How to Play The Isle of Cats: Late Arrivals

Objective of the Game

Your friends have finally arrived at the island, and with more people exploring, new discoveries will be made! The game plays with the same rules as The Isle of Cats, but with adjustments for a larger group of players.

Preparation (Setup)

Components to Add

• 40 Cat Tiles: Add these to the discovery bag. They follow all normal rules for cat tiles.
• 10 Rare Treasure Tiles: Add these to the discovery bag. They follow all normal rules for rare treasures.
• 1 Oshax Figure: When playing with 6 players, use this as the 6th player piece on the turn order track on the island.
• 2 Oshax Tiles: Place these with the other Oshax tiles in your game.
• 16 Common Treasure Tiles: Place these with the other common treasure tiles in your game.
• 2 Player Boats: Place these with the other player boats in your game. They can be used by any player in all your future plays.
• 10 Discovery Cards: Shuffle these with your existing discovery cards when playing with 5 or 6 players.
• 20 Fish Tokens: Place these with the other fish tokens in your game.

Discovery Cards

• There are 70 new discovery cards included with the Late Arrivals expansion. You should only use these cards when playing with 5 or 6 players. When playing with 1-4 players, you should remove them from the discovery deck.
• All cards included with the Late Arrivals expansion show the treasure chest symbol in the bottom left corner.

Lesson Modules

• The 70 new discovery cards include 2 new lesson modules. Even when playing with 1-4 players, you can use these new lesson modules following the rules on page 23 of the rulebook.

Global Setup for 5 and 6 Players

• Common Treasure: Use 13 of each tile for 5-player games. Use 15 of each tile for 6-player games.
• Oshax: Place 8 Oshax tiles below the common treasure.
• Lesson Modules: When playing with 5 or 6 players, you will always use 5 Lesson Modules, rather than 3. When adding new lesson modules to the game, follow the rules on page 23 of the rulebook, but raise the number of lesson modules from 3 to 5.
• Cat Tiles (Fill the Fields): 20 cats (10 per field) for 5-player games. 24 cats (12 per field) for 6-player games.
• Oshax Tiles: When playing with 5 or 6 players, you will always use 8 Oshax tiles, rather than 6. When adding new Oshax tiles to the game, follow the rules on page 23 of the rulebook, but raise the number of Oshax tiles in play from 6 to 8.

Flow of the Game

When playing The Isle of Cats with 5 or 6 players, the game plays with the same rules as the base game, but with the specific setup changes mentioned above.

Actions and How to Play

Consulte o manual para detalhes sobre esta seção.

End of Game and Scoring

Solo Rules for Lesson Module G

• If playing The Isle of Cats solo with the Lesson module G, for the lesson card "Blinded", you require 10 treasures to complete the lesson.

Tips for Winning

Consulte o manual para detalhes sobre esta seção.