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Feb 3, 2025·Unboxing·14:18·40·Watch on YouTube

Isle of Cats Duel - Unboxing & How to Play

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

Watch “Isle of Cats Duel - Unboxing & How to Play,” a board game unboxing for The Isle of Cats Duel from Merry Married Meeples on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Merry Married Meeples on YouTube:

Everybody wants to know what’s in the box… WHAT’S IN THE BOX? Boxes contain stuff and things. I will remove that stuff and those things and show them to you. Today we are looking at a game that is a 2 player version of a bigger game, Isle of Cats Duel. This game from City of Games takes the same framework of Isle of Cats and implements a different way of getting the cat tiles for your board. So come and see how it all looks inside and how it plays. 00:00 Start 00:43 Unboxing 04:39 How to Play 04:41 Setup 05:40 Playing A Turn 06:12 Choose A Discovery 06:34 Boat Overview 07:02 Placement Rules 07:22 Treasure Maps 08:04 Fish Actions 09:17 End of Turn 10:03 End of Round 10:53 End Game Scoring BGG: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/431718/the-isle-of-cats-duel #boardgames #dicegames #unboxings #twoplayer #2player #animals #polyomino #puzzle #cats #smallerversion #iteration Thank you for watching! Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCafSpHjXbVIdttH9sMoZ0gg/join Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/MerryMarriedMeeples Ko-Fi - https://ko-fi.com/merrymarriedmeeples Twitter/X and Bluesky: @merrymarried Instagram: @merrymarriedmeeples TikTok: @MerryMarriedMeeples Linktree: www.linktr.ee/merrymarriedmeeples

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The Isle of Cats Duel

The Isle of Cats Duel

2024·Frank West

Videos
17
Creators
15

Mainly reviews. The Isle of Cats Duel is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 10 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 1 unboxings.

2 players
30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About The Isle of Cats Duel, from BoardGameGeek:

In The Isle of Cats Duel - a competitive, standalone game designed specifically for two players - you are citizens of Squalls End on a rescue mission to the Isle of Cats and must save as many cats as possible before the evil Lord Vesh arrives. Each cat is represented by a unique tile and belongs to a family; you must find a way to make them all fit on your boat while keeping families together. The Isle of Cats Duel replaces the card drafting from the original The Isle of Cats game with a new movement system. Guided by an Oshax cat, players take turns moving around the island. Where you move determines which cats, treasures, and lessons you can access and will shape the options available to your opponent on their next turn. In the end, the player who best balances rescuing cats, completing lessons, and limiting their opponent's options will prove themselves as the ultimate cat rescuer. -description from the publisher

Designer

Frank West

Artists

Dragolisco, Frank West

Publisher

The City of Games

Categories

AnimalsFantasy

Mechanics

Pattern BuildingArea Movement
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