Tiny Islands - Post your Dailies here!

#1

I’m declaring this little game thread-worthy! If you haven’t tried it, check it out–it’s free!

It’s a digital version of what’s called a “roll-and-write” in the tabletop world. Choose each turn from a couple of random terrain tiles to put on your map. Every so often, draw a loop around some tiles to make an island. Each terrain tile scores differently!

Every day there is a daily fixed shuffle, so you can compare your scores to others. Let’s do it!

I got a killer church setup today, which is rare for me. Kinda feel like I should get more points for that…

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#2

First time playing something like this using the Daily Shuffle I got…

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#3

I got 42 points. For some reason it cleared my board before I could screenshot it. I screwed up beaches on one of my islands: would have gotten 57 points if I hadn’t done that.

#4

I got 50, definitely didn’t play to my strengths. :/

#5

This is unfortunately easy to do. It’s not quite clear when it’s done running through the scoring sequence.

#6

Those are some pretty good islands! I frequently end with a one-square nothingburger island because I’ve consolidated everything else on two bigger islands. If only that one church hadn’t sunk into the water!

#7

I decided to retry having a better grip on the rules and ended with 57. I’m looking forward to a new Daily tomorrow now!

#8

This was my second ever go at this game, so I think it was a reasonable score.

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#9

This was a weird one. I don’t think I’ve ever placed three boats before…

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I’ve been playing pretty consistently for the last few weeks, and my average scores definitely have gone up. I went from trying hard to break 50 most days to now, in my best games, teasing 70.

#10

I was experimenting with the boats after reading your post trying to figure out if it was worth going for distance with them over other scoring options. Obviously I ended up a little short here…

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#11

I did really badly, but I discovered a couple of things:

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  1. You can’t make an island with a diagonal corner shared with another island.
  2. Forest adjacency doesn’t count diagonally for grouping even though everything else does.
#12

Yeah, the diagonal corner thing I figured out in the first game. I also noticed the forest issue after game one.

I dig this game a lot, though. It is perfect for a quick play and practicing with random draws helps understand strategy.

#13

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Not an amazing score, but I like the final result. I imagine villagers rowing boats over to that church on the second island, tucked into an isolated cove in the shadow of a mountain…

#14

Agreed, AWS! You made some really interesting islands. And that IS a pretty good score!

#15

This game is really fun! I’m struggling to get into the 50s. I learned to watch out for the diagonal thing, and not to make too many waves because you’re almost certain to turn 2 or 4 points into 0 points with a bad draw. I like what some of you all are doing with your 3 point sand placements.

If there was an Agricola-themed version with little fences and carrots, my wife would never leave the computer.

#16

starting to get the hang of it i hope.

Daily Run 31/1 - first attempt

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#17

Should we be posting our first run of each day, or our best run of each day? Or either, and just make clear which it is when you post?

#18

This is cute. I’m running mid-40s (just discovered it yesterday) and haven’t taken any screenies yet, but I’m starting to get the hang of it I think. Not in the same league as the rest of you yet though!

OMG yes we need to make this!

#19

I’ve been posting my first one because I think I knew enough about what the cards were and their order to be much better the second time around yesterday on the Daily. I think as long as you indicate what you’re posting it’s cool.

#20

I did a random one and got a pretty decent score:

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