However, they are a bit too large for the board.Īs the game progresses, individual lands get pretty cluttered, and tokens often have to be stacked or squished together. I actually prefer them to the plastic and wooden ones included in the original Spirit Island. It’s all pretty nifty.Īll of the various cardboard tokens representing the Invaders, Dahan, Blight, Energy, and Fear look great. The board also displays some of the game elements to make things easy to remember, such as which invaders generate fear when destroyed and the victory conditions. Most gameplay aspects are featured right on the board including areas for various tokens and cards. The double-sided game board is brightly colored and durable. Much like its larger sibling, Horizons of Spirit Island includes tons of great-looking components. Genre: Co-op area control and hand management You can get many, many hours of gameplay out of Horizons, and by the time it wears thin, you will probably be ready to pick up the core game of Spirit Island anyway. However, the very core of Spirit Island, in general, makes it replayable. Horizons of Spirit Island won’t have the same replay value as the larger box, especially with expansions. That alone greatly lessens the barrier of entry for those who have yet to experience my favorite game. Instead of gutting the game, Horizons condenses the experience down into a beginner-friendly box that is less than half the price of Spirit Island. In fact, the five new Spirits featured in Horizons can be used with the core Spirit Island game and its expansions right alongside every other existing Spirit. The core of the game remains intact with Horizons of Spirit Island, it very much still plays like the game I’ve grown to love. My fears turned out to be unfounded, however. I was worried that Horizons would sacrifice the “Spirit” of the game to accommodate more mass appeal. Many rules questions can literally be answered by looking at what any given power or card is attempting to do inside the game world. Spirit Island is a complex game, but I’ve always felt it was straightforward to learn because of how well the game connects its theme and mechanisms. However, I do tend to be wary of these entry-level-style boxes. Most powers and cards paint an image with their mechanisms While some have come close, no other game has managed to dislodge Spirit Island as my favorite board game. It’s no secret that I love Spirit Island. Horizons is to Spirit Island what Jaws of the Lion is to Gloomhaven.Ī video version of this review can be found on my YouTube Channel. Horizons of Spirit Island is a smaller and more compact version of Spirit Island made to appeal to a larger crowd and onboard new players.
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