No

You must choose an Adversary you wish to play against before the setup, because they can change the setup.

Yes

You can play without using Blight cards, in which case you created the Blight pool by adding 5 Blight per players in the game + 1 additional Blight.

The other side of Island Boards feature a thematic map, which is harder then the classical Island board side.

Yes

You can score your games to compare your results with your friends and other players.

Yes

No

You can only play against a single Adversary at a time.

Scenarios offer additional challenge to players and sometimes modify victory conditions.

No

You can only play a single Scenario at a time.

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Yes

Yes, you can cross it. It's just to help with the setup! It doesn't block any movement.

Two lands are “adjacent” when they touch, even if they’re not on the same Island Board or meet only at a corner.

Lands adjacent to the Ocean are Coastal lands. They are separated from the Ocean with a light blue line.

The term "origin land" is used to refer to lands from which you are applying Power effects from.

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All Tier III Invader cards show two terrain type in which Invaders perform their actions.

Yes

All Tier III Invader cards show two terrain type in which Invaders perform their actions and you can choose in which terrain type to perform their actions first. Just make sure to not skip any land.

Fort symbols present on Tier II Invader cards are only used in an increased-difficulty game. Otherwise, they should be ignored.

A single Tier II Invader card is a "Coastal lands" card. It allows Invaders to perform their actions in all Coastal Lands.

At the end of each Invader Phase.

At the end of each Invader Phase you move all face up Invader cards one space to the left.

New Invaders appear on the Island during the Explore and/or Build Invader actions.

Explorers are added to Coastal lands, to lands that are adjacent to or contain Towns and/or Cities.

New Explorers appear on the Island as a result of Invader Explore action.

New Towns and/or Cities appear on the Island as a result of Invader Build action.

During Invader Build action they Build new Towns and Cities on the Island. In all lands that have more Towns, than Cities, Invaders Build a new City. In all other cases, they Build a Town.

During Invader Build action they Build new Towns and Cities on the Island. Invaders Build a Town in all lands during their Build action, unless they have more Towns than Cities in them. In those cases, they Build a City.

No

When Invaders Build a City, you add it in addition to any other tokens already present in those lands. Nothing is replaced during Invader actions, only new tokens are added to the Island.

Invaders damage lands and destroy Dahan during their Ravage action.

No

Invaders only Build in lands in which they have at least 1 Invader token - Explorer, Town or a City.

1 damage

Explorers deal 1 Damage to lands and Dahan during Invader Ravage actions.

2 damage

Towns deal 2 Damage to lands and Dahan during Invader Ravage actions.

3 damage

Cities deal 3 Damage to lands and Dahan during Invader Ravage actions.

Nothing

If Invaders deal 2 or more damage to a land during their Ravage action, you add 1 Blight token to it from the Blight pool and remove 1 Spirit Presence tokens from each Spirit in that land from the game.

Only 1

It doesn't matter how many damage Invaders deal to the land, if they deal at least 2 damage, you need to add 1 Blight token to it from the Blight pool. You never add more than 1 Blight token to lands as a result of a single Ravage action.

After Invaders deal their damage in the land any surviving Dahan fight back. Even if Invaders do no damage to the land, Dahan still fight back.

2 damage

Each surviving Dahan deal 2 damage to Invaders after they finish dealing their damage during the Ravage Invader action.

You choose

You choose in which order Invaders perform their Ravage action, but they perform it all possible lands.

No

Invaders damage the land and the Dahan in it for the same amount of damage. Invader damage can only be reduced by Defend effects applied from various Powers.

No

Invaders don't attack or deal damage to Spirits directly. They only damage the lands and Dahan.

At Invader Phase

All gained Fear cards are resolved at the beginning of the next Invader Phase.

No

All gained Fear cards are resolved at the beginning of the next Invader Phase.

Terror Level dividers represent the amount of accumulated fear in Invaders from your actions. Terror Level cards also unlock easier victory conditions for the players.

You use only the effect listed under your current Terror Level.

No

You use only the effect listed under the current Terror Level.

