Faster powers take effect immediately, before the Invaders spread and ravage, but other magics are slower, requiring forethought and planning to use effectively.
Using combinations of power cards that match a spirit's elemental affinities can grant free bonus effects.
Every turn, players simultaneously choose which of their power cards to play, paying energy to do so. Players are different spirits of the land, each with its own unique elemental powers. Spirit Island is a complex and thematic cooperative game about defending your island home from colonizing Invaders. As the great powers of Europe stretch their colonial empires further and further, they will inevitably lay claim to a place where spirits still hold power - and when they do, the land itself will fight back alongside the islanders who live there. In the most distant reaches of the world, magic still exists, embodied by spirits of the land, of the sky, and of every natural thing.
