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Seven Islands Board Game Playthrough
We're back with Roll to One Gaming, and tonight's cozy pick is Seven Islands — a Looney Labs title (yes, the makers of Fluxx) where you're racing your little islanders across a growing archipelago of beaches, bridges, and beacons to catch the right boat home. It plays fast, it plays a little chaotic, and nearly every card you flip can reshape the map itself, which makes for a perfectly chill-but-unpredictable cozy night at the table.
This session is Kristen's very first time playing Seven Islands, and she picks it up quickly — trading hands, grabbing gear like the hiking boots and inflatable raft, and eventually out-rating everyone else at the table. Andy, meanwhile, cannot stop winning, taking game after game while Jackson and Jaden needle him about it (and about his notorious stinginess with anything close to a 10 out of 10). Along the way the table gets fully sidetracked arguing whether a bridge technically counts as a beach, debating portals and wells, and stacking Seven Islands up against Roll to One favorites like Finspan and Wingspan.
This episode is part of Roll to One Gaming Season 2, where every win counts toward our ongoing Season Board. The Top 3 players at the end of the season earn Roll to One Shop merch, so even a cozy game like this one matters for the standings.
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Video Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro & Setup — Meeting Seven Islands
0:02:34 Learning the Islands: Beaches, Bridges & Beacons
0:06:25 Game One Begins
0:14:03 Andy's Lightning-Fast First Win
0:15:51 Game Two Deal-In & Table Banter
0:25:00 Gear Grabs & Dump-and-Replace Chaos
0:37:00 Backpacks, Hand Limits & Rules Debates
0:45:52 Does a Bridge Count as a Beach?
0:52:52 Portals, Pyramids & Fishing Tangents
0:59:28 Andy Wins Again — Two-for-Two
1:01:00 Best-of-Three: Game Three Kicks Off
1:08:00 Final Ratings & Season Wrap-Up
Game on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/467428/seven-islands