No

No, you must use all gained Fear cards during the next Invader Phase, even if they end up doing nothing.

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The Island becomes Blighted once all Blight tokens are removed from the "Healthy Island" card and it is flipped over to the other side.

While the Island is "Healthy" no additional effects happen at the beginning of the Invader phase.

At the beginning of each Invader phase, you resolve the effect of your "Blighted Island" card.

No

As the last step of setup, Invaders only perform their Explore action and move the revealed Invader card to the Build action space.

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No

Each player must select a different Board in which to start the game.

No

Players start in different Island boards only during setup. Afterwards, players may spread across all Island.

No

You need to shuffle the Minor and Major Power card decks separately.

4

You add 4 Fear tokens per player to the Fear pool during setup. In a solo player game your Fear pool will have 4 tokens in total. Return other unused Fear tokens back to the box.

8

You add 4 Fear tokens per player to the Fear pool during setup. In a 2 player game your Fear pool will have 8 tokens in total. Return other unused Fear tokens back to the box.

12

You add 4 Fear tokens per player to the Fear pool during setup. In a 3 player game your Fear pool will have 12 tokens in total. Return other unused Fear tokens back to the box.

16

You add 4 Fear tokens per player to the Fear pool during setup. In a 4 player game your Fear pool will have 16 tokens in total. Return other unused Fear tokens back to the box.

You add as many Blight as instructed on the Blight card + 1 additional token to the Blight pool during setup. Return other unused Blight tokens back to the box.

You add as many Blight as instructed on the Blight card + 1 additional token to the Blight pool during setup. Return other unused Blight tokens back to the box.

You add as many Blight as instructed on the Blight card + 1 additional token to the Blight pool during setup. Return other unused Blight tokens back to the box.

You add as many Blight as instructed on the Blight card + 1 additional token to the Blight pool during setup. Return other unused Blight tokens back to the box.

No

You always randomly and without looking select 9 Fear cards that will be used in the game to create a Fear deck.

9

You always randomly and without looking select 9 Fear cards from which to create a Fear deck.

Yes

When preparing the Fear deck you place the Terror Level III divider 3 cards from the bottom and the Terror Level II divider 3 cards above that. As a result the Fear deck is divided into 3 groups of 3 cards each.

No

No, you randomly return 1 Invader card from each Tier I, Tier II and Tier III piles back to the box.

You randomly return back to the box 1 card from each Tier, then you place all remaining Tier II card on top of Tier III cards. Finally, you place remaining Tier I cards on top of that to finish the Invader deck.

Randomly choose as many Island boards as there are players in the game and arrange them so that all Oceans are facing away from one another.

Yes

Yes, any Spirit from this game or any other Spirit Island game/expansion can be used to play Spirit Island.

This is a special situation in which you win a Sacrifice Victory: you are destroyed, but the Island, the Dahan, and many other Spirits survive.

There are three ways in which you can lose the game.

You win as soon as you complete your current victory condition determined by your Terror Level.

1. Spirit Phase 2. Fast Power Phase 3. Invader Phase 4. Slow Power Phase 5. Time Passes

Not really

Players act simultaneously within each phase, conferring as they wish. Table talk is not just allowed; it’s likely necessary for victory!

Players resolve Fast Powers — both Innate Powers printed on their Spirit Panel and Power Cards they played.

You choose

Powers may be resolved in whatever order the players want, so long as no Power interrupts another partway through

In Slow Power Phase players resolve Slow Powers, both the Innate Powers printed on their Spirit Panel and any Power Cards they played.

No

You can’t delay using a Fast Power until the Slow Phase, even if you want to. Use it now or forego it. You don't get your Energy back for foregoing a played Power card.

This is the wrap-up phase at the end of each turn.

Each Spirit does three things, in the following order: Growth, Gain Energy, Play and Pay for Power cards.

Once all players have Grown, gained their Energy, and played their Power Cards for this turn, paying their costs as they do, it’s time to proceed on to the Fast Power Phase.

