Island Delivery
The race is on! Whale Postal Service and Heron Deliveries are locked in a battle to become the most trusted mail service in the Seven Islands. To come out on top, you'll need to plan efficient routes between the islands, get help from the islands' eccentric inhabitants, and be EXTRA careful with the strange Fragile packages you'll be carrying!
Island Delivery is a pick up and deliver game: players move between the islands to pick up packages and deliver them to their destinations. Each player's character moves differently: the whale can only move clockwise, and the heron is restricted by the height of the islands. Delivering packages earns players reputation: you can win by having the most reputation at the end of the game, or immediately if you get a large enough lead! This tug-of-war ensures every game is full of tension.
The game starts out pretty simple, but as packages are delivered, new unique Island Actions become available (giving players more options), and Fragile packages are introduced that give greater rewards, but have special requirements making them harder to deliver! In this way, the complexity and decision space opens up over the course of the game without being frontloaded, leading to a really great arc every time.
The charming aesthetic of Island Delivery has been a hit with playtesters - they immediately latch onto the theme of the game, which has been carefully designed to reinforce the mechanics as well as provide a hook to get people interested. I believe that great professional art could really elevate this aspect of the game and make it something really special.
