2025James Emmerson
- Videos
- 9
- Creators
- 8
1 - 4 players45 - 60 minLight weight

2020James Emmerson
Mainly reviews. Tranquility is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 21 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 7 recorded sessions, 7 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Jump on board the good ship Tranquility and set sail for paradise. Take care, though, because in a land where the day blends into night it's easy to lose track of time and you still need to find that special little island to call home. Tranquility is a co-operative card game in which players must fill the sea with islands - specifically island cards with numbers on them - and guide the ship home before any player runs out of cards. Note that in the world of Tranquility, the only way to play is in silence. --- The goal of the game is for the team to complete the grid before any player runs out of available actions. Cards must be placed so that the grid ascends in numerical order from bottom left to top right. All the players win if they manage to complete the grid and have placed a Start and Finish card. All players lose if a single player can no longer play or discard any cards legally following the instructions given below. The players may not, however, communicate. Play is taken in turns moving clockwise with the quietest player going first. On a player's turn they must do one of the following: 1. Play a card or 2. Discard two cards. Then they must draw back up to a hand of five cards. Cards must be placed so that the grid ascends in numerical order from bottom left to top right. If the card is placed next to an existing card in the sequence then they must discard cards from their hand equal to the difference between the numbers face down in front of them e.g. placing a 5 next to a 3 will require two cards to be discarded from their hand. This applies even if the cards are on different rows. -description from the publisher
Tranquility has 43 videos from 39 creators: 21 reviews, 6 how-to-play guides, 7 playthroughs, 7 unboxings and 2 other videos. They date from 2019 to June 2024.
To learn the rules, start with "Tranquility - How to Play Tutorial video from Gaming Rules!" by Gaming Rules!, which runs 10 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Tranquility Review - with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 19 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Livestream Playthrough of Tranquility" by Behind the Box, one of 7 playthroughs.
If you like it, try A Wayfarer's Tale: The Journey Begins, A Wayfarer's Tale, Tranquility: The Descent and Tranquility: The Ascent, also by James Emmerson.
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2025James Emmerson
1 - 4 players45 - 60 minLight weight
2022James Emmerson
1 - 4 players15 - 45 minLight weight
2026James Emmerson
1 - 5 players20 - 40 minMedium weight
2024James Emmerson
1 - 5 players15 - 30 minLight weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Jump on board the good ship Tranquility and set sail for paradise. Take care, though, because in a land where the day blends into night it's easy to lose track of time and you still need to find that special little island to call home. Tranquility is a co-operative card game in which players must fill the sea with islands - specifically island cards with numbers on them - and guide the ship home before any player runs out of cards. Note that in the world of Tranquility, the only way to play is in silence. --- The goal of the game is for the team to complete the grid before any player runs out of available actions. Cards must be placed so that the grid ascends in numerical order from bottom left to top right. All the players win if they manage to complete the grid and have placed a Start and Finish card. All players lose if a single player can no longer play or discard any cards legally following the instructions given below. The players may not, however, communicate. Play is taken in turns moving clockwise with the quietest player going first. On a player's turn they must do one of the following: 1. Play a card or 2. Discard two cards. Then they must draw back up to a hand of five cards. Cards must be placed so that the grid ascends in numerical order from bottom left to top right. If the card is placed next to an existing card in the sequence then they must discard cards from their hand equal to the difference between the numbers face down in front of them e.g. placing a 5 next to a 3 will require two cards to be discarded from their hand. This applies even if the cards are on different rows. -description from the publisher
Designer
James Emmerson
Artist
Tristam Rossin
Publisher
Board Game Hub
Categories
Mechanics