Ark Nova
方舟动物园
Plan a modern zoo: build enclosures, bring in animals and back conservation projects around the world.
- 1–4 players
- about 120 min
- Hardcore
- Strategy
- Cards
- Nature
The goal
Push your appeal and your conservation points along the score track until the two markers meet and pass. Whoever has passed furthest at the end wins.
How it plays
- 1You have five action cards: cards, build, animals, association and sponsors. They sit in five slots under your board, and the slot sets each card’s strength, 1 to 5.
- 2Each turn use one action card. It moves to the far left at strength 1, and the others shift right and get stronger.
- 3Build enclosures and put animals in them to raise appeal. Send association workers to support conservation projects for conservation points.
- 4Some actions, like the cards action, move the break token. When the track fills, everyone takes a break: discard down to three cards and collect income, mostly from appeal.
How you win
When anyone’s two markers meet or cross, everyone else gets one more turn. Score how far your markers have passed each other, plus final scoring cards. Highest wins.
First time?
- Plan your card order so the action you need next is already strong.
- Move both tracks. Lots of appeal with no conservation won’t win.
- You keep only three cards at each break, so don’t overdraw.