![]() ![]() The remaining components are placed for easy access, fish tokens, permanent baskets, and the discovery bag full of cat tiles and rare treasures.įor your first game all the components may feel overwhelming, there is a lot here. The location of the cats matters because on the left they only cost 3 fish to lure but on the right the cost is 5 fish. Two cat tiles per player are selected randomly from the bag and are placed evenly to the left and right of the island, known as the left field and right field respectively. The special Oshax cat tiles are then arranged under the island for easy access. In the centre of the table, you will need to place the island, Vesh’s boat token at the beginning of the turn track, common treasures according to the number of players and the shuffled deck of discovery cards. To begin each player will need to grab their own boat board, a permanent basket and select a cute coloured cat meeple. Set up can be a bit fiddly for the Isle of Cats there are a lot of components to lay out and it will take up a fair bit of space. Don’t expect the cats to be grateful though, gratitude isn’t really their thing, they might purr for a bit and then expect food but definitely not gratitude. The cat rescuer who earns the most points by the end of the fifth round will win. You must prevent your feline friends from suffering a catastrophe! Your goal is to rescue cats from a secret island and place them on your boat safely before the evil Vesh Darkhand destroys the island, cats and all! You will get victory points for the arrangement of your cats, grouping like coloured cats into families and fulfilling lessons (objectives). Please forgive my cat puns, I can’t promise I won’t keep doing this throughout the review, so you have been warned, I can’t help kitten around. Is it still the cat’s pawjamas or is it a paw performer? Read on to find out. Now that we have had a chance to introduce this to the broader family, we’re ready to share our thoughts. At the time we thought it might be a bit too complex for the rest of the family and didn’t realise it had a great family mode for people who like a lighter game. What initially seemed a complex collection of elements delivered a seamless and fun experience. ![]() ![]() We loved this feline themed game immediately, the polyomino cat tiles, card drafting, resource management and tile placement came together surprisingly well. The first time I tried The Isle of Cats from publisher The City of Games and designer Frank West was at our local board game café with my son. ![]()
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