Gear up for a thrilling adventure to recover a legendary flying machine buried deep in the ruins of an ancient desert city. You'll need to coordinate with your teammates and use every available resource if you hope to survive the scorching heat and relentless sandstorm. Find the flying machine and escape before you all become permanent artifacts of the Forbidden Desert!

n Forbidden Desert, a thematic sequel to Forbidden Island, players take on the roles of brave adventurers who must throw caution to the wind and survive both blistering heat and blustering sand in order to recover a legendary flying machine buried under an ancient desert city. While featuring cooperative gameplay similar to Forbidden Island, Forbidden Desert is a fresh new game based around an innovative set of mechanisms, such as an ever-shifting board, individual resource management, and a unique method for locating the flying machine parts.

The challenge to designer Matt Leacock was to create a game that would contain familiar elements of Forbidden Island (cooperative play, modular board), while offering up a completely different in-game experience. In addition, they wanted it to be simultaneously approachable to new players while upping the ante for those who felt they had mastered Forbidden Island. All this resulted in a fresh new game with an innovative set of mechanics, such as an ever-shifting board, individual resource management, and unique method for locating the flying machine parts. Hopefully this has achieved the goals and quenched your thirst for adventure!

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Deduction
Strategic Thinking
Cooperation

49 cards
48 sand markers
24 tiles
6 pawns
6 meter clips
4 flying machine parts
1 flying machine model
1 sand storm meter
1 stand storm meter stand
rules of play

Ages 10 and up
2 to 5 players
Playing time: 45 miinutes


It may not be possible to ship very heavy items outside of the Mainland UK.
Released: 05 May 2017