Feuerland Spiele | Ark Nova | Board Game | Ages 14+ | 1-4 Players | 90-150 Minutes Playing Time

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Playing the card at strength 1 does not provide any benefit. Strength 2 allows players to place one of their association workers to gain 2 reputation point while strength 3 and 4 allows a player to get one partner zoo or university. Note that until a break is triggered and the board replenished, the token taken will not be available for the other players. The build is how you build kiosks, enclosures and special buildings. Association lets you take actions on the association board. This is where you will contribute to conservation projects, partner with other Zoos and Universities and donate money. Ark Nova sees you and your fellow players bidding to become the most appealing and also conservation minded Zoo. Because Ark Nova isn’t Terraforming Zoo. It’s more like a collection of bits from other games herded into their own enclosures and given all they need to live healthy lives.

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Lastly, the Sponsors card lets you play sponsor cards which allow you to play sponsor cards, which can give permanent upgrades, unique buildings, end game scoring and so on. A Fish Called WandaEach player has a set of five action cards to manage their gameplay, and the power of an action is determined by the slot the card currently occupies. The cards are: The Animal Action allows you to place new animals in your empty enclosures. You can even play two animals if this card is in the strongest position. The Association card allows you to send one of your workers to the Association Board which could provide you with partnership opportunities with Zoos from different continents, the assistance of universities, and the ability to complete conservation projects and score big points. Before even starting the game, you will probably realize that Ark Nova is one of those games that requires a lot of space on the table. Have you ever wanted to visit the best zoo on Earth? Finding which one is the best is not a trivial task so, why not try to build your own zoo with Ark Nova and show your friends how great it could be? How To Play Ark Nova

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Overall the setup is pretty straightforward and it starts by placing the main game board in the centre of the table. If this is your first game or the first time you play it on a different table, I recommend placing next to the player’s boards (zoo maps) and the 5 action cards below the action spaces. This should allow you to assess if you have enough space to properly set up all areas without risking having to move all the boards once all the game pieces are already on it. Once all actions related to the setup of the main board are completed, you can place the Association board on a side of the main board (or wherever you have space). On the association board, you will need to place one token for each university and for each partner zoo. There are only 4 copies of each of these tokens (one per player) and it should be relatively easy to set them up using their colour codes. During each turn, players can play an action card. The position of the card (1-5) defines the effect of the action played (“strength”). For example, a BUILD card played at strength 1 allows a player to build a 1-space enclosure while playing it at strength 5 allows you to build a 5-space enclosure. All cards are used at their base level (blue side) at the beginning of the game but they could be upgraded to their red side during the game to become more efficient. In addition, you could use X-tokens to increase the strength of an action up to 5. Players choose from five actions: drawing cards; building enclosures; playing animal cards, which requires an empty enclosure and awards the player special effects; performing an association task, which give different benefits, such as increasing reputation, adding to hand limit or reducing animal cost; and playing scoring cards, which award points at the end of the game in addition to immediate or ongoing effects. If the player cannot or does not want to take an action, an action card is moved to the first position and an 'X token' taken. When building, each player populates their zoo mat with enclosures made up of differing numbers of hex tiles. And they come in several flavours: single-use enclosures for standard exhibits; petting zoos, aviaries and reptile houses that can house multiple fluffy, feathery and scaly friends; and large, unique building tiles that tie in to specific sponsorship projects.cards featuring animals, specialists, special enclosures, and conservation projects, each with a special ability, are at the heart of Ark Nova. Use them to increase the appeal and scientific reputation of your zoo and collect conservation points. Each action is determined by its strength, which ranges from 1 to 5. For example, the build action only allows enclosures with a maximum size of the current strength to be built. Each association task requires some threshold of strength; for example, a 2 strength is needed to increase reputation, but a 5 strength is required to gain a conservation project. At the end of each action, the exhausted action slot is moved to the far left and others are shifted right, increasing their strength. Action cards may be upgraded to give players more bonuses; for example, upgrading the build action allows the player to construct numerous enclosures. 'X tokens' can be used to increase the strength of an action, adding one strength for each X token discarded. Players can hold a maximum of five tokens at any one time.