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Arche-Nova Rules EN
Arche-Nova Rules EN
Cards
212 Zoo cards 11 Final Scoring cards
5 5 4+
17
X
001
SEA CAVE
121
SCIENCE LAB
201
CHEETAH Gain for large animals
401
Acinonyx jubatus – Vulnerable Income: Gain 1 / 2 Release 1 reptile in your zoo.
Sprint 3 Take 1 card from the for 3 / 6 research into the wild.
Draw 3 cards from the deck. deck or in reputation
range.
icons.
4+ 3 2-
4+
1 2 4 5
3 1 1 2 3 4
6 5 4 3 1
6 2
2 3 4 5
1x/ 2 1 5 1
5 1 5 1
2
7 1 7 1 2
10 1 10 1
12 1
2 7
4
2 5 2 -3
5 Large Bird
Aviary
3
5
10 + -3
Map A
Standard
1 3
12 3 2 5
2
2
1
Petting Zoo
-3
3
Pavilion 1
1
1
Kiosk
At the beginning of the game, place an empty size-3 enclosure next to the kiosk here. X
2 1 2 3 4 5
1 3
4x map A:
map for first-time players with starting
empty occupied
advantage (easy)
28x 1-space empty occupied empty occupied
4x map 0:
enclosure 24x 2-space enclosure 15x 3-space enclosure map with more bonus spaces (intermediate)
8x maps (1–8) on the reverse side of maps A and
maps 0 to allow for customized setup (advanced)
4
5
12 Special Enclosures
(both sides are the same)
empty occupied empty occupied
13x 4-space enclosure 10x 5-space enclosure
5
20 X-tokens 8 Multiplier tokens 8 Venom tokens 8 Constriction tokens 6 0
1
2
3
2 x2
(
1 3
5 )
x2
Wooden Components
1 Break token Components in 4 player colors (black, blue, red, yellow). In each color:
3 counters 4 association workers 25 player tokens
Table of Contents
Introduction & Goal of the Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3 INTRODUCTION & GOAL OF THE GAME
Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4
In Ark Nova you plan and build a modern, scientifically
Gameplay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 managed zoo. You build enclosures according to the
• Your Zoo Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 animals’ way of life and support conservation projects to
• Zoo Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ensure the preservation of animal species.
→ The Break Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Gathering diverse animals increases the attractiveness
of your zoo, advancing you on the Appeal track and
A Turn / The 5 Action Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 generating higher revenues. Likewise, careful stewardship
• Cards action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 of the animals allows you to support conservation projects,
→ The Reputation Track and the Display . . . . . . . . . . . 9 such as breeding programs, that leads to your advancement
• Build action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 on the Conservation track and corresponding bonuses.
These two tracks progress in opposite directions – if your
• Animals action. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
counters meet, the game ends. Whoever achieves the best
→ Animal Card Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 combination of appeal and conservation has built the most
→ Special Enclosures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 successful zoo and wins the game.
• Association action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Association work in different zoo associations allows you
→ The Association Board . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 to partner with zoos and universities around the world.
Together, with specialists and sponsors, they will help you
→ Conservation Projects layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
manage the various tasks needed to achieve your goals.
• Sponsors action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
→ Sponsor cards Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Both the designer and the publisher have made every effort
• X-token action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 to be realistic in the implementation of this game. In rare
Appeal and Conservation Points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 cases, however, concessions have been made for the sake
Break . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 of the game mechanics. For example, the koala has the
subclass bear, which is often used colloquially, but does not
End of Game & Final Scoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 correspond to reality. The same applies to the enclosure
→ Final Scoring Card Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 requirements.
Solo Game . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
3
SETUP
Global Setup
1 Place the game board in the center of the table. 3 Shuffle the Zoo cards to create a face-down deck on the
Take the Break token and place it on the start game board on the space marked with . Deal 6 face-
space of the Break track that corresponds to your down cards from the deck to the spaces provided on the
player count. game board. This is the display.
If there are three players, place the Break token on the space
marked 3 .
