Featured Game - The Isle of Cats

Featured games are our way of teaching new games and highlighting something we think our players may enjoy or take note of. We'll explain from scratch how to play the game with a detailed description and demonstrate a few turns, then break into tables to actually play it. Each week it'll be something new, but will run the spectrum of different lengths, complexities, themes, and game mechanics. So if this week's game doesn't interest you, feel free to look again next time around!

The Isle of Cats is a game that combines polyomino placement, card drafting, and - obviously - cute kitties. Each turn, players draft cards that allow for rescue opportunities, conditional points, and other bonuses. Then, players have a chance to rescue cats from the island, all in an attempt to fill their boat and form cat families of the same color. Balance out your rescues with your own personal objectives in order to score the most points!

The Isle of Cats is a game for up to 4 players and should take experienced players about 1 hour to play. It has a complexity of 2.36 according to BoardGameGeek, making it medium-light complexity compared to games typically played here.

Read the rules here: https://cdn.1j1ju.com/medias/b0/ce/2c-the-isle-of-cats-rulebook.pdf
Watch a video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nA5S64rip4M

If this is your first time with this group, you should see a link to our Discord group once you've signed up for this event. You may join any time before the event begins to get to know people, but once this event starts, we'll typically join the Lobby voice chat, then move to another voice chat once we've gotten started. Note that I, as the game teacher, will share my screen to show how the game works, but all other interaction will be voice only, no video, so no need to look presentable first. The game itself will be played using Board Game Arena - please create an account on this site beforehand.