Board Game - Earth. Animal Kingdom

Attention! This is an expansion! For a complete game, you need the base game "Earth".

«Earth: Animal Kingdom» (Earth: Animal Kingdom) – this is the first expansion for the board game «Earth». Now the gameplay will become even deeper and more engaging!
Get ready for 36 new animals, each with powerful asymmetric abilities that change your approach to building the game board. Every time you use a sheet, the animals you select activate, generating resources, activating abilities, or opening new opportunities for scoring points. At the end of each round, the global ability of animals activates for all players, giving each the chance to plan in advance how to use its effects.
No animal repeats another. Each interacts with your game board in a unique way, urging you to form an ecosystem to maximize their potential. Animal Kingdom brings your game board to life with anime characters that roam it, interacting with the flora and land that you cultivate.
From the burrowing ground squirrel to the soaring golden eagle – each animal breathes new life into Earth.

Who is this game for
This is only for holders of the base game «Earth».

Essence of the game
The game starts even before the starting hand is formed. During setup, players will receive an island, climate, and ecosystem card. Using these double-sided cards, each player develops their strategy by choosing one side of the card and placing it face-up in their play area. The combination of these three cards brings asymmetry to the game, providing different starting resources, bonus abilities, and unique victory point objectives.

The game process algorithm looks like this:
Creating your own island. Determine the starting hand size, resources, and abilities using the double-sided Island, Climate, and Ecosystem cards. There are over 25600 starting combinations!
Selecting an action. The active player chooses one of 4 available actions: planting, composting, watering, or growing.
Receiving bonuses. The active player receives a bonus, while the other players also receive a bonus, but only a complementary one.
Receiving resources. Gather soil, compost, plant cubes, growth tokens, and cards. Distribute resources or sow plants on your board.
Activating abilities. All players activate the cards on their boards that match the chosen action by color.
Completing the field. The first player to collect 16 cards receives additional victory points and triggers the end of the game.
The goal of the game in the board game «Earth» is to obtain the maximum possible number of victory points. To do this, you will «plant» cards to create your own island – a table of 16 cards arranged in a 4x4 grid. The game ends at the end of the round in which any player first plants their 16th card, thus completing the creation of their island.

Game duration: 45 to 90 minutes
Number of players: 1 to 5