Portal Games Robinson Crusoe Adventures on the Cursed Island Board Game

One of my absolute favorites for solo play. Incredibly hard, and depending on how into the hobby you are it may take a couple playthroughs to get the hang of the rules and find a good strategy, but it's 100% worth it. Tons of content and replayability. Definitely a desert island game (no pun intended).

I'll keep this brief. The game is AMAZING. The theme is solid, believable, and deep. While it might seem complex at the get go (I'm a very inexperienced board gamer), it's actually fairly simple to play with each stage being clearly illustrated and indicated on the board and the cards. And you have a TON of choices, from building shelters and tools, to hunting, to exploring, to gathering. However, the game hates you. The game wants you to die, and die quickly. It throws at you every form of misery and disaster that an exotic island in the 1700s could come up with. My wife and I have played two games together, and I've played a few more on my own, and we NEVER win. To make the game more fun, we've begun modifying the rules. The campaigns create mounting tension by means of addition hazards, addition goals, and a time limit (usually like 12 turns). To have fun, we have had to do away with most of the additional hazards, and especially the time limit; we're just not able to see how anyone could get so much done in such a few actions (even with Friday AND the dog). Hopefully we'll get better at the game by playing it, but I just wanted new players to know that it's okay to change some of the rules, if it will help you to enjoy the adventure and keep coming back for more! Or, maybe you just enjoy cooperative dying. If the theme appeals to you, and you can stomach learning a bunch of very intelligent and sensible rules, you will love this game.

Brilliant, deep, insanely thematic, and TOTALLY BRUTAL game! Robinson Crusoe just might be one of the most thematic and immersive board game experiences you'll ever have! It's right up there with the greats of the genre (Twilight Imperium 3, Pandemic Legacy, Arkham Horror, etc.). But be warned: the game in NEAR IMPOSSIBLE to beat! If you don't like insanely difficult challenges, or you frustrate easily, AVOID this game. But, for the strong, brave, and even fool-hardy, much great adventure awaits!! Robinson Crusoe really does make you feel like you're on a desert island fighting for survival! You will feel the isolation! You will feel the mind-numbing wet chill as you are soaked by hurricanes and tropical storms! You will feel the lack of warmth take hold if you cannot build a fire! You will feel the hunger pains as you slowly starve to death because you can't find enough food to survive!. You will feel the pain of gangrene, or some other disease ravaging your body as you slowly die do to lack of medicine. You will feel the terror of facing a very large, and very angry tiger who sees you as food!!! You will smell the blood of your first kill as gnawing hunger drives you to hunt to survive! You will feel the intensity of ruthless combat as you fight tooth and nail for your life against savage, head hunting cannibals! Your nerves will have your entire body shaking as you explore the lost and forbidden temples looking for great treasures that could mean the difference between survival and death!!!....and you will be stunned when you face the greatest terror the world has ever seen-THE MIGHT KONG!! (Yes, King Kong is in this game! I kid you not!!) All these experiences await you in Robinson Crusoe the board game!

I bought this to play with my brother and other small groups. The game and pieces are well made and sturdy. The game makes sense once you play through it once, but that first play-through can be tedious. I highly recommend finding a YouTube tutorial or walk-through to view before playing the first time. We bailed on the first game to do this and it made the second work much better. Also, I've found this game to be quite challenging with 2 people. FUN, though!

The game is tough! But I quite enjoy it, I love the challenge. Sometimes it feels like no matter how hard you try, luck always seems to make you lose and there’s nothing you can do about it. However, the more you play, the more you understand the mechanics of the game and then it become a fun challenging puzzle to solve. The theme is great and if you have an active imagination you can have a great time playing this, even solo. It’s also very fun with a team and I love coop games. The multiple scenarios is great too so replayability is definitely high! My wife and I like dead of winter and robinson crusoe seemed like the next level up in terms of challenge.

So, we've bought this game because we were looking a game for two people, which lasts for 1.5 hrs and more. This one exactly matches the requirements. The game is rather fun, by this time we won 3 scenarios out of 7 or so, and keeping replaying them to try different characters and different luck. Pros: - Good balance and much fun for two people - Replaying capabilities are huge, a lot of things depend on Holy Random - Nevertheless, Strategy is really important, can't win the game simply doing your chores, need to plan a lot. - You win like 1 in 5 times for each scenario Cons: - You win like 1 in 5 times for each scenario - Balance (in terms of food and resources) can be rather hard (if not broken) for more than two people - You always feel like you are about to win this set, but you lose in the last round.

