Greater Than Games | Feather & Flame: Spirit Island Expansion | Board Game | Ages 14+ | 1-4 Players | 90-120 Minutes Playing Time

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Draper, Kevin (1 August 2019). "Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis?". The New York Times . Retrieved 9 September 2020.

The spirits in this box are probably the main draw for me. However, these are not for the faint hearted. Ranging from high complexity (x3) to very high (x1) complexity these spirits bring depth and complexity that will take some time to get grips with. The growth paths branch off in multiple directions with Finder of Paths Unseen and to a lesser extent Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island. Heart of the Wildfire gives you fire tokens which, with certain powers trigger additional actions. Similar to Heart of the Wildfire, Downpour Drenches the World gives you access to water tokens. The use of these additional tokens is not new and was seen in Branch and Claw but I like how they have been incorporated and utilised in this expansion. Spirit Island: Feather and Flame expansion increases base game variability for both solo games and cooperative games by adding four new Spirits and one new Adversary. In addition, the spirits of this expansion are among the more complex in the game allowing players to bring the challenge to a whole new level.

Beast: Some cards require you to have a beast token somewhere, so this effect depends on the card used a b c Zimmerman, Aaron (22 December 2017). "The best board games of 2017". Ars Technica . Retrieved 9 September 2020.

Bolding, Jonathan (1 August 2020). "Co-op board game Spirit Island now has a nice digital edition". PC Gamer . Retrieved 9 September 2020. I am personally a very big fan of this game, so these are all expansions that I personally vouch for and I can't wait to see what other expansions will be available for Spirit Island in the future. If you only own Horizons and want to buy an expansion, it is highly recommended that you buy Spirit Island first to get access to components you wouldn't have otherwise, like the Island Boards, Invader Board, the base game Adversaries, and base game Scenarios. The aspect cards are not new to the game, as we have already seen some in the first expansion: Branch and Claw. Aspect cards can be used to change how one of the core game spirit plays by swapping a special rule for that spirit with the one on the aspect cards. Most of the times the change increase the complexity of the spirit but offers more strategic options. Let's look at a few examples. This basically doubles all your content from the base set. Which might sound very appealing to you if you are a fan of the base game. Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate

Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate

Spirit Island is an award-winning, cooperative, settler-destruction strategy game for 1 to 4 players designed by R. Eric Reuss and set in an alternate-history world. Players act as different spirits of the land, each with their own unique elemental powers, forced to defend their island home from colonizing Invaders spreading Blight and destruction. Players work with their fellow Spirits and the Dahan (local islanders) to increase their power and drive the invading colonists from their island in this deep and complex area-control game! Ars Technica included the game in their list of best board games of 2017. [8] In their full review they described the game as complex and deep, calling the array of choices a "wonderfully thinky puzzle", though highlighting the potential for analysis paralysis. They praised the progression of the spirits' abilities over the game, and concluded that it was an "easy recommendation". [9] Kotaku commented positively on the game's complexity and ability to build tension, but found the game was hard to start, requiring patience to fully understand. [10]

First off, this game gives you 10 new spirits to play with. This is already a lot more than the 2 in the Branch & Claw expansion. The 10 new spirits in Spirit Island: Jagged Earth are:

Spirit Island: Branch & Claw

New Spirit Island spinoff board game will be an entryway to cooperative settler destruction". Dicebreaker. 2022-07-22 . Retrieved 2022-09-02. Scotland is included in this expansion as an adversary, with a base difficulty of one. Whilst the adversary is just more of the good stuff that was included in the core game, it again adds more content and more replay value to the game.

First off, it adds event cards. Event cards are resolved in every invader phase and have various effects. Some can be good for your island by adding new tokens (more on that in a bit) or the effects could work against your island and your spirits. Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate is an expansion that hasn't been released yet. Nature Incarnate was announced on June 14th, 2022, and was successfully crowdfunded in November 2022. a b c d Zimmerman, Aaron (24 March 2018). "Spirit Island review: Finally, an anti-colonialist board game". Ars Technica . Retrieved 9 September 2020. Meehan, Alex (17 December 2020). "Spirit Island arrives on Android and iOS tablets with 'free to learn' digital version". Dicebreaker . Retrieved 26 April 2021.a b c Hoffer, Christian (21 August 2018). "Spirit Island's Upcoming Expansion Will Be Huge". Comicbook . Retrieved 9 September 2020. The aspect cards are not new to the game, as we have already seen some in the first expansion: Branch and Claw. Aspect cards can be used to change how one of the core game spirit plays by swapping a special rule for that spirit with the one on the aspect cards. Most of the times the change increase the complexity of the spirit but offers more strategic options. Let’s look at a few examples. Overall, the expansion does not add any new mechanics but it expands the material available adding more challenges. In fact, the spirits of this expansion are among the more complex available to date. As Feather and Flame uses the same rules as Spirit Island the core box, I will focus on how you could use the new spirits, adversary and scenarios and integrate them into your games. New Spirits