Welcome to the official FAQ for Explore & Draw, on this page you will find answers to all the frequently asked questions about the game.
You can find a list of card clarifications here.
Family Mode
Use all of the green backed cards only.
Standard mode
Solo mode
Form the discovery deck in the same way as the standard mode, you will also need the solo colour, basket, lesson and advanced lesson cards.
If you backed one of our Kickstarters, or have since purchased any of the available expansions, then you will have more cards than are stated in the rulebook. You can find a full list of them at the bottom of this page.
No.
Any cards that refer to lessons, for example “discard 1 lesson card” or “gain 1 fish for each lesson card” do not include public lessons.
Once played a public lesson does not belong to any player and is in play for the rest of the game.
No. The Oshax are the colour that you choose for them when placing them on your boat, for example, red.
As such there are only 5 cat colours in total, and the Oshax do not have their own colour.
Yes.
Whenever you play a cat or treasure tile it must touch a previously placed piece. If you later remove a tile, it is ok to leave non-connected tiles on your boat.
Discarded treasures are removed from the game.
You can find a video tutorial on YouTube here.
No.
Any card that refers to played cards, treasures or cats always refers to your cards and tiles only. You may never discard or interfere with other players pieces.
Every card in The Isle of Cats is numbered, you can find the number in the bottom right corner.
The Isle of Cats game comes with 219 cards:
The Kickstarter Pack comes with 36 cards:
The Late Arrivals expansion comes with 70 cards:
The Kittens + Beasts expansion comes with 15 cards:
The Kickstarter Pack 2 expansion comes with 12 cards:
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As the questions come in, we’ll continue to update this page.
If you have a question that is not answered above, then please post on our Facebook group, on Board Game Geek, or leave a comment below and someone will respond as quickly as possible.
As the questions come in, we’ll continue to update this page.
Learn how to play The Isle of Cats by watching a video or download the rulebook for the game here.
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