Food Chain Island: Legendary Creatures

About this expansion

Food Chain Island: Legendary Creatures is a solo board game expansion for one player, with games lasting about 15 minutes. It returns you to the island with a cast of mythical creatures, including the Phoenix, which appears here for the first time.

Legendary animals introduce a new challenge because they begin hidden. A hidden legendary animal cannot be eaten while face-down, so you must first reveal it. When an animal is eaten orthogonally adjacent to a legendary animal, that legendary animal is flipped face-up and becomes available to eat.

Revealing a legendary creature is only part of the challenge. Each legendary animal has a power that activates when it is eaten, rather than when it eats another animal. The animal that eats the legendary creature also has its own effect active, requiring you to fulfill both effects together.

• Legendary animals start hidden and cannot be eaten until face-up.
• Eating an animal orthogonally adjacent to one reveals it.
• A legendary animal’s power activates when it is eaten.
• The eating animal’s effect remains active, so both effects must be fulfilled.

The expansion also includes numbers that already appear in the base game. Animals sharing the same number cannot eat one another unless an ability specifically allows it, adding another restriction to consider as you manage the island’s food chain.

With its hidden mythical creatures, linked effects, and number-based limitations, Food Chain Island: Legendary Creatures adds a distinctive layer of discovery and careful timing to the island’s animal-eating rules.