Name: Spirit Island
Brand: Spirit Island
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Rating: 3.4 (147 reviews)

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Powerful spirits have existed on this isolated Island for time immemorial. They are both part of the natural world and at the same time something beyond nature. Native Islanders, known as the dahan, have learned how to co exist with the spirits, but with a healthy dose of fear and reverence. However, now, the Island has been “discovered” by invaders from a far off land. These would be colonists are taking over the land and upsetting the natural balance, destroying the presence of spirits as they go. As spirits, you must grow in power and work together to drive the invaders from your Island... before it's too late!

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 Because well, this one does defend six and i i could really use a little bit more defense. You add that to your deck, so you're, slowly but surely developing your spirit, you're developing, how you play the game, how each spirit will tackle the challenge that is currently on the table once you're done doing all those things, there's more complexity to it, but once you're Done doing all those good things, these spirits or the the invaders will start invading the island. You will draw another one of these cards and then determine where the invaders invade, where they slowly enter the board, where they build and where they attack and the invading in the building is just a slow growth of those invaders. The slow growth of them taking over the island because you'll add a few invaders to various spots on the board as they invade on different regions of the board

 But it is a brain burning game. It'S a game! That'S going to have a lot of sequencing if you don't like sequencing. If you don't like that aspect of saying well i'll play my slow power here, you play your fast power here that way when this happens, we'll end up doing that and this, and that you have to be aware of the timing of the game. The timing of the round and you have to sit there and try to figure out all these options on the table that are being presented, which, for me, is fun, but for some people this is just going to be way too heavy of a cooperative or solo Experience than they signed up for and that's that's going to fall into what i could potentially see being a problem for for someone else

 The fear you can. You can inflict the movement you can cause by pushing spirits by pushing invaders here, pushing to han there adding your presence there and then suddenly doing 10 damage and three fear and this and that those powers and abilities across the cars, spirits and everything in this game Is so much fun? The variable difficulty, like i said, is a huge part of the game, because the game, the game, does a great job at always feeling difficult, even when you're, when you, when you're winning, even when it's a game that you clearly have in the pocket, the game manages To feel difficult because those invaders keep multiplying, they keep adding to the board and sure you may actually be able to win the game and you feel beat down, which is a huge thing for me, because for me i always say cooperative games. They have to be in such a way they have to be designed in such a way that when you win the game, you feel like you could have lost, and when you lose the game you feel like you could have won and spirit island, even when just An easy game it still manages to feel like you are fighting back the whole time because of those invaders on the board, and then once you get to the point where you realize you have the game in your pocket and it's getting progressively easier. Every time you play just start pulling out some of these scenarios and these ways to up the difficulty that different things will happen, whole different tiers of different options on the board

Spirit Island Review - Repelling Invaders, One Epic Power At A Time

My friend absolutely refuses to try Spirit Island. I can't tell him enough how good it is but he for some reason takes it as a point of pride that he has never played it and never will, even though he loves Gloomhaven, Catan and other games that have a lot in common with SI. He doesn't even have a reason for not wanting to play it! Does this happen to anyone else?

<div class="md"><p>My friend absolutely refuses to try Spirit Island. I can&#39;t tell him enough how good it is but he for some reason takes it as a point of pride that he has never played it and never will, even though he loves Gloomhaven, Catan and other games that have a lot in common with SI. He doesn&#39;t even have a reason for not wanting to play it! Does this happen to anyone else?</p>
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What is the most popular game you refuse to try and why?

32) addition sometimes in that game.  This game, unlike that, is cooperative which is what attracted us to this one. We had read just about every review we could on this and it was mixed- like anything polled by the public it will be smash-up of reviews and opinions, so we just went for it and bought the game.  This was a kickstarter and we support that site / and cause, you give money to the smaller companies to support them, so that too was a deciding factor for us

9) and this is the most complex we have played until this.  We will play again and it seems enjoyable- maybe ask me again after my mental nap.  I’d say take an afternoon / and play , make sure you have the time to afford the game out of respect and learn it properly before placing it on your game shelf or repurposing it.  Other info : The game is built well- nice art- nice pieces and plenty of little bags to hold all the things trying to invade your spirit land ! The shipping seems to be an issue with everyone ( damage) we too had a semi-warped board and a crunched insert - Also you can flip the board over - for playing campaign mode

