Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Sail Arzium, gather emeralds and treasure, recruit crew, and expand your capital by conquering or befriending island towns.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Islebound: Emerald Edition sends rival captains across the island world of Arzium to gather treasure, recruit crew, and develop their capitals. Sail between towns, choose whether to conquer them or win their loyalty through diplomacy, and convert new alliances into more powerful actions and buildings. This revised edition replaces books with emeralds, refines town and building actions, and incorporates selected ideas from the Metropolis expansion. Every route creates a fresh tension between immediate resources, a stronger engine, and the race to control the most valuable ports.
