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Apr 16, 2026·Review·03:47·2·Watch on YouTube

Hawaii

Mel's Board Game Room

Mel's Board Game Room

Watch “Hawaii,” a board game review for Hawaii from Mel's Board Game Room on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Mel's Board Game Room on YouTube:

Extract from The Boardgame Specialists Podcast: Top 9 Nautical Themed Games - Episode 142. https://youtu.be/mMUzAzZEs3o

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Hawaii

Hawaii

2011·Greg Daigle

2 - 5 players
60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Hawaii, from BoardGameGeek:

Game description from the publisher: Don't expect to lie around the sun, lazily sipping cocktails and passively watching hula dancers, because the tactical game Hawaii is not a paradise for idlers, but rather for bold, active strategists. Restlessly, they'll move their pieces on the game board, facing constant challenges in terms of making their beautiful villages on this beautiful island as profitable as possible. Only those who will be able to use their dwindling resources to meet the increasing demands over five rounds will find a spot for themselves on the beach. In Hawaii, players must make use of their limited resources to score points by growing their villages and exploring the surrounding islands. Your chieftains move around the board to purchase new tiles for their villages, hopefully grabbing the best deals before their opponents. Three different currencies are used to pay for these trips, so make sure you don't run out of any of them too quickly. Players are also rewarded for providing for their people (measured essentially by how much they bought on a given turn), but your meager income shrinks as the game goes on. Players will have to balance a number of ways to score points to secure their victory.

Designer

Greg Daigle

Artist

Dennis Lohausen

Publisher

Hans im Glück

Categories

FarmingTerritory Building

Mechanics

Action PointsArea Movement
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