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Find people to play Spirit Island.

A cooperative strategy game where players are spirits defending their island from invaders. Deep and demanding, made for people who like heavier games.

How Spirit Island plays

Players are spirits of an island defending it from colonizing invaders. Each spirit has its own powers and plays differently. Invaders explore, build and ravage on a predictable schedule, and the spirits plan together to push them back and frighten them off. It's a thinky game to play as a team.

Before you sit down

Played with the Spirit Island box. Agree which spirits are in (the rulebook marks low-complexity ones for a first game) and whether an adversary is added.

Spirit Island at game night

Players

2 to 4 players, usually 3.

Levels welcome

Teach me, Casual or Serious. You'll sit with people at a similar level.

Where you'd play

In public: a board-game café, a library or a coffee shop. Your table votes on where.

No chat

The app plans the evening. You just show up.

How a Spirit Island table comes together

  1. Tick Spirit Island in the app

    Choose Teach me, Casual or Serious.

  2. Sign up for game night

    Choose game night on your area's weekly group night. Sign-ups close two days before.

  3. Get your table

    2 to 4 people, usually 3. Everyone at it fits everyone else as a friend match, and plays at a similar level.

  4. Pick the place and play

    Your table votes on where to play, and the app plans the rest. No chat.

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Questions

I've never played Spirit Island. Can I join?

Yes. Choose Teach me and you'll sit with people who already know it and are happy to show you.

Is it free?

Yes. Joining and game nights are free. The only charge is ID verification, $4.99, before your first meeting. A venue may charge for a table, a drink or the game library.

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Find your Spirit Island table.

Free to join, in your browser or on iPhone. Answer at your own pace, and skip anything with “Rather not say.”