Spirit Island

What makes Spirit Island special is not that it is a co-op. Co-ops are everywhere. It is that the game treats cooperation as a puzzle rather than a polite activity. Each spirit is genuinely different. Your hand of powers is a pool of fragile tools. The board is a living threat that escalates whether you like it or not. And every round you are balancing four different problems at once: your growth track, the invader card in play, where the blight is landing, and whatever your teammates desperately need you to cover. ...