4 Place the 2 organizers next to the game board as the
2 Shuffle the 9 Bonus tiles and place a random general supply.
Bonus tile face up on each on each of the 4 blank We recommend to filling one of the organizers with the
yellow Bonus spaces on the board. Do not place enclosures as shown to the right. Fill the other organizer
any tiles on the two yellow spaces with icons. with the remaining tiles and tokens. The components are
Return the remaining 5 tiles to the box. They are abound. Thus, pack a few standard enclosures and kiosks /
not used in the game. pavilions in a bag as a reserve. If you still should run out
3 2 10 of a component, use a suitable substitute.
2
C1
3 2 10
C1
405 489 201 130 510
405
4
for 3 / 6 research
After finishing the current action,
2
2
2-
Gain 1 / 2
SALTWATER CROCODILE
1
2
You may replenish in between.
you may place any Action card
WHITE STORK
FENNEC FOX
F
Crocodylus porosus
SCIENCE LAB
in your zoo.
Ciconia ciconia
Vulpes zerda
5
3
2-
Place 1 x2 on your
Multiplier: Build
deck or in reputation
Take 1 card from the
Snapping 2
Zoo map
3
Income:
1
completely
Clever
on 1 .
range.
8
2-
4
2-
23
covered.
1
4
8
9
2
G 7
4
2 C1 5 + Reptile 2 -3
House
5
5 Personal
Large Bird
Setup3
For your personal setup, each of you takes the following steps: Aviary
5
10 + -3
A Take a random Map A zoo map, and place it with that side A Map A
up in front of you. Return the remaining zoo maps to the C2
box. They are not used in this game. Standard
Zoo map
completely
covered.
Maximum 5
2 1 7 3
4 of the 8 zoo maps have Map A on one side. All 4 copies of 2 2
4
allows you an easy entry into the game and offers generous rewards. 5
5 4
Large Bird
Aviary
3
The other 4 zoo maps have Map 0 on one side (this is another identical
5
10 + -3
3
1 Standard
On the other side of all zoo maps you will find Maps 1–8; these are 2
1
2 2
3
Petting Zoo
the advanced maps. These are all different and give you an individual
3
2
-3 -3
2
4
5
2
with the game. When playing with these, for your personal setup, Pavilion Petting Zoo
1
1
-3
take 2 random zoo maps and choose 1 of the advanced maps. 3 1
Pavilion 1
Alternatively, you can also lay out player count +1 advanced zoo Kiosk
Kiosk
1
B Take one set of Action cards each, consisting of the card Play Animal cards from your hand.
BREAK 2
Draw cards from the deck
OR snap.
Build 1 building with
a maximum size of . Perform 1 association task
Play 1 Sponsor car
level of fr
slots on your zoo map: the Animals card under the slot
furthest to the left showing the 1 and the remaining
cards randomly distributed under the other 4 slots.
4
5 Place the Association board next to the game board, leaving enough room for one row of cards above and one row of
cards below the board.
5b Shuffle the Base Conservation Project cards and keep them face-down
next to the Association board. In a 4-player game, place the 4 topmost of
5a Place 1 partner zoo of each these cards face up below the board, otherwise the 3 topmost.
continent and 1 university of each
kind on the spaces provided on 5c In a 2-player game, take 6 player tokens of any unused color and cover:
the Association board. • on the face-up Base Conservation Project cards: the left level on the left
2
card, the middle level on the middle card, and the right level on the right
card.
• on the Association board: the three spaces in the left column of the
donation area.
The covered levels / spaces are considered blocked and cannot be used by
4 either player.
6 Shuffle the Final Scoring cards
and place them face down next
to the Association board.
5b 6 7 Randomly determine a start
player. Turn order is clockwise.
1x/
10 1
7 1
5 1
Sample setup for a two-player
5
12 1
5
10 1
Requires Africa icons
7 1
5 1
2 1
5c
in your zoo.
2
AFRICA
1 5 game.
2
2
2
2
103
1x/
10 1
3
X
4+
1
Asia icon into the wild.
NATIONALPARK
12 1
5
5
ANGTHONG
5b
10 1
Requires Africa icons
4
7 1
5 1
2 1
3
in your zoo.
AFRICA
244
Place next to at least 1 water space.
4
3
1
2-
3
Each time you play a bird icon
: 2
PENGUIN POOL
2
1
3
into your zoo, gain 2 .
115
6
2
2
103
5
5
3
X
5
4+
NATIONALPARK
ANGTHONG
4
4
3
4
2
2
2-
3
109
1
115
5
1
5
5
4
4
2
REPTILES
in your zoo.
