History

This board game known as South Pacific Adventures "The Island Game"™ actually has a history dating back about 50 years! As children, my 2 brothers and I played a LOT of games to keep us occupied. Around 1973, the concept of this game was originally created by my oldest brother Rich. Once Rich had defined the overall design of the game, he shared it with me and I assisted in helping with board graphics and creating content for the various card decks. Very soon after “The Island Game” was born and it quickly became one of our absolute favorites!

Time went by quickly and by 1975 I moved away from home to attend college . . . then it seemed the game was all but forgotten. It wasn’t until Rich was retired and came to visit me in 2015 and brought the original game with him. I was amazed that he still had it after all these years! It took us just a bit to remember what all the decks of cards were for
(8 card decks originally) but we played it and we still felt that it was a FANTASTIC game.

In 2016 I decided I would recreate the board graphics and card decks to “improve” the look of the game - however not making any changes to affect game play. This is when the name was changed to South Pacific Adventures "The Island Game"™. I surprised Rich on his next visit with the updated “more professional looking” game.

Although my brother Rich passed away in late 2019, I felt it was important to keep the legacy of this “Parker Family Game” alive. For this reason,, and after a few more subtle changes, South Pacific Adventures "The Island Game"™. is now available for purchase . . . although in very limited quantities.

Shown here is the original game board of <b>“The Island Game”</b> created in 1973. The game board and the EIGHT decks of game cards were all created by hand. For game play, the currency from
Monopoly® and the spinner (1-10) from The Game of Life® was used. The board measurement was about 30” x 20”

Shown here is the original game board of “The Island Game” created in 1973. The game board and the EIGHT decks of game cards were all created by hand. For game play, the currency from Monopoly® and the spinner (1-10) from The Game of Life® was used. The board measurement was about 30” x 20”

This illustrates the first digitally created game board which was created in 2015 and displays the initial use of the name change - <em><b>South Pacific Adventures</b>, “The Island Game”™</em>. The original game utilize 2 additional card decks not used in this version of the
game. In the original game, a player would draw a card whenever
landing on a <em>“go Off-Course” space</em>. These 2 card decks were eliminated for simplification of the game.

This illustrates the first digitally created game board which was created in 2015 and displays the initial use of the name change - South Pacific Adventures, “The Island Game”™. The original game utilize 2 additional card decks not used in this version of the game. In the original game, a player would draw a card whenever landing on a “go Off-Course” space. These 2 card decks were eliminated for simplification of the game.

This is the current production game board for <em><b>South Pacific
Adventures</b>, “The Island Game”™</em>. The board graphics are
styled to more represent a traditional <em>Nautical Chart</em> theme. They also include the enhanced <em>“game space key”</em> shown on 2 sides of the board. Additionally, another card deck was removed from the
previous board to eliminate the <em>“Mission Card”</em> deck for further game simplification. Now, when a player draws a <b>MISSION</b> card, they simply lose 1 turn when on each island <em>“doing their mission”</em>.

This is the current production game board for South Pacific Adventures, “The Island Game”™. The board graphics are styled to more represent a traditional Nautical Chart theme. They also include the enhanced “game space key” shown on 2 sides of the board. Additionally, another card deck was removed from the previous board to eliminate the “Mission Card” deck for further game simplification. Now, when a player draws a MISSION card, they simply lose 1 turn when on each island “doing their mission”.