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product_id: 49094475
title: "Forbidden Desert Board Game"
brand: "ceaco"
price: "KSh24685"
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reviews_count: 8
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# 45 min fast-paced cooperative gameplay 2-5 players, perfect for intimate groups 141 modular pieces for endless replay Forbidden Desert Board Game

**Brand:** ceaco
**Price:** KSh24685
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🏜️ Escape the storm, join the elite desert explorers’ club!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Forbidden Desert Board Game by ceaco
- **How much does it cost?** KSh24685 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.ke](https://www.desertcart.co.ke/products/49094475-forbidden-desert-board-game)

## Best For

- ceaco enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted ceaco brand quality
- Free international shipping included
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## Key Features

- • **Skill Builder:** Boosts critical thinking, decision-making, and cooperative skills while having fun.
- • **Inclusive Play:** Designed for 2 to 5 players, ideal for couples, families, and friend squads.
- • **Quick Yet Deep:** Engaging 45-minute sessions fit perfectly into busy schedules without sacrificing strategy.
- • **Teamwork Triumphs:** Collaborate with unique character abilities to outsmart the relentless sandstorm.
- • **Dynamic Desert Challenge:** Modular board reshapes every game for fresh, unpredictable adventures.

## Overview

Forbidden Desert is a thrilling cooperative board game for 2-5 players featuring a modular board that guarantees a unique experience every time. With a 45-minute playtime, players work together using distinct character skills to assemble a flying machine and escape a shifting sandstorm. Perfect for families and friends seeking strategic teamwork and fast-paced fun without setup hassle.

## Description

From the manufacturer In Forbidden Jungle , your team has crash-landed on a mysterious jungle planet, and you need to work together to survive. Search the ruins of an abandoned outpost for an elusive escape portal, all while fending off an ever-growing horde of venomous creatures and an escalating chain of collapsing locations. Shift tiles to power up the portal and live to see another day!

Review: Great fun: a well-crafted collaborative game that works brilliantly with youngsters - This was a Christmas present for my nine year old son. I had played it before and though he would like it, but I was surprised to see how easily his younger brother, my seven year old son, picked it up. The game play is actually very simple with players competing against the storm that moves around the board burying locations deeper under the sand. All players win or lose as a team, with the team losing if the storm becomes too ferocious, the board gets buried in sand or any of the team dies of thirst. Each player has different abilities to help them discover pieces of the flying machine you need to escape. Combining this with the desert constantly shifting and items in random locations, each game feels different to keep it fresh each time. What has impressed me most is how well balanced the game is. The difficulty level of the game can be varied nicely, by simply changing the strength that the storm starts at. All the different characters feel nicely balanced too, with distinct strengths, none of which are too insignificant or too powerful. Most importantly, they are sufficiently different to encourage the players to adopt unique roles within the team. The game is driven by collaboration, with the storm taking a go for every player's. If players don't work together, the team will fail quickly due to dying of thirst. If they don't utilise their unique individual strengths for the benefit of everyone, the storm will usually overwhelm them before they escape. If you've not tried a collaborative game before, this is a great one to start with. I can thoroughly recommend it for younger players too. The fundamentals of the rules are easy to grasp. The instructions are well-written and most eventualities are covered. But there will never be an argument as everyone is on the same side. And when someone loses a game, there is no-one who has won to wind them up. Perfect for competitive siblings!
Review: Brilliant game, would recommend for couples and small families for an afternoon of fun! - Such a fun and immersive game! Originally played Forbidden Island game by Gamewright with a couple of friends and loved it, intended on purchasing it ourselves but saw this game, Forbidden Desert, and thought the 1st one was so good that we would try this and both myself and girlfriend love this! It's a game you can play with just 2 people and thoroughly enjoy it or play it with up to 5 peoples and still have a good time. This game is a bit more challenging than the first one due to having a few more additional features that can challenge the individual playing as well as the group. Unlike some board games, this game you play as a team with individual characters, such as a climber or explorer, working together to build a flying machine to escape the desert before you get buried and lost forever (or at least until the end of the game!) in the sand. To do so you all take turns in playing by picking action cards and moving your counter accordingly. The aim is locating the parts to the machine which the locations change as you play due to sandstorms that sweep in, moving the eye of the storm around the 'board'. When the eye of the storm moves, the tiles are moved as per the card's instruction and 'sand' is added to those moved tiles covering any parts or players found on it. When it comes around to your turn, you take actions such as player specific actions (defined on the player's card), excavate lost cities, clear sand, rescue other players or locations, collect parts, move around the board and take a drink. However whilst playing you must ensure your thirst meter doesn't get too low otherwise you will die of thirst. This is affected every time the 'Sun rises' card is picked and you aren't in shelter or have the appropriate 'protection'. Another factor you are playing against it the sand storm. The storm gradually gets worse throughout play as the 'Storm picks up' card is picked throughout play, causing the storm meter to rise. Each time this rises game play gets a bit more difficult with another action card being picked per player. Once the storm meter hits the top, your team has been buried and you have lost the game so you must get out of there before you get stuck! Once you have all parts of the machine you must all make your way to the take off location to fly out of there safe and sound. Once you've done so, you can safely say you've won the game and made it out alive! Thoroughly enjoy the game, and it's predecessor and would recommend to anyone looking for a game for a quiet afternoon/evening, to take camping or to bring out after a dinner with guests. Another game we enjoy and would recommend from Gamewright is Sushi Go. Yet to try other ones of their games but please let me know of any recommendations that won't break the bank!