3
4
4
5
4
2
2
109
55
C Choose a color and take all components of this color.
D C1 Place the counters for appeal ,
E Draw 2 Final Scoring cards and place them next
conservation , and reputation to your zoo map. You may look at them at any
on the first spaces of their tracks on the time, but make sure to keep them hidden from
game board. Place your counters on the the other players.
F Appeal track according to turn order: The
C3 start player starts on space 0 on the track; F Draw 8 Zoo cards. Choose 4 of them to keep as
3
the second player in turn order starts on hand cards and discard the remaining 4 cards to
2
space 1; third on space 2 and fourth, on a face-up discard pile on the discard space on the
2 space 3. board. Make sure to keep your hand cards hidden
from the other players.
C2 Take 7 of the player tokens in your color
1
and place them on the designated spaces A face-up discard pile is easier to distinguish from the other
E card piles. This prevents you from unintentionally drawing
at the left edge of your zoo map. Keep the
5 the wrong card type. Of course, you can keep the discard pile
remaining player tokens next to your zoo
face down, if you prefer.
map for later use.
C3 Take the 4 association workers and place We recommend that you choose 1–2 Sponsor cards and
SORS
1 on the notepad of your zoo map, as the 2–3 Animal cards as your first hand cards. Make sure that
rd with a maximum active worker, and the remaining 3 lying the cards do not have conditions you cannot fulfill early on in
rom your hand.
OR
down on the designated spaces below the the game. If possible, choose cards with icons matching the
X.
Base Conservation Projects on display.
, gain
notepad.
D Take 25 money from the supply and put it on the G After you have all chosen your hand cards, reveal
notepad of your zoo map. the 6 cards on the display.
5
GAMEPLAY
Ark Nova does not play in formal rounds; instead, players simply take turns (in clockwise order) taking one turn at a time until
the end of the game is triggered. In addition, there are so-called breaks in between, when the game is put on hold for an
administration phase. During these breaks you will discard cards down to your hand limit, recall workers, and gain income,
among other things. The break procedure is explained in detail on page 18.
You always perform one action during your turn, which may trigger additional effects and bonuses. You perform these actions
with the 5 Action cards displayed below your zoo map. You can expand your zoo, play Zoo cards, and draw new Zoo cards. The
position of the Action card determines how much you can do with that action. For more details on this mechanism, see the
chapter A Turn / The 5 Action Cards on page 8.
1
Zoo map
completely
R covered.
2 W 7
4
2 5 2
+
2 Reptile -3
House
5
5 3 Large Bird
Aviary
3
5
10 + -3
4
3
Standard 7
1
2 2
2 3
-3
5 4
12 3 2 5
1
Petting Zoo
-3
3
Pavilion
1
Kiosk
6
At the beginning of the game, place an empty size-3 enclosure next to the kiosk here. X
1 2 5 3 4
6
Zoo Cards
The most important components in Ark Nova are the 3 different types of Zoo cards. The individual card types will be explained
in detail later.
5 Animal cards 5 Sponsor cards With Conservation Project cards you
17
are used to allow you to hire support conservation projects to
add animals to specialists, build collect conservation points. Usually,
your zoo. They unique buildings, SPECIES DIVERSITY you specialize in specific animal
101
SCIENCE LAB
201
CHEETAH
401
require an empty or achieve various species and the continents from which
Income: Gain 1 / 2 Requires different animal category
Sprint 3 Take 1 card from the for 3 / 6 research icons in your zoo.
Draw 3 cards from the deck. deck or in reputation
range.
icons.
5 4 3
6
enclosure and 3
6
1
2
other effects, 5 3 2 they originate. In some conservation
provide your among other projects, you are going to reintroduce
zoo with appeal things. animals into the wild. In addition to the
points. Zoo cards for conservation projects,
there are also Base Conservation
Project cards that are available at
the start of the game.
2 1 1 1
At the beginning of the game, and after each break, the The break takes place after the end of your current turn.
Break token goes on the starting space corresponding to You get 1 X-token for reaching the last space of the Break
your player count (1). Whenever you advance the Break track. Ignore any additional steps on the track (i.e. stop
token, move it the appropriate number of spaces towards here). After the break, place the Break token back on the
the end of the Break track. When you reach the last space starting space of the track.
of the track (2), you call a break for everyone (see page 18).
