Floodgate Games: Landmarks Board Game

One Word at a Time, Through the Jungle

The path to safety — and treasure — runs through your vocabulary. Every clue you give sends your party one step deeper into the jungle, and the connections between your words will either lead them to glory or leave them hopelessly turned around. There's a particular thrill in watching a chain of clues click together exactly as you intended, and a particular groan when the link you thought was obvious sends everyone in completely the wrong direction.

What Is Landmarks?

From Floodgate Games, the publisher behind Sagrada and Bosk, Landmarks is a word game built around a clever chain-clue mechanic. Your party is stranded in an island jungle, and it falls to one player to guide them out using nothing but a sequence of single-word clues. The catch: each clue must connect to the one before it, creating a path of associations that your teammates have to trace back to safety. The theme is light and fun, but the wordplay runs surprisingly deep — finding a chain of clues that is both logical and obscure enough to steer your group exactly where you want them takes real lateral thinking.

It's the kind of game where the debrief after each round is almost as entertaining as the round itself, as everyone traces the intended path against where they actually ended up.

Who Should Pick This Up?

Landmarks plays best with a group of three to six, and it shines at the higher end of that range where the guessing team has more voices to work through associations together. The rules come together quickly, making this a natural fit for game nights where you want something engaging without a lengthy teach — accessible enough for players new to hobby games, but with enough strategic depth to keep experienced players thinking hard about every clue they give. It's a strong choice for social gatherings, family game nights with older kids, or as a warm-up before a heavier title.

What Makes It Stand Out

The chain-clue format is what sets Landmarks apart from straightforward word-guessing games. You're not just finding a connection — you're building a sequence where each link matters, and a single unexpected leap in logic can derail an otherwise brilliant path. The jungle theme wraps the experience with a sense of narrative momentum: every round feels like a small adventure, complete with the possibility of stumbling onto treasure or getting hopelessly turned around in the undergrowth. Floodgate Games is known for producing components with strong visual polish, and the thematic framing here gives the game a distinct identity on the table.

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