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Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2010
# of Players
2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 1, 2, 3, 4 players
(87 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
8 and up
(64 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(36 voters) [poll]
Honors
Subdomain
(117 voters) [vote]
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
Expands
Family
Primary Name
Forbidden Island
Alternate Names
Den Forbudte Øya
La Isla Prohibida
L'Île Interdite
L'Isola Proibita
Salaisuuksien saari
Het Verboden Eiland
Die verbotene Insel
Zakazana Wyspa
Запретный остров
האי הנעלם
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Dare to discover Forbidden Island! Join a team of fearless adventurers on a do-or-die mission to capture four sacred treasures from the ruins of this perilous paradise. Your team will have to work together and make some pulse-pounding maneuvers, as the island will sink beneath every step! Race to collect the treasures and make a triumphant escape before you are swallowed into the watery abyss!

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Awards

2011: Juego del Año en España. Winner
2011: Vuoden perhepeli (Finland)
2011: Spiel des Jahres Nominee
2010: Mensa Select Winner
2010: BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Best Children's Game

Contents

58 playing cards
24 island tiles
6 pawns
4 treasure figurines
1 water meter
1 water level marker
rules of play

Official Rules

English Manual

Microbadge

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Het Verboden Eiland
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Dutch edition
Publisher: White Goblin Games
Artist: C. B. Canga
Year: 2011
Size: 8.75 x 6.50 x 2.75 inches
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Запретный остров
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Russian edition
Publisher: (Unknown)
Artist: C. B. Canga
Year: 2011
Size: 8.75 x 6.50 x 2.75 inches
0.66 pounds
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La Isla Prohibida
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Publisher: Devir
Artist: C. B. Canga
Year: 2011
Size: 8.75 x 6.50 x 2.75 inches
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Zakazana Wyspa
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Polish edition
Publisher: REBEL.pl
Artist: C. B. Canga
Year: 2011
Size: 8.00 x 6.00 x 2.00 inches
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Salaisuuksien saari
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Finnish version
Publisher: Competo / Marektoy
Artist: C. B. Canga
Year: 2011
Size: 8.75 x 6.50 x 2.75 inches
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8 Hall of Fame Scoresheet
Sheet to record wins/losses and other info'.
2011-09-29
7 Forbidden Island Traitor Variant Rules
version 1.0 These rules were created by Corey A (CoreyRIT) and first appeared in the following Board Game Geek forum thread: http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/622697/traitor-variant The Arts Cow Forbidden Island Traitor card album was also created by Corey A.
2011-09-06
38 Forbidden Island Official Variant Layouts
Translated from the German rules with thanks to Tobias Mrosek for the links and Johannes Heimann for help translating.
2011-05-26
10 Nuevas disposiciones iniciales
Nuevas disposiciones iniciales para modificar un poco la estructura del juego. Añade un poco de dificultad y variedad al juego.
2011-05-11
2 Forbidden island - Finnish rules
Here's our briefly translated rules in Finnish. We did the translation with my wife in one evening in order to give the game as a birthday present to our godchild. Tis' a good game for kids!
2011-04-07
1 Forbidden Island - Carte in italiano
Carte azione e personaggio in italiano con i disegni della versione tedesca.
2011-03-18
0 Forbidden Island - Carte in italiano
Carte personaggio e azioni speciali tradotte in italiano con i disegni della versione tedesca.
2011-03-16
8 Forbidden Island - Resumen de reglas
Resumen de reglas en castellano de "Forbidden Island".
2011-02-16
4 Forbidden Island Tuckboxes
Tuckboxes I did for Flood, Treasure, Role/Ref Cards, and Island Tiles. Image here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/image/923307/forbidden-island
2011-02-15
18 Ten New roles and Treasure Power-up Cards
Edit: GACK! Murphy's Law strikes again! Errors in the file crept in that of course didn't show themselves until after the thing was already uploaded. Switching from MacroMedia Freehand to OpenOffice Draw for the next incarnation... though at this point we might just have the Artscow deck already before I'm done so this file submission will be less important. This zip archive contains four Adobe Acrobat (PDF) files, 2 pages each, for printing the fronts and backs of new player roles and treasure power-ups. The files are for either with or without dotted lines provided as cutting guidelines. The guidelines are for printing on plain card stock. If you're using the standard business card stock with ten cards to a sheet, then you won't need the guidelines. The roles and treasure powers are...
2011-01-10
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Board Game Rank: 246
Family Game Rank: 44
Num Ratings: 5992
Average Rating: 7.08
Standard Deviation: 1.16
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