The right side of your zoo map has spaces for partner zoos (7) and universities (8),
Maximum 5 of which there are 5 and 3 different ones respectively. Note that there are partner
zoos on all 5 continents, but you can only establish partnerships with a maximum of
4 of them. Whenever you establish a new partnership with a zoo or a university, place
the tile on the lowest empty space of the appropriate column. To get a third partner
zoo, you must first upgrade your Association action card (see A Turn / The 5 Action
Cards on page 8 for more information). The different background color and the
icon serve as reminders. If there is a bonus depicted on the space where you place
your partner zoo or university, you immediately receive that bonus.
10
A partner zoo makes it easier for you to accommodate an animal
from that continent in your zoo, because the cost to do so is
Map A reduced by 3 money per continent icon on the Animal card.
A university grants you the bonuses and icons it shows.
3
To the right are the supply spaces for your additional
3 association workers (9), which you place here
2 2 at the beginning of the game. Just like with
partner zoos and universities, you use them
9 from the bottom to the top, except that
2
2 rather placing tiles, you remove workers.
Whenever you are allowed to hire an
association worker, you take one from
8 1
here and place it on the notepad above as an
1 active worker. Certain zoo maps reward you with
conservation points for hiring your last worker.
All of your available association workers, money, and
X-tokens are kept on the notepad (10) space above.
7
A Turn / The 5 Action Cards
Example: Perform an action
Your Action cards are located below your zoo map. Each For your action this turn, you choose the Build action in card slot
card is always assigned to a card slot at the bottom of the 4. Shift the card down, to indicate it is being used, and perform the
map. The number on the card slot indicates the strength action a strength of 4. Then, take the Action card into your hand,
with which you can use the Action card located there. The move the Action cards in slots 1–3 one slot to the right and place
numbers range from 1 on the far left to 5 on the far right, the Build Action card into the now available card slot 1.
meaning the further to the right your Action card is when you
perform the action, the more powerful the action will be.
On your turn, choose one of your Action cards to perform its after your action
action, shift it to be lower than the others in the row, then
Petting Zoo
-3
3
Pavilion 1
1
longer improves the action. You can never have more than
Pavilion 1
1
1
Kiosk
At the beginning of the game, place an empty size-3 enclosure next to the kiosk here. X
including moving the Action cards, before executing the enclosures, and petting zoo.
0 1 1 1 2 Discard 1 - 1 - 1
OR
Snapping - - - - 1
effect.
At the beginning of the game, all your Action cards are ANIMALS Action (page 11-13)
displayed on side I . If you receive a card upgrade , you With the Animals action you can add animals to empty
may flip an Action card of your choice from side I to side II . enclosures. You need to fulfill special conditions for this and
The card remains in its current card slot. For the rest of the pay the cost for the animal acquisition. In return, animals give
game, performing the action on this Action card has a more you special abilities and add icons to your zoo, which you
powerful effect. might need to support conservation projects.
There are 4 ways to upgrade one of your Action cards ASSOCIATION Action (page 14-16)
in the game: on the Conservation track, the Reputation With the Association action, you send your association
track, and when you gain your second partner zoo or your workers to work in zoological associations. With their help,
second partner university. One of them allows you to choose your reputation increases, you can gain universities and zoos
an alternative. So be aware that you cannot upgrade all of from other continents as partners, support conservation
your Action cards! In each game you will have to decide which projects, or donate to animal conservation.
upgrades are most important to you.
SPONSORS Action (page 17)
The individual actions are explained in detail on the following The Sponsors action gains you the support of sponsors (by
pages. Here is a short overview of the actions: playing them into your zoo). They either support you directly
or fund a project, such as a unique building. Many of them
CARDS Action (page 9)
gain you an ongoing effect or income. At the end of the
The Cards action allows you to gain new Zoo cards (Animals, game, you can gain additional appeal or conservation points
Sponsor, and Conservation Project cards) from the deck or from your sponsors.
the display.
