Conquer or ally. Collect treasure. Build your city. Rally your crew and set sail in a world filled with bustling towns, sea monsters, pirates, gold and emeralds! Compete to build the best sea-faring nation with up to three friends by collecting treasure, hiring crew, and conquering or befriending island towns. Will you be a ruthless conqueror, careful diplomat or shrewd merchant in your race to the top? Islebound: Emerald Edition is a special edition of the game with some altered components and rules. It's best to think of it as a variant of the game, rather than a 2nd edition. This edition of Islebound removes the book resource from the original game and replaces it with emeralds. Emeralds have different uses than books. You collect them when visiting a player-owned town and when you take over a town. Emeralds must be used to buy building cards, and they can also be used to perform special abilities, such as keeping pirates and serpents after combat!
