by jonpfl
All,Thanks for the advice, my wife and I started a new game last night (didn't finish but left it set up on big table) and I pointed out how the islands can be important and showed her that early on, you can get some decent income from them.
I don't recall which one she took but she filled it up quite nicely and is very happy she started to focus on getting an island.
I also pointed out the space where you can buy grey tiles from the oval to help fill up her board and she plans to do that this turn (she has the first player market and she told me she was going there first).
Thx
jonpfl