towards the competitive end of the spectrum so wasn't sure whether or not a game that requires all players to cooperate would be much fun. Surprise: it's great. I wasn't even a teeny bit tempted to leave one player to drown as the island sank - and not just because that would mean we all lost.
The game mechanic is easy to understand but fiendishly clever in the way it ratchets up the pressure as play progresses. The need to agree tactics between players more than makes up for the lack of competition.
Side note: When we played with four people, one person did got a little obsessed with the idea of saving one particular tile from flooding, even when that meant losing more important areas to the sea. If that happens when you're playing I recommend waiting until the person in question has to leave the room for a moment then allowing the tile to flood before he returns. It's better in the long run.
The game mechanic is easy to understand but fiendishly clever in the way it ratchets up the pressure as play progresses. The need to agree tactics between players more than makes up for the lack of competition.
Side note: When we played with four people, one person did got a little obsessed with the idea of saving one particular tile from flooding, even when that meant losing more important areas to the sea. If that happens when you're playing I recommend waiting until the person in question has to leave the room for a moment then allowing the tile to flood before he returns. It's better in the long run.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Excellent fun
We were slightly sceptical about this game and bought it on the back of the excellent reviews on Amazon (we are already Ganewright fans). Read more
Published 5 days ago by BM
Excellent
Forbidden Island is a game I didn't have high hopes for but, boy, was I proved wrong. It is an EXCELLENT game, rules-lite but with a lot of challenge and a high replay factor. Read more
Published 12 days ago by Emilio Mestiga
Mediocre
My brother bought this for me for Christmas because Pandemic is probably now mine and my husband's favourite game, and this is by the same guy. Read more
Published 1 month ago by J. Ferneyhough
A children-friendly and travel-version of Pandemic
Co-operative games are becoming a favourite in our household. We have Pandemic - Game in English (in my opinion one of the greatest of all board games) which I play with adults,... Read more
Published 1 month ago by AK Jones
Forbidden Island Game
I got this for my daughter aged 8 and she really likes the game,i have also played the game with her and found it great aswell (male aged 45). Read more
Published 2 months ago by Neil C
Instructions in French
The game arrived promptly, but on opening it at Christmas, we discovered that the rules of the game were in French, even though all the outer packaging had English text. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Caro
Excitement to the end.
As a hardened gamer of 45 years the part the intrigued me about this game was the team play element of the game. Read more
Published 3 months ago by JR
Easy to learn and fun to play
This is quite different from any other games I have purchased as it is collaborative - each person tries to help the other(s) in order to collectively win the game. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. Barry Nixon
Brilliant game and works fine for a small family
I was a bit hesitant at the thought of co-operative gameplay. Don't let that put you off - it is a brilliant game. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Busy mum and teacher
A fun game, very similar to Pandemic
We brought this game along with Pandemic, and it's just as playable. However as far as we can tell it's just a replica of Pandemic with a different storyline. Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. WHITE
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