In the age of exploration, the players arrive at a new home far away from their homeland. They try to settle the big island, and each player tries to explore one part of it by placing landscape tiles. Landscape tiles grant resources, and those are used to erect buildings with special abilities. Barriers on the island have to be removed in order to explore the island even further. Players build valuable statues and supply ships to get them the supplies from the old world they need to be successful settlers on Cooper Island. The special thing about Cooper Island is the way the players mark their victory points. They sail with ships around the island to show their progress. On their way around the island, they find smaller islands inshore that grant valuable benefits. After five rounds, a game of Cooper Island ends, and the player who developed the best and went on furthest with their ships will win.

The game set includes:

• 1 Central Island Board
• 4 Peninsula Boards
• 5 Island Puzzle Pieces
• 4 Bay Tiles
• 4 Player Boards
• 4 Worker Boards
• 44 Cards
• 60 Double Landscape Tiles
• 56 Single Landscape Tiles
• 24 Islet Tiles24 Income Boat Tokens
• 100 Wooden Resource Cubes
• 20 Wooden Buildings
• 16 Round Wooden Workers
• 8 Square Wooden Workers
• 8 Wooden Ships
• 4 Wooden Cartographer Markers
• 1 Wooden Harbormaster
• 30 Log Book Tokens
• 20 Ruin/Statue Tokens
• 20 Crate Lid Tokens
• 16 Milestone Tokens
• 16 Anchor Tokens
• 24 Cardboard Coins
• 1 Cooper Tokens1 Linen Bag
• 1 Final Scouring Pad
• 1 Rulebook