Palm Island

Materials

1

We are playing a solo game with 17 cards

2

These are 16 playing cards and one round card

There is a red and a blue deck, identifiable by the bar in the middle

Both are identical

We are playing with the blue deck here

3

The remaining cards go back into the box for now

4

Each card has 4 possible upgrade stages

Front and back an upper and a lower half

Only the upper half of the front is active

You can upgrade each card

by turning it or flipping it over

These are the yellow and the blue arrow

Here is explained how it works

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Resources

There are 3 different resources

Wood

Stone

Fish

Cards that are turned to the right show your stock

You can use it to pay

To do this, turn the card back again

Setup

1

Set the round card aside

2

Prepare the 16 playing cards

Turn them so that the sun symbol is visible in the top left

Shuffle the deck well

3

Place the round card under the stack

So that the number 1 is visible at the top

4

You are allowed to look through all the cards before starting

With some experience, you can plan ahead

After that, you can only see the top 3 cards

Goal

1

Only the top half of the card that faces you is valid

2

You play through the stack 8 times

You push the front cards to the back

While doing so, you can turn and upgrade them

Cards can also produce resources

To do this, turn them to the side

Or just bring stars as victory points

3

The goal is to turn the cards so that at the end as many stars as possible are activated

4

For this, you need to collect resources and upgrade the cards with them

Gameplay

1

Take the stack in your hand

2

You may look at the first two cards, front and back

3

This way you also see the front of the third card

4

3 possible actions are depicted as arrows on the cards

Here is explained what they mean

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With the two front cards you have the following options

Push the first card unused to the back

You should only do this if you cannot perform any action

Or perform an arrow action:

Action of the first or second card

After that, push this card turned to the back

If no action is possible, you must push the first card to the back

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Here are your options as a flowchart

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Round card

When the round card comes into view, one round is over

You must turn the card so that the next number is visible

After the 8th round, the game is over

Then it continues to the evaluation

Scoring

1

Now go through your stack of cards

2

Count the stars in the upper area of the cards

3

Compare the number of stars with the table

4

Check if you have unlocked an achievement

Infos

1

3 possible arrow actions

You may perform an action on the upper half of the card

You have to pay the resources next to the colon

Producing and storing resources

You turn the card to the side

and slide it under the stack

The resources are now visible on the right

Attention! A maximum of 4 cards may be turned to the side

Turning and upgrading

Pay the costs next to the yellow arrow

You turn the card 180 degrees

This improves the card

Here 2 wood are paid

after the card is turned, it can produce 1 stone

Flipping and upgrading

Pay the costs next to the blue arrow

You flip the card to the back

Here 2 fish are paid

after the card is flipped, it can produce 1 stone

2

Paying resources

For actions, you have to pay resources

How much you have to pay is stated next to the colon

If a slash is visible, you can choose what you want to pay

For this, you turn sideways cards back

If you pay more resources, the remaining ones expire

This can happen, for example, if there are 2 fish on a card, but only 1 is needed

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Resource expiration

Make sure to turn resources back before they come back to the front

Otherwise, they expire

The unused resource card must then be turned back

and immediately goes back behind the stack