Islebound: Emerald Edition

Islebound: Emerald Edition

Will you trade, build, or invade?  The sea is roaring with trade and wealth and you are its captain.  Across the water lies many cities and towns ripe for plunder. On second thought, they may be interested in joining your nation without the use of cannon and gunpowder. Or perhaps they’ll need encounter to a sea monster or two before they join your cause. All the white, treasure waits to be claimed. But by who?  Will your commands lead your sea-faring nation to prosper?

This edition of Islebound removes the book resource from the original game and replaces it with emeralds. Emeralds have different uses than books. You collect them when visiting a player-owned town, and also when you take over a town. Emeralds must be used to buy building cards, and they can also be used to perform special abilities, such as keeping pirates and serpents after combat! The building deck is also revised to account for this resource change. It includes altered building cards from both the original game and some from the Metropolis expansion. There will not be a building card expansion for Islebound: Emerald Edition, and the Metropolis expansion is not compatible with this version.