Isla Dorada

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Isla Dorada

Designer: Andrea Angiolino, Bruno Faidutti, Alan R. Moon, Pier Giorgio Paglia
Publisher: Funforge
# of Players: 3 − 6
Playing Time: 60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 8 and up

It's been quite long since I've published a big, ambitious game design, in a large box.  Isla Dorada will be there for the Essen fair, in october 2010.

Players are bold explorers whose zeppelin just crashed in the center of a mysterious and unexplored island where legends tell that ancient civilizations have left fabulous treasures.

Together, players will enter the heart of darkness and explore the unknown island, cross the jungle on gorillaback, witness savage rituals, avoid the lake monsters and deal with the the many vicious animals and other dangers of Isla Dorada, the Gold Island. Then, if they are valorous and lucky enough, they will find the treasures and bring them back to the old world.

~ Bruno Faidutti

Source:
- faidutti.com

"The game is for 3 to 6 players. We played it with 6 and it was really good.  It's a game that I would place in the same category as Jamaica or Valdora. Light but not too light." ~ Fabien Conus (FabienC)

"The very easy rules can be learned in a few minutes whilst the rich and elegant gameplay assure an always renewed experience." ~ BGG

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"Designers Alan R. Moon, Andrea Angiolino and Pier Giorgio Paglia are also listed on the game’s logo, but Faidutti’s name gets top billing. As he explains in a long history of this game’s ten-year development cycle, Isla Dorada was born from Faidutti’s love of Moon’s Elfenroads and Elfenland and his efforts to overlay Angiolino and Paglia’s Ulysses on the Elfenland gameboard.

The history makes for fascinating reading, especially when you discover how rejections from both Amigo and Days of Wonder ended up making this game a more attractive package, in terms of game play, setting and graphics. As with Funforge’s production of Pony Express, by Faidutti and Antoine Bauza, the artwork is amazing. Head to the history page above to take a look…"

~ W. Eric Martin

Source: boardgamenews.com