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Flynn helps demonstrate the game rule "CAT SETUP : If you have a pet cat, you should place it here while playing Isle of Cats"

The Isle of Cats (2019)

Players

1–4

Best: 3

Playing time

60–90 min

Age

7.60

Average rating

25,623

Ratings

2.36/5

Weight

#207

BGG rank

Top 1,000

Alternate names:A Ilha dos Gatos +14 more

Designer:Frank West

Artist:Frank West, Dragolisco

Publisher:Arclight Games +14 more

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy7.0

Luck5.0

Interaction2.0

Complexity4.7

Theme4.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

NauticalFantasyPuzzleAnimalsPiratesTile PlacementSet CollectionOpen DraftingPattern BuildingSolo / Solitaire GameTurn Order: Stat-BasedIncomeSquare GridGrid CoverageClosed DraftingHidden Victory Points

Overview

The Isle of Cats is a competitive, medium-weight, card-drafting, polyomino cat-placement board game.

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.