
• Before starting the first episode, carefully remove all die-cut
pieces from their frames.
• Each player gets a gameboard and
places it with the front side, which
has an animal symbol at the upper left, face up in front of
themselves. at will be the player’s personal gameboard
for all 24 episodes. At the start, all gameboards are
identical. But during the course of the game, each player
will be changing the gameboard. You will be applying
stickers, developing new playing areas, and writing on the
board. Don’t worry: at’s how it is meant to be played.
After all, it’s your board. Right at the beginning, you will
want to give your island a name. Write it in the space at
the top left next to the animal symbol.
• Each player gets and sets it on a scoring token
the number 10 of their board’s scoring track.
is scoring token is used to indicate your points
during the episode and, most importantly, at the end of
• Each player gets the showing their animal’s color 28 tiles
on the back sides. Just like the gameboards, each player’s
set of tiles is otherwise identical. Place your tiles face up
next to your gameboard so they are all easily visible. ere
are various shapes of tiles which can be used to cover two,
three, or four spaces. ey show the following symbols:
Field (yellow) Wall (blue)
House (brown) Path (green)
• Shuffle the 28 cards and place them in a single stack face
down in the middle of the table. For each tile, there is one
corresponding card. In each episode, you will place the
tiles on your gameboard in the order in which you turn
over the corresponding cards.
GENERAL RULES OF THE GAME
ere are some rules that — with a few exceptions — apply
Each episode consists of a number of rounds. In each round,
you turn over the from the face-down stack and top card
place it face up in a discard pile. Each player takes the tile
that matches the one depicted on the card and places it on
their gameboard. All players place their tiles simultaneously.
During and at the end of each episode, you get points,
which you mark on your scoring track.
e player with the most or second-most points in the
episode colors in two or one progress circles respectively.
ese are the circles at the top edge of your gameboard.
ese progress points will help determine the overall
winner of My Island at the end of all 24 episodes.
• Each player must place the in such a way that it first tile
covers at least .one beach space
• All the remaining tiles must be placed in such a way that
they have at least one side adjacent to a matching symbol
— house next to house, field next to field, and so on.
• tiles may be placed only on beach or heath In episode 1,
• At first, tiles may not be placed on palm and rainforest
spaces. ese spaces will only come into play in later
• Tiles may be placed on top ofnot other tiles that have
• Once a tile is placed, it may not be moved.
Passing: cannot or do not wish to If you place a tile, you
may If you want to do this, place the tile in front of pass.
you with its back side facing up. You must also move your
scoring token one step backward on the scoring track. In
other words, you lose one point.
Important: If your scoring token is already on 0, you may not
pass. If you still cannot or do not want to place the tile, you
must end your participation in the episode. In that case, you
will not be able to place any more tiles during the episode.
Ending participation in an episode: Each round, after a card
has been revealed, each player always may decide whether
to end participation in the episode. If you wish to end their
participation, you announce this out loud. When you do
this, you do not lose any points on the scoring track. You
only lose a point if you pass but stay in the episode.