Blue Lagoon FAQ

13 questions players ask · Updated Nov 12, 2026 · Full rulebook

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Components Playing the Game The Exploration Phase Ending and Scoring the Exploration Phase Settlement Phase

Components

Is the upper-left water space on the board, marked with a fainter hex outline, a valid place for pieces?

Playing the Game

Can you play only the Exploration Phase of Blue Lagoon as a full game?

The Exploration Phase

What happens to a village placed on a resource or statuette space?
Where can you place your first piece in the Exploration Phase?

Ending and Scoring the Exploration Phase

For Link scoring, do branching chains of pieces count, or must the islands be linked in one unbroken line?
For Link scoring, is it the chain with the most islands or the one with the most pieces that scores?
Can the same island be counted twice for Link scoring, for example in a U-shape around three islands?
Does a settler placed in the sea next to an island link that island for Link scoring?
Do villages count toward Majority scoring?
When does the Exploration Phase end: when all settlers are placed, or also when all villages are placed?

Settlement Phase

What happens to villages you did not place during the Exploration Phase?
What is the difference between a village and a settler?
Can a player be left with no legal move during the Settlement Phase?