A man's perspective on Pleasure Island

The goal of this game is definitely foreplay for couples in which you get to romantically and physically explore each other's bodies, passions, and desires between the sheets and get to know what really ignites your bedroom fire. Some of the cards may be a little on the racy side for some (some involve the use of toys). If you are used to and familiar with other intimate board games, bondage, or toy play, you may find this game to be rather mild. However, for beginners such as my wife and myself, this game was perfect for us and very enjoyable!

You and your lover will take turns rolling the dice and moving your game pieces around the game board. There are only two plastic game pieces (one red and one black) because this game is focused on couples play only. There is also only one die so you can roll anything from one through six. After rolling the dice, you move your game piece the number of spaces you rolled. You will then perform the activity listed on the game space. Some may be something you do to pleasure your parter, others will tell you to go forward or back spaces (with fun pirate themes scenarios like ship wrecks might I add), and others will have you pick either "pleasure cards" or "prisoner of love cards" that have more activities for you and your partner to perform on one another. The winner of the game (the first person to make it to the X at the end) gets to choose his or her favorite activity card from the game for their partner to perform on them. This is a super sexy form of foreplay, but at times it could be very sexually frustrating. Also, some of the playing cards were a little too kinky for my wife and I. For example: I cannot speak for every man out there, but I am personally not into having my nipples pinched and licked by my wife. If she were to get that card it would have been alright, but I personally do not enjoy that form of play. There are also a few cards that have to do with using toys and dildos, which is also another form of play we opt to stay away from. If you are a little more (I'm not meaning to offend anyone with this term, so my appologies if you do take offense) conservative, you can still play this game, but only with about half of the activity cards provided.

The game itself comes in a smaller box that is about the size of a regular sheet of printer paper. It features a beautiful beach scene on the front with a man carrying his woman off into the gorgeous sunset. The directions are printed right on the side of the box, so there is not an extra sheet of directions to potentially lose track of. You will get two plastic game pieces and a die, all of which are made of the typical plastic. The board is about double the size of the box. It is folded in half to be placed in the box and is made of the very thick cardboard of a typical game board. You will get two stacks of cards labeled "prisoner of love" and "pleasure cards". All of the cards are glossy and heavy duty so unless you're really trying to destroy them, you will not be able to tear them up. The size of the box makes this game very discreet and easy to store away if you have children or are having guests.

This is the first intimate board game my wife and I have ever tried. Overall, it was enjoyable and is something we will most likely play again. However, we will probably make a few cards on our own to replace the cards we threw out because they were a little too racy for us.