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Mysterious Island: The Card Game

Mysterious Island: The Card Game is a tense, survival adventure for 1–6 players.

Requirements

60-90
1-6
14+

Description

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Stranded on a hostile island...

you must explore, craft, and survive long enough to escape. Every decision matters, every resource is vital, and the island never sleeps. Will you work together—or leave others behind? Mysterious Island: The Card Game is a tense, cooperative or competitive survival adventure for 1-6 players.

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Player Turns & Actions

The game progresses through a series of phases: Day Phase, Player Phase, Night Phase, Player Phase. The Day and Night decks act as a timer. When these decks run out the island explodes in a volcanic eruption.

Day Phase
  1. Reveal a Day Card. (See card details on page 17)
  2. Apply its effect to ALL players.
Player Phase

One at a time, each player takes 2 actions during their turn. The 5 available actions are:

Craft Explore Rest Move Campfire
Draw a Craft card Draw and resolve an Explore card Heal 1 Health Move to next island location Trade cards
Night Phase
  1. Reveal a Night Card.
  2. Apply its effect to ALL players.

Escape Objectives Escape Objectives, which are drawn and start of the game, lists the required Craft cards in order to build each objective. Building an Escape Objective is done at the last Island Location...unless you discover secrets on the island! In competitive mode, these escape objectives should be kept secret!

DANGEROUS cards DANGEROUS cards represent growing danger for you or your group and become part of a pool of cards that can have serious negative effects if they grow too many. DANGEROUS cards are kept with the player that drew the card, but are kept in a separate pool and do not count toward that players hand limit.


End-Game Scenario Before players attempt to build their Escape Objective, check the number of DANGEROUS cards in the pool. (Cooperative and Competitive!)

  1. If 4 or more DANGEROUS cards are unresolved, the escape fails.
  2. Players must resolve at least 2 of the DANGEROUS cards before another escape attempt.

Win & Loss Conditions

Cooperative Mode

Win – The Escape Objective has been built.
Lose – All players dead, or the Day & Night decks are depleted.

Competitive Mode

Win – First player to craft and activate their personal Escape Objective.
Lose – All players dead or Day & Night decks depleted before escape.

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Publish Date July 18, 2025
Edition First
Department Games
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Why buy this?

  • Cooperative and competitve modes of play!
  • You must explore, craft, and survive long enough to escape.
  • Will you work together—or leave others behind?

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Own It Played It Fun Priced Well High Replay Value Well Written Rules Nice Artwork

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