Small Islands - Board game review & giveaway!

It is board game time & also time for a new giveaway! As a family that enjoys playing board games together, we love games that are family friendly. We recently received the chance to check out the game Small Islands, sold by Lucky Duck Games. Every time you play Small Islands the outcome of how the game is set up & who will win is completely different as you build new islands and place out new materials each round. This is a one to four player game for ages 8+ games typically last about half an hour. You can pick it up for $39.99 through their website or use their retailers page to find the games in a store near you.

  

As with any new game the first round or two might move a little slow as you learn the rules of your new game. Once you have the basic mechanics of the game figured out each round moves rather quickly. The main mission you have in the game is to build islands that show the resources you need on your objective cards. Each player will take a turn placing down a new island tile during the explore phase, using the given rules on how the islands should make logical sense with how they are created, you'll stitch together a cluster of islands out on the water. What do I mean when I say it must make logical sense? It simply means that you can't connect a side with nothing but ocean to a tile that doesn't have a shoreline. You will want the islands to connect and flow properly when laying everything out. 

During the rounds of play we've run into tiny islands we've built, while other times we get lucky with getting pieces that are just land in the beginning and end up building a massive island to land on. Once all players have laid out the number of island tiles that are on the navigation tile then players are allowed to "land" their ships on in the world.

   

Each player has a ship tile that matches the color of their playing pieces. When the navigation stack is depleted one of the players can decide to land their ship, this please taking your ship tile and placing it out on the board in a water area. Each player will then place the number of clan houses they want out on the board, keeping in mind that each island only has a certain amount of spaces for clan houses. Once everyone is completed with laying down their houses you can figure out how many rewards each player will receive. 

You figure out the rewards by looking on your objective card, each one is different so not everyone will be after the same thing as you. Between your objective card & reward card for the round you will calculate how many prestige points you'll receive then gather them from the pile. Once all ships have landed or all the island tiles are out, whom ever has the most points is the winner. If you'd like to play the game alone they have instructions in the booklet on how to achieve this.

When we are looking for a quick board game to play if we want to squeeze a game into the afternoon, this is a great go to. With your eye on the prize & your objective in mind you can quickly get through a game with your loved ones, friends or as state even play one player. 

PRIZE ALERT:

One lucky winner is going to win a copy of Small Islands!

This is open World Wide! Please remember if you DO NOT leave a comment on this blog post as your mandatory entry into the giveaway then all of your entries will be void. Doing the Daily entries will increase your chance of winning. Winners have 72 hours to respond to the notification email! This giveaway is hosted by ME.

This giveaway ends on 5/30/2022  

Giveaway entry question: Leave me a blog comment letting me know another board game from the Lucky Duck collection of games you'd enjoy playing.

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Disclaimer- The products mentioned above were provided by Lucky Duck Games for the giveaway + review free of charge no other compensation was provided. However, no product compensation will influence the outcome of any review. My honest opinions are used in all reviews, they are solely my own & they may vary from others. My reviews are posted for readers in order to provide an informed decision before purchase.