Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
The new world of Ilôs has just been discovered. Endless forsaken islands, amazing wealth, and many temples overflowing with gold are waiting to be explored.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Commodity Speculation
Buy or influence goods whose values change before they are sold or scored.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Stock Holding
Acquire shares whose value depends on companies, assets, or player actions.
Take That
Direct negative effects at selected opponents.
Read the full game description
The new world of Ilôs has just been discovered. Endless forsaken islands, amazing wealth, and many temples overflowing with gold are waiting to be explored. You embody one of the great naval powers. Through your cards, you will explore new islands, bring more ships along, gather wealth and raise its price, build fortifications to slow down your opponents, and establish trading posts to improve your production. Your goal is to become the richest explorer of Ilôs. Ilôs is a card game of hand management for 2 to 5 players. Simple, accessible yet with a great strategic deepness, Ilôs is a strategy and resources production game for the whole family.