Isles of Terror
2020
A story-driven strategy game of exploration and conquest with competitive, cooperative, and solo play across unpredictable adventures.
120
minutes
1 - 4
player(s)
12+
Medium
About this board game
Isles of Terror is a story-driven strategy game for 1–4 players, with games lasting around 120 minutes. Explore mysterious isles, overcome their dangers, and lead an expedition toward victory in competitive, cooperative, or solo play.
Each adventure presents an overarching storyline that can be played on its own or as part of a campaign. As you advance through the jungles, you must manage your resources carefully while confronting minions, terrors, seasonal events, and unforeseen situations. Fight or negotiate with the inhabitants to gain control of areas, raise camps, and strengthen your position.
Every game offers a changing challenge. Seasonal effects, an exploration deck, and randomly arranged area tiles create different routes and unpredictable discoveries from one playthrough to the next. A growing threat system also keeps leading players within striking range, while no player elimination ensures that everyone remains involved.
- Play competitively, cooperatively, or alone without changing the game’s core atmosphere.
- Earn victory points through scenario objectives, progress tasks, missions, and other strategic choices.
- Use a self-restricting action system that makes each decision affect the actions available during the round.
- Customize isle layouts, minions, bosses, progress tasks, and adventure objectives to create your own adventures and campaigns.
Victory can come from many directions: pursue the adventure objectives, complete missions, focus on progress tasks, or raid other players. With backgrounds, epilogues, and adventure-driven design, Isles of Terror invites you to become part of its story while developing a strategy for the unknown regions ahead.