Forbidden Island

Collect treasures before the island sinks. Gateway co-op from the Pandemic designer.

2 players

20-30 min

Easy

What You'll Need

📦 Forbidden Island game

Collect treasures before the island sinks. Gateway co-op from the Pandemic designer.

Arrange 24 island tiles in a diamond pattern
Each player gets a role card with a unique ability
On your turn: take up to 3 actions, draw 2 treasure cards, draw flood cards
Actions: move, shore up (flip a flooded tile), give a card, capture a treasure
Capture a treasure: discard 4 matching cards at the treasure's location
Flood cards flip island tiles to flooded state; flooded tiles sink if drawn again
Waters Rise cards increase the flood rate
Win by capturing all 4 treasures and escaping via helicopter from Fools' Landing
Lose if: key tiles sink, a player is stranded, or Fools' Landing sinks

Added about 1 month ago • Updated about 3 hours ago