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Best for: Dedicated gaming groups, RPG fans, campaign lovers, solo tacticians
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R. Eric Reuss · Greater Than Games · 2017
Play powerful island spirits defending your home from colonising invaders. Cooperative, thorny and deeply strategic.
Players
1–4
Time
120 min
Ages
13+
Difficulty
Heavy
Spirit Island is a cooperative strategy game. Players are powerful spirits of an island defending it from colonizing invaders, who arrive, build towns and cities and spread across the land.
Each spirit has very different powers and its own deck. Players choose cards each turn and resolve them to push back invaders and generate fear. As fear builds, the invaders' resolve breaks, making it easier to win. It's heavy and very highly rated, especially for players who enjoy cooperative puzzles.
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Plan on about 2 hours, a bit longer for your first game.
It plays 1 to 4 players, including a solo mode.
The publisher recommends ages 13 and up.
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