## Features

- Sequel to the award-winning forbidden island
- Cooperative game play
- Modular board ensures a different game every time you play
- Playing time of around 45 minutes
- Number of players: 2 to 5

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B00B4ECHJI |
| Assembly Required | No |
| Batteries Required? | No |
| Batteries included? | No |
| Colour | Multicolor |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (3,686) |
| Date First Available | 22 Jan. 2013 |
| Educational Objective(s) | Develops cooperative play, critical thinking, and decision-making skills |
| Item model number | 415 |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer recommended age | 36 months - 8 years |
| Material Type(s) | Cardboard |
| Number of Game Players | 5 |
| Number of pieces | 141 |
| Product Dimensions | 21.03 x 21.03 x 7.62 cm; 0.28 g |
| Radio Control Suitability | indoor |
| Remote Control Included? | No |
| tech_spec_battery_description_toys | No batteries required |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** CEACO
- **Genre:** Adventure
- **Material:** Cardboard
- **Number of players:** 5
- **Theme:** Strategy

## Images

![Forbidden Desert Board Game - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71EaGFLWGaL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great fun: a well-crafted collaborative game that works brilliantly with youngsters
*by B***S on 25 January 2019*

This was a Christmas present for my nine year old son. I had played it before and though he would like it, but I was surprised to see how easily his younger brother, my seven year old son, picked it up. The game play is actually very simple with players competing against the storm that moves around the board burying locations deeper under the sand. All players win or lose as a team, with the team losing if the storm becomes too ferocious, the board gets buried in sand or any of the team dies of thirst. Each player has different abilities to help them discover pieces of the flying machine you need to escape. Combining this with the desert constantly shifting and items in random locations, each game feels different to keep it fresh each time. What has impressed me most is how well balanced the game is. The difficulty level of the game can be varied nicely, by simply changing the strength that the storm starts at. All the different characters feel nicely balanced too, with distinct strengths, none of which are too insignificant or too powerful. Most importantly, they are sufficiently different to encourage the players to adopt unique roles within the team. The game is driven by collaboration, with the storm taking a go for every player's. If players don't work together, the team will fail quickly due to dying of thirst. If they don't utilise their unique individual strengths for the benefit of everyone, the storm will usually overwhelm them before they escape. If you've not tried a collaborative game before, this is a great one to start with. I can thoroughly recommend it for younger players too. The fundamentals of the rules are easy to grasp. The instructions are well-written and most eventualities are covered. But there will never be an argument as everyone is on the same side. And when someone loses a game, there is no-one who has won to wind them up. Perfect for competitive siblings!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant game, would recommend for couples and small families for an afternoon of fun!
*by J***E on 26 June 2016*

