This board has a lot of potential. It has familiarity (Hawaiian Islands) and the island theme was well done. It has one flaw that I would like to see fixed. The player who starts has a huge advantage. I would like to see the playing field leveled for the players. Good graphics also.
This is a fun board to play as long as you are not looking for quick easy win or a long empire building victory.
This variant on the classic continent style board is small so games do not drag on. The pirate ships on the outside allow access to all parts of the board without opening the board and making positions undefendable. Since the bonuses and cards are small, it takes patience and planning to win and of course a well timed elimination is a staple of good strategy.
Simple graphics are easy enough to decipher. Mechanically speaking, gameplay is a tad tight for my taste but there's nothing wrong with this board. The pirate ships are a nice touch.
perhaps the card scale could be raised to 25. I had one game stall out, but all of the players were equally matched(brain power, not geographic). An ever increasing card value could solve this, but i prefer the cycle. i had much fun playing this board