Forbidden Island
About
A co-op game where everyone works together to find the hidden treasures and escape before the island sinks.
Each of your turns is always a balance of searching for the treasures or keeping the island from sinking. The central game mechanic is such that you can never keep up with the rate the island is sinking so you are always under the gun trying to find the treasures and escape for the island is gone.
One of the earlier co-op board games, and one of the most simple. An excellent introduction to co-op games for those that have never played one.
Thoughts
Tim:
3.5/5
Good
A fun game, but after you have played other similar games it's a bit too simple. A step up from Castle Panic in that you have real options and as we found with a bit of bad luck, it can get rather tense. The designers did a wonderful job with the follow up "Forbidden Desert", and it really expands on the ideas first presented. I'll still bring this one out as the best introduction to co-op games I have.
Laura:
3.5/5
A very cute and easy game to introduce others to the concept of cooperative board gaming. I have played this game several times with different groups and despite the number of tiles and roles being small, I've had games that were easily won and others hard fought!
Trivia
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6-3-2021