1.6.3
2023-07-27
Spirit Island now supports launching from apps/websites with an initial game setup. This can allow for randomizers or other tools to set up a game in different ways. Visit our website to learn more: https://www.handelabra.com/spirit-island-launch-url-specification
This update also has various fixes and improvements, including:
- Fixed Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot's innate power dealing too much damage in some situations.
- Overseas Trade Seems Safer no longer causes builds to occur in empty coastal lands.
- Fixed an issue where quitting and continuing after replacing a Blight card in solo mode could result in an invalid game state.
- Sweltering Exhaustion can now properly prevent England's High Immigration build.
- Fixed Pact of the Joined Hunt and Voracious Growth not applying +1 Damage from Devouring Teeth Lurk Underfoot's special rule.
- Fixed a problem where Promise of Protection could increase the health of newly added Dahan in other lands.
- If there are multiple effects that would prevent a Build in a land, you can choose between them.
1.6.2
2023-07-20
This update has various fixes and improvements, including:
- Fixed a problem where cards could not be discarded to pay for Event costs in some cases.
- Effects that increase damage dealt by Powers that deal damage multiple times can apply the increase when you wish.
- Effects that modify Invader health based on the number of Strife they have now interact properly with other effects that modify Invader health.
- Fixed a problem where Immigration Slows could use up a Disease token.
- Power Cards that gain Power Cards from either deck (except Entwined Power) now use a Spirit's Power Progression deck if it's there.
- Fixed an issue with Eyes Watch From the Trees' special rule and powers that repeat themselves (e.g. Winds of Rust and Atrophy).
- Fixed a problem where Volcanic Eruption would not work properly after having been used once.
- Gift of Furious Might now works correctly with Insatiable Hunger of the Swarm.
- The Kingdom of France no longer shows duplicate messages about running out of towns in some cases.
- Call on Herders now works properly when there are no Dahan.
- Fixed an issue where Unlock the Gates of Deepest Power could get stuck if you forgot it.
- Tempest of Leaves and Branches no longer gets stuck if you use it on an empty land.
- Fixed a situation where the game could get stuck in the Spirit Phase if you had no cards in hand or play.
- Fixed a problem where undoing Spirits May Yet Dream could cause an element to be lost.
1.6.1
2023-07-08
This update has various fixes and improvements, including:
- Fixed a problem where the tutorial could get stuck during the power phase.
- Effects that modify Invader and Dahan health now work properly in online multiplayer.
- Fixed an issue where the game would not be fully playable offline in certain situations.
- Command Beasts can now be skipped if everyone agrees in online multiplayer.
- Fixed some issues with the display of Presence symbols for some of the Horizons Spirits.
- Fixed an issue where placing Presence with Devouring Teeth could skip part of its Presence track.
- Gift of Furious Might now works correctly in situations where you target a land with no Invaders.
- Quick Play now uses your last-used Play Options from the New Game screen.
- Fixed a visual glitch that could occur with Spirit Foresight after destroying an Island Board.
- Fixed a problem where declining to play a card with Spur On With Words of Fire could end the Fast Power phase incorrectly.
- Gift of Wind-Sped Steps now works correctly with Tidal Boon.
- Fixed a problem where toggling Spirit focus could make Growth or Presence panels inaccessible.
- Slow Powers used during an Event can no longer be incorrectly be used again later in the Slow Phase in some situations.
- Fixed an issue that could cause A Spread of Rampant Green to get stuck during growth.
1.6
2023-06-29
Horizons of Spirit Island is now available, with more Spirits and Island Boards to increase replayability and improve accessibility for newer players. It features all the content from the tabletop game of the same name, designed by R. Eric Reuss. The five new Spirits are designed to be ideal for those playing a Spirit Island game for the first time, and three new Island Boards allow for even more island combinations!
You can get Horizons of Spirit Island via In App Purchase from the New Game screen (on its own, or in addition to the Core Game). If you have subscribed, you automatically have full access to the new content already!
This update also includes several fixes and improvements, including:
- Various core game cards have improved wording introduced in Horizons of Spirit Island, including the Downgrade keyword.
- Power tooltips now indicate why a power cannot be used during the power phase (for example, if it requires a sacred site and you do not have one).
- Towns and Cities with +2 Health now show 2 + icons properly.
- Flame's Fury now applies the damage increase properly to repeats of Creepers Tear Into Mortar.
- Fixed some issues related to undo and Event cards.
- Fixed a problem with repeating a Power several times with different effects.
- Fixed incorrect interaction between Explorers are Reluctant, Quarantine, and Immigration effects.
- Immigration Slows no longer prevents all builds instead of just regular builds.
- Discord fear card now checks for end of game at the correct time.
- Fixed issues with undoing growth in certain situations.
