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Spirit Island: Branch & Claw

Spirit Island: Branch & Claw

Expansion

2017·R. Eric Reuss

Videos
5
Creators
4

Mostly reviews and unboxings. Spirit Island: Branch & Claw is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, and 2 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
90 - 120 min
Very heavy weight: Rules-dense, long sessions

From BoardGameGeek

The Branch & Claw Expansion for Spirit Island features: Two new Spirits! (Sharp Fangs Behind the Leaves and Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds) A new Adversary! (France) A new step added to the Invader Phase of the game: Events! The Event Deck has events that happen each turn, adding further variation to the game play. New Tokens that can be added to the board! Wilds, Disease and Strife Tokens prevent the Invaders from Exploring, Building and Ravaging, respectively, and Beast tokens represent the wild beasts of the land that will help you out when you least expect it. New Power cards: 31 Minor and 21 Major, many of which make use of the new Tokens! 15 new Fear cards! New Blight cards and new Scenarios!

Spirit Island: Branch & Claw

Watch first

Learn to play

Spirit Island - Branch & Claw - Rules Overview7:22

Spirit Island - Branch & Claw - Rules Overview

SetupPhase

SetupPhase

Review

Our thoughts on Jagged Earth and Branch and claw10:53

Our thoughts on Jagged Earth and Branch and claw

The Kallax Shelfies

The Kallax Shelfies

Which Spirit Island: Branch & Claw video should I watch?

Spirit Island: Branch & Claw has 5 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide and 2 unboxings. They date from 2022 to March 2026.

To learn the rules, start with "Spirit Island - Branch & Claw - Rules Overview" by SetupPhase, which runs 7 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Our thoughts on Jagged Earth and Branch and claw" by The Kallax Shelfies.

If you like it, try Spirit Island, Horizons of Spirit Island, Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate and Spirit Island: Jagged Earth, also by R. Eric Reuss.

All videos

Our thoughts on Jagged Earth and Branch and clawReview10:53

Our thoughts on Jagged Earth and Branch and claw

The Kallax Shelfies

The Kallax Shelfies

Spirit Island - Branch & Claw - Components OverviewUnboxing4:49

Spirit Island - Branch & Claw - Components Overview

SetupPhase

SetupPhase

Spirit Island - Branch & Claw - Rules OverviewHow to play7:22

Spirit Island - Branch & Claw - Rules Overview

SetupPhase

SetupPhase

Sci-Fi Fantasy Saturday - Spirit Island: Branch & Claw - Continuing Marathon UnboxingUnboxing18:52

Sci-Fi Fantasy Saturday - Spirit Island: Branch & Claw - Continuing Marathon Unboxing

KilroyWasHere

KilroyWasHere

Spirit Island: Branch and ClawReview18:27

Spirit Island: Branch and Claw

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Spirit Island

2017·R. Eric Reuss

Videos
247
Creators
99
Mainly playthroughs

1 - 4 players·90 - 120 min·Very heavy weight

Horizons of Spirit Island

2022·R. Eric Reuss

Videos
37
Creators
33
Mainly reviews and unboxings

1 - 3 players·90 - 120 min·Heavy weight

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2023·R. Eric Reuss

Videos
14
Creators
11
Mainly unboxings and reviews

1 - 6 players·90 - 180 min·Very heavy weight

Spirit Island: Jagged Earth

2020·R. Eric Reuss

Videos
3
Creators
2
Mostly how-to-play and playthroughs

1 - 6 players·90 - 120 min·Very heavy weight

About Spirit Island: Branch & Claw

From BoardGameGeek:

The Branch & Claw Expansion for Spirit Island features: Two new Spirits! (Sharp Fangs Behind the Leaves and Keeper of the Forbidden Wilds) A new Adversary! (France) A new step added to the Invader Phase of the game: Events! The Event Deck has events that happen each turn, adding further variation to the game play. New Tokens that can be added to the board! Wilds, Disease and Strife Tokens prevent the Invaders from Exploring, Building and Ravaging, respectively, and Beast tokens represent the wild beasts of the land that will help you out when you least expect it. New Power cards: 31 Minor and 21 Major, many of which make use of the new Tokens! 15 new Fear cards! New Blight cards and new Scenarios!

Designer

R. Eric Reuss

Artists

Jason Behnke, Loïc Billiau, Kat G Birmelin, Cari Corene, Lucas Durham, Rocky Hammer, Sydni Kruger, Nolan Nasser and 6 more

Publisher

Greater Than Games, LLC

Categories

FantasyFightingMythology

Mechanics

Cooperative GameHand ManagementModular Board & Variable SetupDrafting
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