"Tiger Island" was an ambitious game with ambitious (and complex) mechanics. In its simplest form, the object was for the player (a Castaway) to escape from "Tiger Island" by building a raft with logs, and putting a flag on the raft to signify that you had, indeed, escaped. Adding the logs, and / or winning or losing logs to other players, was at the whim of the mechanical device of the game ... The Tiger with The Club.

In an ideal setting (pun intended), the Tiger would spin, then stop in front of one of the Castaways, and the Club would prepare to descend toward the Castaway's head. The player would flick the Castaway's arm, tossing a marble (hopefully) into the Tiger's mouth, which would stop the Club from lowering. Depending on whether the player was successful or not in stopping the Club, there was either a reward or a penalty.

The problem was one of precision, or, actually, imprecision, since the mechanics often did not allow for a good game. Often, the Club would lower prematurely or not precisely on the Castaway's head. Or the marble flung would not land "just right" in the Tiger's mouth, even if your aim had it going into the mouth. Supposedly there is a "fix" for most of these problems, but I have not actually seen one yet. So, just a word of warning that the game you may buy may not live up to expectations.

Game components include : Tiger Island piece, Flag, 4 Castaways, 4 Rafts, Logs, Marbles & instructions.

Two to four players. Ages 8 & up. Ideal Toy Corporation from 1966.
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