This expansion focuses on a new mechanic called Incarna. Incarna is the physical manifestation of a spirit. This can be a tree or a figure moving throughout the island. These Incarna tokens act as a presence on the board and can also become empowered and give you more powerful actions. Bolding, Jonathan (1 August 2020). "Co-op board game Spirit Island now has a nice digital edition". PC Gamer . Retrieved 9 September 2020. Every turn, each spirit will choose which action to take, which of their power cards to play and which part of the island to defend or regenerate. As each spirit has different powers and abilities, players can work together to combine their spirits' elemental powers and develop a winning strategy. At the same time, players could challenge themselves to win with each single spirit in solo games.

Overall, each new spirit is different and it will take some time to figure out how they can be used effectively. Feather & Flame – Aspect Cards

Spirit Island: Feather & Flame Expansion

Spirit Island: Feather and Flame expansion increases base game variability for both solo games and cooperative games by adding four new Spirits and one new Adversary. In addition, the spirits of this expansion are among the more complex in the game allowing players to bring the challenge to a whole new level.

If you already own the base game but don't own Horizons of Spirit Island, it is still worth buying Horizons for the five unique Spirits it comes with that you cannot get anywhere else.

Spirit Island: Nature Incarnate

a b c d Zimmerman, Aaron (24 March 2018). "Spirit Island review: Finally, an anti-colonialist board game". Ars Technica . Retrieved 9 September 2020. The new adversary that comes in this expansion is a mighty one: The Kingdom of Scotland. In general this adversary does not penalize a particular spirit choice or play-style too much. Its strength comes mainly from the ability to generate repeated waves of assaults that can be a problem if you are unable to constantly contain them.

Beast: Some cards require you to have a beast token somewhere, so this effect depends on the card used Draper, Kevin (1 August 2019). "Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis?". The New York Times . Retrieved 9 September 2020. There are two new scenarios, A Diversity of Spirits and Varied Terrains. Diversity of Spirits adds some limited communication elements for a thematic touch. Why should the air spirits and the water spirits speak the same language? This is not my favourite scenario to be honest but I can see how some people will enjoy the limited communication aspect. Varied Terrains which adds a unique effect to each terrain type. This is a pretty interesting scenario which I have only touched on in my plays but I had fun with it. Both of these scenarios, as with everything in this expansion, adds more replayabilty and more content for hardcore Spirit Island fans to dig into.Reuss designed Spirit Island in response to other board games in which players take the role of colonizers. The Invader game pieces were made white deliberately in Spirit Island to highlight that light colors don't always imply 'good'. [1] The aspect cards are not new to the game, as we have already seen some in the first expansion: Branch and Claw. Aspect cards can be used to change how one of the core game spirit plays by swapping a special rule for that spirit with the one on the aspect cards. Most of the times the change increase the complexity of the spirit but offers more strategic options. Let’s look at a few examples. Overall, the expansion does not add any new mechanics but it expands the material available adding more challenges. In fact, the spirits of this expansion are among the more complex available to date. As Feather and Flame uses the same rules as Spirit Island the core box, I will focus on how you could use the new spirits, adversary and scenarios and integrate them into your games. New Spirits