The Isle of Pan
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BGG #26,211
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The Isle of Pan

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  • 2–4 players
  • 30–45 min
  • 8+
  • Complexity 2.3/5

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The Isle of Pan is a board game released in 2019 for 2–4 players, 30–45 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Florian Sirieix and Johan Benvenuto and its main mechanics are Tile Placement, Modular Board, and Pattern Building.

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About the game

The Isle of Pan is a game of tile and resource placement with very simple rules that offers several strategies and depth. You are playing the role of explorers who discovered this lush island, with its fantastic fauna and its abundant flora. The more you progress in the game, the more you discover the island’s secrets, its lakes, mountains, and deserts. Your objective is to discover which animals live here and, who knows, you might even encounter fantastic beasts! Each turn, you will reveal a bit more of the island and its surprises. Thanks to your explorer, the more animals you observe, the more points you will earn. But these animals are not alone, fantastic beasts appear under the right conditions. Will you manage to provide them with the magical landscape they need to appear in, thus earning more points? Once the exploration of the island is complete, the player with the most points wins the game. The turn structure is quite simple. You will pick up animals matching the tile you would have choosen to play, move your explorer, observe the local fauna, discover wondrous lakes and even see a Fantastic Beast appearance! Creating a large Domain Group might also be useful as well.. —description from the publisher L'Île de Pan est un jeu de placement de tuiles et de ressources aux règles très simples offrant plusieurs stratégies et de la profondeur. Vous incarnez des explorateurs venus à la découverte de cette île luxuriante, à la faune merveilleuse et à la flore abondante. Plus vous avancerez dans la partie et plus l’île dévoilera ses secrets à travers ses lacs, ses plaines, ses montagnes et ses déserts. Votre objectif sera de découvrir les animaux qui la peuplent et qui sait... peut-être parviendrez-vous à apercevoir des Animaux Merveilleux !? À chaque tour, vous révèlerez un peu plus l’île et les surprises qu’elle vous réserve. Puis, en déplaçant votre explorateur, plus vous observerez d’animaux, plus vous remporterez de points de victoire. Mais ils ne sont pas seuls, de rares Animaux Merveilleux n’apparaissent que sous certaines conditions. Réussirez-vous à former le cadre merveilleux nécessaire à leur apparition, et à gagner ainsi plus de points de victoire ? Le joueur ayant le plus grand score quand l’île sera entièrement découverte remporte la partie. Le tour de jeu est simple. Vous récupérerez des animaux correspondant à la tuile que vous auriez choisi de jouer, déplacerez votre explorateur, observerez la faune locale, découvrirez des lacs merveilleux et peut-être même verrez apparaître un Animal Merveilleux ! La création d'un grand groupe de Domaines pourra également vous être utile... —description from the publisher (French)

Questions and answers

The Isle of Pan supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.