Cover art for The Isle of Cats

The Isle of Cats

2019 · BGG
Avg rating
7.67
Bayes rating
7.41
Weight
2.36 (Medium Light)
Players
1-4
Playtime
1 hr 30 min
Ratings count
22,935

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Description

The Isle of Cats is a competitive, medium-weight, card-drafting, polyomino cat-placement board game for 1-4 players (6 with expansions).

In the game, you are citizens of Squalls End on a rescue mission to The Isle of Cats and must rescue as many cats as possible before the evil Lord Vesh arrives. Each cat is represented by a unique tile and belongs to a family, you must find a way to make them all fit on your boat while keeping families together. You will also need to manage resources as you:


 Explore the island (by drafting cards)
 Rescue cats
 Find treasures
 Befriend Oshax
 Study ancient lessons


Each lesson you collect gives you another personal way of scoring points, and 38 unique lessons are available. Complete lessons, fill your boat, and keep cat families together to score points, and the player with the most points after five rounds wins.

Note: The Isle of Cats: Kickstarter Edition is a compilation item consisting of The Isle of Cats base game and The Isle of Cats: Kickstarter Pack, each of which are available as separate items and listed individually in the BGG database.



Mechanics

Closed Drafting Grid Coverage Hidden Victory Points Income Open Drafting Pattern Building Set Collection Solo / Solitaire Game Square Grid Tile Placement Turn Order: Stat-Based

Themes

Animals Fantasy

Publishers

Arclight Games GaGa Games Geekach Games Gém Klub Kft. Intrafin Games Lucky Duck Games MINDOK MIPL Maldito Games MeepleBR Skellig Games The City of Games YOKA Games Yayoi The Dreamer sternenschimmermeer

Designers

Frank West