<p>Yes. From the <a href="http://www.gamewright.com/gamewright/pdfs/Rules/ForbiddenIslandTM-RULES.pdf" rel="noreferrer">rule book</a> page 8.</p>
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<p><strong>When the Flood Draw Pile Runs Out</strong></p>
<p>If the Flood draw pile ever runs out, immediately shuffle the Flood discard pile and stack the cards face down to form a new Flood draw pile. If this happens in the middle of a turn, continue drawing Flood cards as necessary from the new pile.</p>
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2012-03-22T13:10:45.673Z
Thanks--just wanted to be sure that it accelerated into auto-doom & there wasn't some contingency I was missing.
RSid
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user1873
<p>Pretty much what it says on the tin--when you're drawing, say, 5 flood cards and there are 4 tiles left in the game, are you supposed to keep shuffling and re-drawing one of those 4, thus automatically sinking one tile per turn?</p>

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2012-03-22T09:42:30.997Z
As you say.  Basically if you end drawing more flood cards than there are tiles, you're more or less doomed.  Which provides a good incentive to shore up as many tiles as you can each turn, even if they aren't key to your plans - simply because you can't afford to run out of tiles too fast.
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How do you handle drawing more flood cards than there are tiles on the board in Forbidden Island?
RSid
# How do you handle drawing more flood cards than there are tiles on the board in Forbidden Island?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-03-22)

Pretty much what it says on the tin--when you're drawing, say, 5 flood cards and there are 4 tiles left in the game, are you supposed to keep shuffling and re-drawing one of those 4, thus automatically sinking one tile per turn?

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> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: As you say.  Basically if you end drawing more flood cards than there are tiles, you're more or less doomed.  Which provides a good incentive to shore up as many tiles as you can each turn, even if they aren't key to your plans - simply because you can't afford to run out of tiles too fast.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2012-03-22. Score: 7 | Accepted answer

Yes. From the [rule book](http://www.gamewright.com/gamewright/pdfs/Rules/ForbiddenIslandTM-RULES.pdf) page 8.

> **When the Flood Draw Pile Runs Out**
>
> If the Flood draw pile ever runs out, immediately shuffle the Flood discard pile and stack the cards face down to form a new Flood draw pile. If this happens in the middle of a turn, continue drawing Flood cards as necessary from the new pile.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Thanks--just wanted to be sure that it accelerated into auto-doom & there wasn't some contingency I was missing.  

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