- Fixed a problem in Second Wave where an incorrect blight pool total could occur after switching blight cards.
- Ocean in Play now works properly with Blight and Event cards.
1.5.4
2022-10-08
This update includes bug fixes:
- Repeating powers with Powerstorm and Gift of Strength now works properly in multiplayer.
- Fixed undo related issues with A Spread of Rampant Green's growth options.
1.5.3
2022-09-28
This update includes a few bug fixes, notably:
- Fixed an issue where the tutorial could proceed incorrectly and get stuck. If this happened to you, please restart the tutorial from the How to Play screen.
- Repeating Creepers Tear Into Mortar (A Spread of Rampant Green's innate power) now works properly in multiplayer.
- Fixed undo related issues with Ward the Shores.
1.5.2
2022-09-22
This update includes several bug fixes and improvements, notably:
- Second Wave now works properly in multiplayer.
- Playing a set-aside power card in Second Wave now uses a button on the Spirit summary panel, similar to Ward the Shores.
- Reduced unnecessary decision points in various places in multiplayer games.
- Fixed issues with undo in certain situations in the Spirit phase.
- Fixed a problem where the game could incorrectly end when an explore was skipped while the Invader deck was empty.
- Game over checks now properly occur after a power is repeated by its own threshold, not in between repeats (e.g. Sweep Into the Sea).
- Fixed a problem interaction between Years of Little Rain and Ocean's Hungry Grasp.
- Power card tooltips now display properly when viewing the power deck or discard piles.
1.5.1
2022-09-01
Online multiplayer is now available, so you can play Spirit Island digital with your friends no matter where they are! Access the new mode from the Main Menu and learn more from the How to Play screen.
This update fixes a problem where the planning indicator menu could come up when tapping and holding on a power card.
1.5
2022-08-22
Online multiplayer is now available, so you can play Spirit Island digital with your friends no matter where they are! Access the new mode from the Main Menu and learn more from the How to Play screen.
This update also adds fine-grained Spirit Phase undo. Growth and other actions in the Spirit Phase can be undone using the buttons directly on their interfaces. You may undo back to before the Spirit Phase (or to when new information was revealed) using the main undo button. As part of this feature, you can independently undo Spirit Phase actions when playing with multiple Spirits. Also, you may use Presence track abilities (e.g. Reclaim One) at any time during the Spirit Phase.
To help develop your strategy (and communicate with others in multiplayer), you can now add a marker to any land indicating your plans. Tap and hold or use Spirit Foresight to set a planning marker on a land.
The Ward the Shores and Rituals of the Destroying Flame scenarios have been updated to use a new button on your Spirit summary panel. Use this button to play a Power card face-down as a Warding Pattern or to add a Flame Marker at the appropriate times.
1.4.6
2021-10-26
This update includes a few bug fixes, notably:
- Powers granted by the Aid From Lesser Spirits blight card work properly again.
- Serpent Slumbering Beneath the Island is now able to move its Presence out of the ocean during growth.
- Fixed a problem where certain types of errors could interrupt the game sending diagnostic information with bug reports.
1.4.5
2021-10-20
Spirit Island has a new and improved help & feedback system, powered by Helpshift. Use the Help & Feedback button from the in-game or main menu to access FAQs and report problems to us directly in-game.
This update fixes an issue with accessing Branch & Claw options on the new game screen when you've subscribed to Unlimited Access. Also, the end of game screen now connects properly to Helpshift.
1.4.4
2021-10-19
Spirit Island has a new and improved help & feedback system, powered by Helpshift. Use the Help & Feedback button from the in-game or main menu to access FAQs and report problems to us directly in-game.
This update also includes various bug fixes and small improvements, notably:
- Quick Play now correctly computes the difficulty for thematic boards when playing with Branch & Claw.
- The Powers Long Forgotten fist-sized ember Spirit benefit can now be used at the moment you are deciding what power card to forget.
- Fixed a problem where Local Diaspora could push too many Explorers.
- Fixed issues with using Undo after flipping a Blight card.
- Damage dealt to the land from previous ravages in the same turn is no longer carried over to later ravages.
- Fixed a problem with the 2D board style where sometimes strife would not be seen.
- Immigration Slows no longer skips High Immigration builds.
- Fixed an issue where the game could get stuck if you played no power cards in the Ritual of Terror scenario.
- Fixed an issue where the Dahan Insurrection win condition was not always triggering promptly.
- Fixed a problem interaction between Bringer of Dreams and Nightmares and Pent-up Calamity.
- Gift of Constancy no longer lets you try to reclaim the power card from Aid From Lesser Spirits.
1.4.3
2021-07-06
Spirit Island is now a Universal app! Starting with this update, the game can now also be played on iPhone 6S and later, and iPod touch (7th gen) and later.
