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International Toy Fair Nuremberg 2009
Internationale Spielwarenmesse Nürnberg 2009
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Clementoni
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The most adventurous thing I have read about the Canarian Islands, were some tourists surprised by snowfall, but now I learn that settlers and adventurers also are attracted to the islands because of the houses they build themselves; mmh, a bit weird this is, but never mind.

Players each choose their own player board which comes in varying size and terrain, and get five cards. From this hand they play one, and place another face down at the center of the table. Each card has four symbols, and two identical one along the side. This last one a player uses for building the house of that colour; where he must build it is read from the four symbols: starting with the leftmost symbol, he checks if he could place a house adjacent to it: an already built house of a particular colour, or a type of terrain. If he cannot, he checks the second symbol, and so on. If he has no matching symbol at all, he may place the house anywhere on his player board.
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When each player has played a card, built a house and placed another card in the center, these cards are shuffled and turned face up one by one, except a random one that is kept for the next round. Now the same conditions apply, but only the player with the most empty spaces next to the required symbol may build the depicted house.

Players may anytime in their turn exchange two houses for a palace to make more space for future buildings but also because a house is worth one point and a palace three points; they remove the two houses and place the palace in any quare where one of the houses stood. The first player who builds a palace may take the privilege that goes with that colour, for instance have the edge when players are tied when the cards in the second half of the round are turned face up, or protection against pirates.
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Three houses of the same colour can be exchanged for a city; a city is worth five points.
Pirate cards can only be played to place in the center of the table; when turned face up, they hurt a player with the privilege in that colour; the player must remove a house of his choice and colour from his island.

At the end of each round, players count their points. When a player has reached 19 points, a last round is played after which the player with the most points wins.



Islas Canarias, Leo Colovini, Clementoni, 2009 - 2 to 5 players, 10 years and up, 45 minutes
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