Such a fun and immersive game! Originally played Forbidden Island game by Gamewright with a couple of friends and loved it, intended on purchasing it ourselves but saw this game, Forbidden Desert, and thought the 1st one was so good that we would try this and both myself and girlfriend love this! It's a game you can play with just 2 people and thoroughly enjoy it or play it with up to 5 peoples and still have a good time. This game is a bit more challenging than the first one due to having a few more additional features that can challenge the individual playing as well as the group. Unlike some board games, this game you play as a team with individual characters, such as a climber or explorer, working together to build a flying machine to escape the desert before you get buried and lost forever (or at least until the end of the game!) in the sand. To do so you all take turns in playing by picking action cards and moving your counter accordingly. The aim is locating the parts to the machine which the locations change as you play due to sandstorms that sweep in, moving the eye of the storm around the 'board'. When the eye of the storm moves, the tiles are moved as per the card's instruction and 'sand' is added to those moved tiles covering any parts or players found on it. When it comes around to your turn, you take actions such as player specific actions (defined on the player's card), excavate lost cities, clear sand, rescue other players or locations, collect parts, move around the board and take a drink. However whilst playing you must ensure your thirst meter doesn't get too low otherwise you will die of thirst. This is affected every time the 'Sun rises' card is picked and you aren't in shelter or have the appropriate 'protection'. Another factor you are playing against it the sand storm. The storm gradually gets worse throughout play as the 'Storm picks up' card is picked throughout play, causing the storm meter to rise. Each time this rises game play gets a bit more difficult with another action card being picked per player. Once the storm meter hits the top, your team has been buried and you have lost the game so you must get out of there before you get stuck! Once you have all parts of the machine you must all make your way to the take off location to fly out of there safe and sound. Once you've done so, you can safely say you've won the game and made it out alive! Thoroughly enjoy the game, and it's predecessor and would recommend to anyone looking for a game for a quiet afternoon/evening, to take camping or to bring out after a dinner with guests. Another game we enjoy and would recommend from Gamewright is Sushi Go. Yet to try other ones of their games but please let me know of any recommendations that won't break the bank!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Fight the storm, not each other!
*by M***R on 27 June 2018*

My wife got tired of losing at board games so we decided to bump up our cooperative games collection. We took a chance on this and boy are we glad we did! We never played the precursor Forbidden Island before this, but you don't really need to. It has all the elements and mechanics from a cooperative game you would expect: characters with abilities, fighting the spread of something (in this case, sand) whilst also trying to complete a quest (collect all items required to power your escape vehicle). They work very well in this game, especially with the randomised 'board'. Unlike Forbidden Island where the tiles are placed face up, they're placed face down in this game so you have to discover the board as you go along. And this has the added dimension of characters having water levels to maintain so they don't die of thirst. This along with trying to fight a sandstorm, collect items to power your ship (which is a pretty cute little thing) and having a board you have to discover (so you don't know where everything is) make for a very challenging game. Some of the rules are not made clear, eg: the use of the Sun Shield is a point of contention. We play it such that you can use it when the sun starts to beat down, in the same way you would use an umbrella when it starts to rain not in case it will rain! On the whole though, it's an absolutely brilliant game that's very difficult to beat. It's one where you really can benefit from selecting the right characters and using their abilities. It's a pretty difficult game to beat which makes it so much more satisfying when you do. Amazingly, it's a very easy game to pick up and play with the rules being very simple. A must have for any board game collection and a fantastic variance on cooperative play.

## Frequently Bought Together

- Gamewright - Forbidden Desert Cooperative Survival Adventure Board Game for 2-5 Players – Family Strategy for Ages 10+
- Gamewright - Forbidden Island - Cooperative Strategy Survival Board Game, 2-4 Players
- Gamewright - Forbidden Jungle - Cooperative Board Game

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