Looney Labs has lined up a new pocket-friendly game from Fluxx designer Andy Looney for the start of summer. Seven Islands releases on 30 June 2026 as a 10 to 30-minute race-or-puzzle game for 1 to 4 players at a $20 (about £16) MSRP, and it leans on the kind of light, playful design you would expect from the studio behind Fluxx and Zendo.
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Set up your group for freeThe setup is a reality TV survival show. Players land on a tropical island, scout out the wobbly bridges that link it to six others, then race a two-person team across the archipelago to reach the beacon that matches the ship currently docked at port. Because the ship changes, so does the destination, meaning a strong route can become a wasted one in a single turn. Solo players get a tidier puzzle mode, assembling the whole archipelago from the terrain cards in the box. Artwork comes from regular Looney collaborator Robin Sevakis.
Andy Looney has been making this kind of small, smart card game with his wife Kristin since they founded Looney Labs in 1996 to publish Fluxx. The studio's catalogue is built on light card games with twist mechanics. Fluxx famously rewrites its own rules and picked up a Mensa Select award in 1999, and Zendo took the same honour in 2005. Seven Islands sits firmly in that pocket of quick, family-friendly fare that tends to come out as the heavy euro on the table gives up.
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See how it worksIf you run an open-table game night, this is the kind of low-commitment box that earns its keep between bigger games. It is in distribution now, with PHD Games confirming an LOO142 item code for retailers picking it up for the late June drop. Worth penciling in for your group's summer rotation.
Sources: Looney Labs | PHD Games | Coqui Hobby
