Palm Island
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Palm Island: Your island, wherever you are
With Palm Island , you don't need a table: your hands are enough. Standing in line, on the train, on the beach, or on the couch, you transform a deck of 17 cards into a living, ever-evolving village. Eight rounds to accumulate resources, upgrade buildings, and unlock game-changing abilities.
It's a portable card game for 1–2 players with solitaire , cooperative , and competitive modes. Choose to work together to survive natural disasters, compete for bonuses, or simply beat your personal bests.
What makes Palm Island unique
- Play anywhere : no surface required, just the deck in your hand
- Deck-transforming : Cards rotate, flip, and evolve during the game
- Three game modes : solo, cooperative, competitive
- High replayability : every decision shapes your island
- Expandable : Combine multiple copies for multi-player play.
An entire island in the palm of your hand: take it wherever you want, experience it however you want.
Product Details
🐸 HOW TO PLAY Palm Island
1. The island in the palm of your hand.
In Palm Island, you don't need a table, playmat, or dedicated space: your adventure comes to life with the entire deck in your hand. In just eight rounds, with only 17 cards, you'll transform a small island into a thriving community, making quick but decisive decisions.
2. Resource management at your fingertips.
Each card can be rotated or flipped to represent improvements or accumulated resources. You'll pay for upgrades with stored resources and unlock increasingly useful buildings and abilities. Each choice has an immediate impact and changes your strategy in subsequent turns.
3. Modes for every situation.
You can play solo, aiming for objectives and milestones that unlock permanent powers for future games. In co-op, you'll have to prepare the village with others before a catastrophe strikes. In competitive mode, you'll challenge opponents to earn the most points or complete special criteria first.
4. Villagers and special abilities.
By adding Villagers, you can recruit characters with unique abilities to maximize your points. Knowing when and how to integrate them into your development plan can mean the difference between a landslide victory and a bitter draw.
5. A quick challenge, always at hand.
After eight rounds, the points are tallied and the winner is declared. Palm Island is quick to learn, compact, and always ready to go, whether you're traveling, queuing, or hitting the beach. Each game is a pocket-sized puzzle that pushes you to improve and optimize every single move.
📦 Palm Island BOX CONTENTS
50 cards and 1 rulebook
🃏 Palm Island Sachets
56x87mm - Quantity 50
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The grand strategy game that lives… in the palm of your hand
A pocket-sized board game you can take and play anywhere
Palm Island : Build and rule your own island… in the palm of your hand
Palm Island is one of those games that amazes you with its simplicity and ingenuity: only 17 cards and no table required. You can play it standing at a bus stop, sitting on a plane, or relaxing on the couch , and in minutes you'll find yourself managing a village on a remote island.
Flip, rotate, and upgrade your cards to transform huts into buildings, accumulate resources, and face ever-changing challenges. Whether you want to play alone, cooperate to weather natural disasters, or challenge a friend in an upgrade race , Palm Island gives you brilliant, instant resource management… always at your fingertips.
The minimal strategy you can take anywhere
Palm Island is a portable board game for 1-2 players, with competitive, cooperative, and solo modes. Thanks to its deck-transforming mechanic, each card can be rotated or flipped to represent the status of buildings and resources, creating tactical management without the need for a board or tokens.
In just eight rounds, you'll have to expand your village, improve its structures, and optimize your resources , balancing short- and long-term choices. Its portability and high replayability make it a perfect travel game and a small gem of light strategy.
We played it and… we felt like travel strategists 🐸
Palm Island is a gem of a game : quick to explain, quick to play, and surprisingly deep. Its portability makes it an ideal travel companion, and the challenge of improving your scores with every game is addictive.
Whether you're a solo gamer or looking for something fun to play with your partner, Palm Island is a breath of fresh air in the world of board games.
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Ogni regola è un’opportunità nascosta. Scoprila con occhi nuovi. – Il Girino Curioso
Non so come ho vinto. Ma è stato divertentissimo. Rigioca, se hai il coraggio. – La Ranarock Ribelle
Una buona mossa è silenziosa. La vittoria, inevitabile. – Ranaldo Stratega
Non serve vincere per giocare bene. Serve giocare per stare bene. – Zio Rospo Zen
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