  Somehow we won our first game and there are special rules for first play through so I think we got a boost from those. We had to take breaks here and there and we pretty much thought we were getting smashed and would lose the whole time we played UNTIL- we began causing fear and the terror level rose for the invaders (you’ll understand if you buy the game)  Meaning : The game isn’t OP and beginners can win- it is balanced and very interactive between game players (again we only play 2).  HOWEVER (again)  It is NOT a walk in the park - rather a jog through a rain storm and should come with a blanket and pillow due to needed a mental nap after playing.  (To be fair it was our first time)  It is complex but not complicated - strategy is required for both current play and future play- So thinking, overthinking, projection and guessing are all required

  Together we played season one legacy Pandemic (Complexity 2.83) and had a blast, we have played Bioshock - Siege of Columbia (Complexity 2.9) and this is the most complex we have played until this.  We will play again and it seems enjoyable- maybe ask me again after my mental nap

Just finished our 1st play-through-This should come with a pillow & blanket

 Lots of colors and pictures to make it easy to understand the points that are being conveyed. Of course I don’t think any rulebook is 100% perfect so there will of course be SOMETHING that isn’t quite clear. The different phases in the game rotation can be kinda confusing at first but luckily there are rules reference cards included which are always a great thing in games. Also the turn order is printed directly on the fear board so any player can easily see what needs to be done

 Luckily since all players take their actions at the same time, adding more players doesn’t really increase the game length which is also awesome. That said, the more players, the more discussion so you will still see a slight increase in time played.  Components –  Excellent, excellent components. The board pieces are made of a sturdy thicker cardboard and the energy and fear tokens are also made of the same stuff and almost feel like wooden tokens but they’re not

 But clever teens should be able to get into this, especially if they like to solve puzzles.

  Final Thoughts –  This game is excellent and I cannot recommend it enough. The theme is just so rich and the gameplay is so unique. Not only that but the game comes packaged with so many variant options that the replay value is just off the charts here. I mean 8 COMPLETELY DIFFERENT spirits to play as not to mention the varying island boards and all the options with cards

An incredible puzzle of a game where YOU are the spirits fighting the invaders!

Yes, Spirit Island is too hard to be your partner's first ever 'modern board game'. If Spirit Island had been my first game, I would never have wanted to play a board game again.

Hello everyone! I have been looking a lot at some more co-op games since Magic the Gathering gives me my competitive fix. I have only previously played Arkham Horror the card game and loved it, but, I'm still very new to board games in general. I have been watching and reading about spirit island and the game looks beautiful and so fun, however I am a little worried about the difficulty of the game. Especially since if I decided to play co-op with my partner, it would be her first game.  
Or, would playing a solo game be enough background information to help her through?   


The other game I was looking at was Aeon's end, as I love deck builders and that seems much easier, especially since she hasn't had any experience with these types of games.

<div class="md"><p>Hello everyone! I have been looking a lot at some more co-op games since Magic the Gathering gives me my competitive fix. I have only previously played Arkham Horror the card game and loved it, but, I&#39;m still very new to board games in general. I have been watching and reading about spirit island and the game looks beautiful and so fun, however I am a little worried about the difficulty of the game. Especially since if I decided to play co-op with my partner, it would be her first game.<br/>
Or, would playing a solo game be enough background information to help her through?   </p>

<p>The other game I was looking at was Aeon&#39;s end, as I love deck builders and that seems much easier, especially since she hasn&#39;t had any experience with these types of games.</p>
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Is spirit island too hard for one of your first co-op/solo games?

