About IslePals
IslePals is a first trade-and-build game for ages 6–8 — a gentle, younger cousin of our bigger island game. You build cottages on little Gullwick, roll for goods, and make a fair swap for what you're missing. Play with two friendly island pals, or pass the tablet around a table of 2–3.
The island is home
Gullwick's pals are rebuilding after a storm. There is no land to take and no one to rob — just friends deciding, together, how to share what they gather. The board and its goods are all our own; it is not a copy of any store-bought game. And when a 7 rolls, nobody is robbed: the Commons shares from whoever has the most to whoever has the least. The island shares.
Meet the island pals
- Gully — calls the market — "who needs wood? who has grain?" — and helps you spot a fair swap (the host of little Gullwick)
- Gilly — loves to swap — never sits on spare goods; shows how a good trade helps both islanders
- Ambo — the sharer — tends the Commons and the Bridge so no islander is ever left short
- Poppa Pike — the bridge-builder — cheers every islander who helps lay a plank on the shared Bridge
Think it over
After a game or two, notice this: the pals who share and swap do just as well as anyone. When did giving away a spare good actually help you build? Seeing that — that a fair trade helps both islanders — is the little idea IslePals is really about.