This is the first cat-themed game of the Summer of Games 2026, and it is a banger!
You are a citizen of Squall’s End on a mission to rescue inhabitants from the legendary Isle of Cats. The island, inhabited by a race of ancient, fierce, wise, and majestic cats, is threatened by the approaching armies of Vesh Darkhand, who will stop at nothing to destroy the island and its noble creatures.
The Isle of Cats Duel is a competitive 2-player tile-placement game played over 4 rounds, aka days. Each player has their own boat containing 7 rooms, 5 colored treasure maps, and even rats to entertain the cats you’ll rescue. This is where you will be placing every cat you rescue and any treasure you find.
A round consists of setting up the island, player turns and clearing the island. At the start of each round, BGA will fill the island board as we want you to only have fun playing.
Once the set-up is complete, you will take turns with your opponent exploring the island by moving the Oshax figure exactly 2 spaces along the path footprints. You can also select discoveries and perform any number of fish actions you can afford. Discovering and fishing are optional, but they come with nice perks. You can discover cats, treasures and other shenanigans with immediate effect. Or you can use fish stored on your boat to move more, jump around, get a treasure or an extra discovery.
A round ends when the island is empty or when both players choose not to perform the selection action on consecutive turns. Then BGA jumps back in, clears the island and sets things up for the next day, sorry, round…
The Summer of Games 2026 will bring more cats around during the month of August. You can keep track of what will be released daily on this forum post. Now, it is time for you to go save some cats!
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=theisleofcatsduel
Thanks to Frank West, the game designer, and to The City of Games, the publisher, for letting us add their game to the platform. And thank you to Mizutismask for the BGA port.
This was your Monday release.
Don’t expect the cats you rescue to be thankful. As a cat once said: “Meow! Zero fluff given”. Take care and play fair…
Dvoboj na Otoku mačk: Maček v čolnih
To je prva igra z mačjo tematiko v Poletju iger 2026 in je odlična!
Ste prebivalec Squall's Enda na misiji reševanja prebivalcev z legendarnega Otoka mačk. Otoku, ki ga naseljuje rasa starodavnih, divjih, modrih in veličastnih mačk, grozijo bližajoče se vojske Vesha Darkhanda, ki se ne bodo ustavili pred ničemer, da bi uničili otok in njegova plemenita bitja.
Dvoboj na otoku mačk je tekmovalna igra za dva igralca, v kateri se igra 4 kroge oziroma dnevi. Vsak igralec ima svoj čoln s 7 sobami, 5 barvnimi zemljevidi zakladov in celo podganami za zabavo mačk, ki jih boste rešili. Na ta čoln boste postavili vsako mačko, ki jo rešite, in vse zaklade, ki jih najdete.
Krog je sestavljen iz postavljanja otoka, igralčevih potez in čiščenja otoka. Na začetku vsakega kroga BGA zapolni otoško ploščo, saj želimo, da se pri igranju samo zabavate.
Ko je postavitev končana, se boste z nasprotnikom izmenjevali pri raziskovanju otoka tako, da boste figuro Oshaxa premikali natanko 2 polji vzdolž odtisov poti. Izberete lahko tudi odkritja in izvedete poljubno število ribjih akcij, ki si jih lahko privoščite. Odkrivanje in ribolov sta neobvezna, vendar prinašata lepe ugodnosti. Z odkrivanjem mačk, zakladov in drugih lumpov lahko odkrijete takoj. Lahko pa uporabite ribe, shranjene na vašem čolnu, da se premaknete naprej, skačete naokoli, dobite zaklad ali dodatno odkritje.
Runda se konča, ko je otok prazen ali ko se oba igralca odločita, da ne bosta izvedla akcije izbire v zaporednih potezah. Nato se BGA vrne v igro, očisti otok in pripravi stvari za naslednji dan, oprostite, rundo ...
Poletje iger 2026 bo v avgustu prineslo več mačk. Vsak dan lahko spremljate, kaj bo objavljeno na tej objavi na forumu. Zdaj je čas, da rešite nekaj mačk!
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=theisleofcatsduel
Zahvaljujemo se Franku Westu, oblikovalcu igre, in založniku The City of Games, da sta nam dovolila dodati njihovo igro na platformo. In hvala Mizutismasku za BGA port.
To je bila vaša ponedeljkova izdaja.
Ne pričakujte, da bodo mačke, ki jih rešite, hvaležne. Kot je nekoč rekla mačka: "Mijav! Nič hudega ne damo." Pazite nase in igrajte pošteno ...