Not really

Players act simultaneously within each phase, conferring as they wish. Table talk is not just allowed; it’s likely necessary for victory!

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1

You start the game at Terror Level 1.

You earn Fear from Powers and by destroying Towns and Cities.

1 Fear

You earn 1 Fear for destroying a Town.

2 Fear

You earn 2 Fear for destroying a City.

By gaining all Fear tokens from your Fear pool you earn 1 Fear card.

The Island is divided into 2 or 3 Boards. They are separated by a brown line and it is only important for setup purposes.

No

There are four different types of terrain a land can be - Jungle, Mountain, Sands or Wetlands.

Round tokens are called Spirit Presence and they signify in which your Spirit is considered to be in.

Any land with 2 or more of your Presence tokens is considered to have your Sacred Site in it. Multiple players can have their Sacred Site in the same land.

Yes

Multiple players can have their Presence tokens present in the same land.

Some card effects refer to "my land". Any land that has your Presence tokens in them is considered to be "your land".

Yes

Multiple players can have their Sacred Site in the same land.

Presence tokens determine in which lands you are "considered" to be in and from which lands you may use your Powers from.

Out of game

Any Presence that is removed from the Island is removed from the game.

No

It depends

Each Spirit's Card Play track shows how many Power cards they can play each turn.

Not really

There are two main rules that you must follow when playing Power cards - you must not play more cards than your Card play Track allows and you must pay the Energy cost of your played Power cards in full.

You get Energy each turn based on the highest uncovered number on your Energy Track. You may also get additional Energy from some Growth options.

It depends

You get Energy each turn based on the highest uncovered number on your Energy Track.

No

Each player can only use their own Energy and they can't share them with other players. There are some Power card effects that allow you to target other players to receive Energy, though.

At the beginning of each Spirit Phase, each player chooses one of their Growth options and gains all associated bonuses from it.

No

You must choose a Growth option each round.

No

You must only choose a single Growth option each turn.

You primarily gain new Power cards from your Growth options, but some Power cards also allow players to gain new Power cards.

Via Growth

You primarily place new Growth tokens to the Island from your chosen Growth options.

You may return previously played Power cards from choosing your first Growth option.

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You can't actively use the bonuses provided by your Presence Tracks, but rather they are active all the time, once they are uncovered.

No

Destroyed Presence is removed from the game. Once you take a Presence token off your Presence Tracks, they never return back there.

Whenever you would Add a Presence from your Presence track, you may instead use one of your Presence from anywhere on the Island. This is most often useful if all your Presence is in play: you can still reposition it.

Each Spirit has their own unique Innate Power. Each Innate Power has their own Speed, Range and Target, but they don't cost Energy to use. Rather they require you to have enough Elements to use their bonuses. Innate Powers don't count for the sake of Card Play limit and are basically an additional free action you can perform each turn.

No

Innate Powers don't count for the sake of Card Play limit and are basically an additional free action you can perform each turn.

Not really

Innate Power effects operate as thresholds. You resolve the base effect and all threshold effects that you meet, in order from top to bottom. Exception: If a threshold says “Instead”, it replaces the effects of previous levels.

Yes

You resolve the base effect and all threshold effects that you meet, in order from top to bottom. You may also choose to skip using any of the achieved effects, unless it says that it is mandatory.

Invaders is a general term that refers to Explorers, Towns and Cities.

No

Invaders don't directly attack or damage Spirits. Invaders only damage the land and Dahan as a result of their Ravage action.

Source of Invaders is important during Invader Explore action. New Explorers only appear in lands that have or are adjacent to source of Invaders and those are - Town, Cities and Ocean.

Yes

All dealt Damage is healed at the end of each round. To fully Destroy an Invader Town or City, you must do so in a single turn.

Different Invader pieces have different amount of Health. Explorers have 1 Health, Towns have 2 Health and Cities have 3 Health. If 1 damage is dealt to Towns or Cities, you flip their tokens on to their sides..

If a City take a second damage, put its side so that a single building is facing up.