So far I've only played this as a solo game but I am a huge fan. I've run through a couple of the scenarios and have played as a few of the characters. What I've found is that the deep decks and random dice rolls make for a wildly different experience each time. I'm sure there are mechanical steps to follow for better chances of success in each scenario but no plan is foolproof on this unforgiving island. I found myself literally laughing out loud as my (as I perceived it) excellent planning fell apart before my eyes in multiple run throughs. I've won once so far and it was quite gratifying. The board and the story development from the cards you turn over in game lend themselves very well to a cool thematic story and it is easy to get into the narrative that develops through each play. I think that this game is less well suited to younger kids (it says ages 8 up) - there are a decent number of rules/options to consider each turn and it is truly difficult to win. If the kids are less concerned with winning the game and more interested in a story of struggle/survival then no problem but I feel like some will get discouraged before ever experiencing the joy of success. It would be best for you to have a facilitator to help and almost narrate for the kids if you are playing with ones on the younger side. As a co-op, I've heard this game is particularly hard to run through when one person has more experience than the other players - I think my biggest advice for those players is that its probably best to take a back seat and let your companions fall flat a few times as they learn what to be concerned about. Bottom Line - I'm a huge fan of the theme, and the gameplay, but this is not a game for those who want to win more than they lose.

There are many components, rules, and steps to this game and it took a while to read all instructions and set it up to play. The instructions were understandable but probably seem like they could be more straight forward or also better if it could add more components as you play different levels so that you are not faced with so much complexity to start the game. It was great to play during the holidays with time on our hands. I was really interested in playing it - unique for sure. We laughed that on the weather die there is snow as possible extreme weather to deal with on a tropical island. We also learned how important it is to build the shelter/roof so that we would not take too much damage in the night phases. It is a cooperative game of survival with different characters that have different abilities and the main currency is "determination points."

Buen juego de supervivencia y aventuras en el que la colaboración es clave para poder triunfar. Es un juego lleno de mecánicas que llevará tiempo aprender pero que resultan sencillas una vez que se les coge el manejo. Enganchará a los fans del género. Buena compra.

The game is superb. A must have in your collection. It is one of a kind.. Highly enjoyable..You have an immense amount of choices with a little bit of luck factor. It is also one of the best solo games I have played ever. The seller Boardway India is highly appreciated and recommended.. They offer original products with unmatched price in market..

Great, great game. There are lots of explanations of how to play, so I won't get into that. The board is lush, well designed and beautifully made, as are all of the components. My wife and I played the first scenario over a number of evenings (after the toddler was asleep). It took a good few hours of playing to completely understand some of the more intricate rules. I had a game night the other night, sent some how to videos to them before the arrived and set this game up. What a blast! There were some lovely and in depth conversations, of why we should build a shelter over building a bow. Why not to waste wood, etc etc. As a co-operative game it's a great way to get drawn in to a fully immersive scenario with your mates. I must say that they picked it up really quickly, mostly because we'd got over the initial hours of having to pick up the rule book every 30 seconds to check stuff. For what it's worth, I bought a small divider/pill dispenser thing, which fits perfectly into the box. In this I can keep all of the components sorted and in easy reach for gaming, packing down and setting up. I'd recommend this or something similar. I thoroughly enjoy playing this game, and even the missus is converted. Friends have been texting asking for another game so I'd say it's a winner. CONS: Difficult to understand at first. Games can take hours. It's hard, very hard. Pros: So much fun. Games can take hours. Great for generating a sense of 'teamwork'. Solo, 2 player and 4 player are all as good as each other. It's hard, which is a challenge right!? I'd buy it again, in a heartbeat. It's definitely up there with Dead of Winter..... and Mysteries of Old Peking!!!

Great game. There is a video for this on ‘watch it played’ which will get you going faster than the rule book. A challenging game but so glad I purchased.

¿Quieres pasar un rato con amigos sin tanto rollo? Pues este juego no es para ti... Un juego con bastante grande, alrededor de 30 min solo para preparar una partida, casi 2 horas de juego dependiendo el ritmo de los jugadores, con un nivel de complejidad bastante importante, literalmente la lectura de reglas me ha tardado alrededor de 1 hora, no es necesario que todos comprendan al 100% todos los detalles de las reglas pero al menos un jugador debería conocerlas. Simplemente al ver los componentes es obvio que va a ser un juego pesado pero muy divertido al que también se puede jugar en solitario...