Not wishing to make this all about Calico, but the same solo “insider information” appears there too.

Unlike games like Carcassonne and Isle of Skye, adjacent terrains don’t have to match, but you’ll get more points and bonuses at end game if you are able to create large “corridors” of a single terrain type. I thought the game was close to perfect as it was, except for maybe a promo pack of additional animals to be released. It’s relatively quick to play, offers a nice puzzle to solve and still gives you plenty of decisions to make. It presents suitably challenging puzzles for the player to overcome without the need to score for any AI players.This is a combo tile showing a random selection of 3 out of 5 terrain types (Mountains, Forests, Prairies, Wetlands, and Rivers). Each species has its own unique traits to consider, such as its ecosystem, its spatial requirements, and its connections to other animals. One for each type of animal, and there are multiple sets (A, B, C, D which can be mixed and matched), such that no single game plays according to the same scoring conditions as another. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.

You start with three hexagonal habitat tiles (with five types of habitat in the game), and on a turn you choose a new habitat tile that\'s paired with a wildlife token, then place that tile next to your other ones and place the wildlife token on an appropriate habitat. In addition, more wildlife scoring cards and habitat tiles are being added to give even more variety to keep old players involved and enough components to add a 5th and 6th player to the game. Players score points by creating the most harmonious spatial arrangements of wildlife, and also by creating the largest contiguous habitat corridors.

Oh, and you also earn points for connecting matching habitats, be they forests, mountains, wetlands, rivers or prairies. Now, Flatout Games have announced the Cascadia expansion, titled Cascadia: Landmarks, is due to be released in Q4 of 2023. Swap cats for wildlife and quilts for the Great Outdoors, and you’re pretty much there – though Cascadia is a little easier on the brain and therefore a tad more chilled.