 But that's really just a mistake, not a core misunderstanding.  I've definitely played games with more pieces and cards to manage. This one is probably medium, and most of them are on the play board not in a player's personal management responsibility.  Bottomline is that the three of us are all looking forward to playing it again, with different and harder starting conditions; now that we know the rules and the pace of play it'll go much faster and be much easier to design strategy against it

 It has the benefit that, as we're learning the rules and making mistakes of strategy in the early rounds, those mistakes are surmountable by later play with bigger effects once you know the pace and what's coming at you.  The only thing that I think we might have regularly forgotten is that while villages and cities each have 2 and 3 HP respectively, and do 2 and 3 damage respectively, destroying them only add 1 and 2 fear respectively. I wish there were more fear tokens to consume in order to allow for villages and city destruction to consume 2 and 3 fear tokens respectively, in alignment with their HP and damage, it'd be easier to remember. How often we made that mistake really would inform how easy it was to meet the win conditions

 -it needs a good size table. There are lots of cards for the players to manage individually that cycle in and out of play. -the rules are daunting. I spent 2 hours reading them and grokking them, and then another 30-45 mins teaching the kids, and it took about two turns before we really all got it what each thing was and was going to do

Complex game but it rewards the learning curve to build to a big flashy climax

**Spirit Island** for making you feel like, after giving up your lunch money for 8 weeks straight, you finally stood up to your bully and punched him into fucking *orbit*.

No game does everything best, but a few games can do one or two things really really good. What are your examples of games that absolutely nail a specific mechanic or aspect? 

For instance:
* Twilight Struggle does "suspense of not knowing your opponents intentions" very well (13 Days is the same in this regard, bit on a much smaller scale).

* Stronghold 2nd Ed does two player asymmetric play to a tee. Two players, widely different but interconnected mechanics, and different strategies to achieve ones goal.

* Worker Placement? I still think Agricola is up there.

Please fill in your own suggestions. Keep it short and readable!

<div class="md"><p>No game does everything best, but a few games can do one or two things really really good. What are your examples of games that absolutely nail a specific mechanic or aspect? </p>

<p>For instance:
* Twilight Struggle does &quot;suspense of not knowing your opponents intentions&quot; very well (13 Days is the same in this regard, bit on a much smaller scale).</p>

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<li><p>Stronghold 2nd Ed does two player asymmetric play to a tee. Two players, widely different but interconnected mechanics, and different strategies to achieve ones goal.</p></li>
<li><p>Worker Placement? I still think Agricola is up there.</p></li>
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<p>Please fill in your own suggestions. Keep it short and readable!</p>
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What game does what mechanic best?

 It also contains three Adversaries that modify how the invaders behave in different ways, and several other ways to customize the game experience once you are familiar with it, both in terms of difficulty and just in terms of changing up how things work. There's even an alternative map on the back of the main map boards.  You will probably not like this game if: * You prefer lighter games. If Settlers of Catan is your sweet spot for complexity, Spirit Island may make you feel overwhelmed

 Spirit Island avoids this problem by making decision making sufficiently complex that it's difficult for any one player to track the entire suite of options for the other players, and by making players act simultaneously, so that everyone is always engaged with their own options instead of all staring at the one player whose turn it is. Cooperation tends to be more along the lines of "I can handle these guys over here, can anyone do anything about the city over there?" and "Can anyone move these guys out of here?" than "Okay Dave, you need to move here, and do this thing." * You don't like waiting for other people to take their turns. Since play is more or less simultaneous, waiting is kept to a minimum - even if you have one player who wants to ponder their options much longer than everyone else, this will usually influence your own choices and lead to collaborative discussion

 * The components are all really nice and solid. The cards are sturdy, the boards are satisfyingly heavy, and the pieces are nicely made. The "explorer" pieces, in spite of being thin, do not feel fragile. * The box inserts are super well done and actually hold all the things

Amazing game for people who like its style

What are your favourites when you're playing solo? Are there any unofficial solo-variants that you really enjoyed? What are you looking forward to play solo? Here's the place for everything related to solo games!

And if you want even more solo-related content, don't forget to visit the [1 Player Guild](https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/1303) on BGG

<div class="md"><p>What are your favourites when you&#39;re playing solo? Are there any unofficial solo-variants that you really enjoyed? What are you looking forward to play solo? Here&#39;s the place for everything related to solo games!</p>

<p>And if you want even more solo-related content, don&#39;t forget to visit the <a href="https://boardgamegeek.com/guild/1303">1 Player Guild</a> on BGG</p>
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