Invaders slowly but inexorably Blight the land. A certain amount of Blight is normal in nature — such as damage from a forest fire — but too much will overwhelm the Island.

From the Blight pool

When you add Blight to the Island during play, take it from the Blight Pool.

After Setup, whenever you add Blight to a land, in that land, Destroy one Presence from each Spirit with Presence there (including when Blight cascades). Destroyed Presence is placed next to the Island, not returned to the Spirit Panels. Additionally, if the Blight pool is ever empty, you lose the game.

No

Destroy one Presence from each Spirit with Presence in a land to which you add a Blight token. This is true even if Blight is added as a result of a Cascade.

Cascade: If the land already has any Blight and you need to add another Blight to it, you also add one additional Blight to any one adjacent land.

No

You only add one additional Blight to any one adjacent land from a Cascade.

Yes

If you add Blight to an adjacent land as a result of a Cascade and it also already has Blight in it, you must Cascade from that land again, etc.

Yes

Yes

Blight added to lands during the game requires you to Destroy one Presence from each Spirit with Presence in those lands. It doesn't matter what is the reason of Blight appearing on the Island, it always requires you to Destroy Presence in those lands.

The Dahan are the native, semi-nomadic human inhabitants of the Island. They coexist well with the land and the Spirits. They also aren’t too thrilled about the Invaders’ colonization, but are wary of initiating violence.

No

Dahan are symbolizing the native, semi-nomadic human inhabitants of the Island. You don't control them, but you may move them around the Island as a result of your Powers and if you Defend them from the Invaders, they will fight them back.

Yes

You choose to which Invaders Dahan will deal Damage, as long as they are all present in the same land.

No

If Dahan get Destroyed because of the Invaders or your Powers, they get removed from the board.

2 Health

Each Dahan has 2 Health in total. If they receive 1 Damage, turn them to the Damaged side.

Yes

All damaged Invaders as well as Dahan get healed at the end of each round.

2 damage

Each surviving Dahan deal 2 Damage to Invaders after they finish their Ravage action in a land with Dahan.

All player cards are generally called Power cards. There are a total of three types of Power cards - Unique, Minor and Major Power cards.

Yes

You receive Elements from all your played Power cards even if you haven't yet resolved them or decide to not resolve their effects.

No

Optional effects which may only be used if the Spirit has gained certain Elements this turn. The required Elements are not “used up”; the threshold is simply a check to see if they are in play.

Power's Speed determines in which Phase will it be resolved - before or after Invaders take their actions.

Range - how many lands away from your Presence you can use a Power or effect.

Yes

Sometimes, it is beneficial to play Power cards just to receive Elements from them, and not for their main effects.

Each Spirit has their own Special Rule that changes the way they play.

There are eight Elements: Sun, Moon, Fire, Air, Water, Earth, Plant, and Animal. Elements are required to use your Spirits' Innate Power, which is an additional free action.

No

There is no limit to how many Elements you can have. You gain Elements from playing Power cards as well as from your Spirit's Progression tracks. While a Power Card is in Play, you have the Elements shown.

A Range of 0 means a land where you have Presence.

No

A golden rule goes as follows - One Land! One Turn! One Use!

No

All effects stay in play only for a single turn. A golden rule goes as follows - One Land! One Turn! One Use!

No

A golden rule goes as follows - One Land! One Turn! One Use!

For Reminders

A few Powers have temporary effects on a land. You may use Reminder tokens to mark such lands. Just remember to remove them at the end of the turn!

Yes

Whenever you’re told to “Gain a Power Card”: choose whether you’re gaining a Minor or Major Power.

Yes

New Power Cards always go into your hand and can used in the same turn when you Gain them.

Yes

Each time you Gain a Major Power card, you must permanently lose one of your cards.

Yes

You may choose to Forget a Major Power card that you have just Gained.

Almost any

To Forget a Power card, you permanently lose a Power Card from your hand, discard pile, or in play. If you forget a card that you had in play, but haven't resolved yet, you lose its Elements and won't get to resolve it. You also don't get back the Energy spent to play that card.