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Ark Nova
Design and manage a modern zoo, protect endangered species, and be the first to cross your conservation marker over your appeal marker.
- Players
- 1–4
- Playing time
- 90–150 min
- Min. age
- 14+
- Year
- 2021
- Designer
- Mathias Wigge
Setup
Each player receives a zoo board, their screen, association tokens, and an opening hand of 8 cards.
Place appeal and conservation markers at starting position 0 on the main board.
Prepare the card market by revealing 6 initial cards in the novelty row.
Shuffle the animal, sponsor, and conservation project decks separately.
Rules
Mechanic: Engine Building · Cards · Management
TURN STRUCTURE
Each turn you play one of your 5 action cards. The used card moves to slot 1 and the rest advance one position, which determines how powerful the action will be next time.
ACTION CARDS
Cards
Play animal, sponsor, or conservation project cards from your hand
Build
Construct or expand enclosures on your zoo board
Animals
Buy animals from the central market and release them into proper enclosures
Association
Join global projects and establish partnerships with other zoos
Administration
Gain income, draw extra cards, and trigger special abilities
ENCLOSURES & ANIMALS
Each animal requires an enclosure of the correct type and size to be released
Animals provide appeal points and often conservation points
CONSERVATION
Participate in international projects by spending resources to advance your conservation marker
Victory conditions
- End trigger
- Activated when a player's conservation marker crosses or surpasses their appeal marker
- Final scoring
- The player with the greatest positive difference between conservation and appeal wins
Frequently asked questions
- How many players does Ark Nova need?
- 1–4 players.
- How long does a game of Ark Nova last?
- 90–150 minutes.
- What is the minimum age for Ark Nova?
- From 14 years old.
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