The Forbidden Island is a nice game drive your dream. Find out why:

As the title suggests, The Forbidden Island is just a nice game. Just as a family game, it is ideally suited. Parents can play it wonderfully with adolescents, depending on the perception of the children should it even be playable from 7+. Young people under him will enjoy this game, without which there is a breeze. Say actually a top candidate for the title game of the year, on this point we in the games store where I help out sometimes really all agree.

Who knows pandemic knows basically like The Forbidden Island goes. The game is a little less complex version of pandemic. The nice thing is that all work together cooperatively. Especially for people who have little experience with games, it is often something entirely new, which all together have to reach a goal, instead of everyone trying to be to be the best. Then here it says literally win that we all together or perish together. The game with 30 minutes of a pleasant length and the decor is sensational for the price. The pieces are painted miniature figures, the artifacts are also beautifully crafted figures and no simple Cardboard Tokens. The graphics on the playing fields are partly a bit dark, just according to the adventure theme, but very pretty and well illustrated.

What now are you?
Players assume the role of adventurers the mountains of an island artifacts. They are under significant pressure to the island shares the fate of Atlantis: You disappear into the sea. Create the more adventurous there to recover all the artifacts and to achieve the saving helicopter before the island is sinking and it carries you away into the abyss? That is completely up in the hands of players.

How The Forbidden Island?
The pitch is set up before the game. There are single island Fields show the different places of the island. In two fields, there is an image of an artifact, these are the places where the players can recover the artifacts later. After that, each player chooses a Charatker and off you go!

Each character has a special ability, so that each new game brings a new constellation of characters with it. This calls for the players on to each to deliberate on new tactics on how to take advantage of each character of the group.
The gameplay looks quite rough like that in his train the player moves or actions carried out, after drawing card to collect artifacts, ie cards that are good for the player, and then he still draws cards for the game that so bad for the players are. It meets regularly "The tide is rising" card, which makes it more difficult for the players in the following, so that in any case after a certain time it's game over. The precise rules, I do not want to play here, but there's the manual, or other reviews and they are really not difficult.

My Opinion:
The is actually already in the introduction. I think the Forbidden Island for an absolutely great family game. For the price it should be in every game collection. With just 30 minutes of playing time you will always find time for a game. There are instructions in the various proposals for the construction of the island, which combines with the different characters for long-term motivation. Especially in combination with the already mentioned just playing time is much evidence that you like the game brings out more frequently again.

Of course it is not a full-length play and also for experienced players only partially suitable, but that is not the target audience of the game. If you like gambles together with friends will find an excellent game for two to four players. Therefore, from my side, a clear recommendation and all fingers crossed for the title "Game of the Year 2011" - was nominated it "The Forbidden Island" what I call managed. And of the nominated it's personal for me at least now the winners.