We're also happy to announce that online multiplayer support is in development and will be added to the game in the future.
This update fixes a problem with the tutorial showing popups in the wrong places on iPad.
1.4.2
2021-07-02
Spirit Island is now a Universal app! Starting with this update, the game can now also be played on iPhone 6S and later, and iPod touch (7th gen) and later.
We're also happy to announce that online multiplayer support is in development and will be added to the game in the future.
This update has a few bug fixes and improvements:
- Scrolling a Spirit's hand of cards in the full Spirit panel view now works properly again.
- Fixed a problem where you could keep the benefit of Back Against the Wall after choosing to replace it in a solo game.
- Teach the Invaders with Farmers Seek Dahan for Aid now interacts correctly with England.
- Immigration Slows now interacts correctly with England.
- Undo is now permitted after Slave Rebellion is revealed.
- Fixed a problem with Ocean's Hungry Grasp placing presence when a board has been destroyed.
- Draw of the Fruitful Earth now works correctly when used early due to Rouse the Spirits.
1.4.1
2021-06-25
Spirit Island is now a Universal app! Starting with this update, the game can now also be played on iPhone 6S and later, and iPod touch (7th gen) and later.
We're also happy to announce that online multiplayer support is in development and will be added to the game in the future.
This update includes two bug fixes:
- The game no longer freezes during certain events when conditions are not met on every board. If you have a game in progress with this problem, you'll be able to continue playing after updating.
- Ocean's Hungry Grasp no longer incorrectly gains energy when an Invader is blocked from being destroyed by Rituals of the Destroying Flame.
1.4
2021-06-24
Spirit Island is now a Universal app! Starting with this update, the game can now also be played on iPhone 6S and later, and iPod touch (7th gen) and later.
We're also happy to announce that online multiplayer support is in development and will be added to the game in the future.
This update also includes many bug fixes and improvements:
- Customize your experience with new playmat options. Four are included in the core game, and two more come with Branch & Claw. All are included in subscriptions.
- Zoom up the text on all cards and Spirit panels by tapping them when viewing them at full size.
- Drag growth and presence panels to wherever you like on screen.
- Improved UI animations for Spirit Phase panels.
- When a Spirit is focused and another Spirit must take an action, the game will automatically switch focus to the second Spirit.
- Fixed a problem with using undo during the Ritual of Terror.
- Fixed a few issues relating to the Powers Long Forgotten scenario.
- Various other small bug fixes and improvements have been made.
1.3.2
2021-04-28
Branch & Claw brings the Island back to life with new Spirits, new ways to fight Invaders, new Adversaries & Scenarios, and more Powers! This adds a judicious spice of uncertainty for experienced players as well as creating both opportunities and hard choices for the Spirits!
This update includes various bug fixes, notably:
- Powers that repeat themselves with an elemental threshold now work properly when set aside in Second Wave.
- Fixed various issues related to the Powers Long Forgotten scenario, particularly with the undo button.
- Using Undo while Spirit Foresight is active no longer causes a freeze.
- The Unlock the Gates achievement now requires the correct number of thresholds (53 instead of 52).
1.3.1
2021-04-08
Branch & Claw brings the Island back to life with new Spirits, new ways to fight Invaders, new Adversaries & Scenarios, and more Powers! This adds a judicious spice of uncertainty for experienced players as well as creating both opportunities and hard choices for the Spirits!
This update includes various bug fixes, notably:
- Fixed a crash that could occur with the Sacred Sites Under Threat event card.
- Forgetting a power played face-down in Ward the Shores now works correctly.
- Twisted Bronze Spirit Benefit in Powers Long Forgotten now affects non-regular builds.
- Fixed various issues related to Ocean's Hungry Grasp's Presence being destroyed or absorbed.
- Branch & Claw scenarios are now being tracked properly for the Diversify achievement. Defeat them again to earn the achievement.
1.3
2021-04-05
Branch & Claw brings the Island back to life with new Spirits, new ways to fight Invaders, new Adversaries & Scenarios, and more Powers! This adds a judicious spice of uncertainty for experienced players as well as creating both opportunities and hard choices for the Spirits!
The first expansion to Spirit Island is now available. If you have unlocked the core game permanently, you can get Branch & Claw via In App Purchase from the New Game screen. If you have subscribed, you automatically have full access to the expansion already!
The new Spirit Foresight feature allows you to see what will happen in upcoming Invader Ravage and Build actions. Tap the button at the right of the screen to try it out!
This update also includes many fixes and improvements, including:
- Official errata from the game designer has been incorporated. Notably, at game setup, an extra Blight is added to the Blight card.
- Fixed a problem where duplicate Fear cards could appear in one game.
- The end game screen now properly shows the Adversary and/or Scenario cards.
- Fixed a problem where Blight was not added to the land correctly in some situations