X-TOKEN Action (page 18)
BUILD Action (page 10)
If you find yourself in a situation in which you can’t or don’t
Enclosures are needed to accommodate animals in your zoo. want to perform any of the 5 actions, you may perform this
The Build action allows you to build standard enclosures for alternative action to gain exactly 1 X-token. You must still
animals of all categories or special enclosures for particular select and move a card to slot 1, shifting all other cards to the
animal categories. You can build kiosks and pavilions as well. right like in other actions. The strength of the slot the card is
in does not contribute to this action.
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CARDS CARDS
Advance the Break token 2 spaces. Then draw Advance the Break token 2 spaces. Then draw
cards from the deck OR snap. cards from the deck or within reputation range
OR snap.
DRAWING WITHIN REPUTATION RANGE
DRAWING FROM THE DECK
If you have upgraded the Cards action, you may draw cards
Compare the strength of the card slot this action is in with
within your reputation range, meaning from the display
the table on the card. Draw up to the indicated number of
(up to your Reputation counter) and/or from the deck. In
cards (maximum 3) from the deck. Then, you might have to
addition, the table printed on the card that determines the
discard a card from your hand, which can be one of the cards
details of the action is upgraded. You may draw from the
you have just drawn or a card already in your hand.
display and the deck in any order you choose, but the display
SNAPPING is not replenished until you have completed your turn.
If you execute the action with a strength of at least 5 , SNAPPING
then instead of drawing several cards from the deck, you
If you have upgraded the Cards action, you can snap at a
may take exactly 1 card from the display into your hand. This
lower strength level, starting from a strength
is called Snapping. You may take any card, regardless of the
of 3 . If you choose the snap
reputation of your zoo. Replenish the display at the end of
option, it makes no difference
your turn.
whether the strength is 3
or higher.
Whether you snap or draw from the deck, first advance
2 the Break token 2 steps (do not gain any money for this).
In addition, after
You can have any number of cards in your hand after this
upgrading your
action, but during the break, you may need to discard cards
Cards action, you may
down to your hand card limit of 3 cards (or 5 with a specific
continue progressing past 9 reputation on the Reputation
university) (see Break on page 18).
track.
A 3 1 2
404 510 402 120 403
402
404
402
7
1
9
1
Panthera leo – Vulnerable
2-
5
WHITE STORK
Release 1 herbivore
B
and add it to your hand.
and add it to your hand.
LEOPARD
CARACAL
Caracal caracal
Ciconia ciconia
Discard the other card.
LION
Place 1 x2 on your
4
in your zoo.
in your zoo.
Hunter 4
Hunter 2
4
1
cards.
Pack
4+
20
X
16
3
2
4
9
4 4
9
BUILD BUILD
Build exactly 1 building of your choice with Build as many different buildings as you like
a maximum size of on your zoo map. Pay with a maximum total size of on your zoo
2 money per space. Available: Kiosk, pavilion, map. Newly available: Large Bird Aviary and
standard enclosure, and Petting Zoo. Reptile House.
The size of a building is measured by the number of spaces If you have upgraded the Build action, you may also build
it covers on your zoo map. In this action, you have the kiosk the special enclosures Large Bird Aviary and Reptile House
(size 1), pavilion (size 1), various standard enclosures (sizes (both size 5). Just like with the Petting Zoo, each zoo can only
1–5), and the Petting Zoo (special enclosure size 3) at your accommodate 1 Reptile House and 1 Large Bird Aviary. Both
disposal. Each zoo can contain only 1 Petting Zoo. Other sides of these special enclosures are also the same.
buildings can be built more than once. Your zoo map shows
When you build the Reptile House or Large Bird Aviary,
an overview of all the buildings. All standard enclosures of
you may immediately, and only once for each building,
each size and all of the different special enclosures have the
move animals from a standard enclosure to the new special
same shape.
enclosure. You are not allowed to do this at any other time
You need enclosures to accommodate animals, while kiosks in the game. Please refer to the Animals action and page 12
grant you income during every break. Each pavilion you specifically for more details on how special enclosures work.
build immediately (and only once) increases the appeal of You cannot build unique buildings with this action, they
your zoo by 1. only come into play with the associated Sponsor cards.
Pay the building cost into the general supply before placing In addition, you now have the opportunity to build several
the building on your zoo map. The cost of a building is twice buildings with one action. However, you may not build
the number of spaces it will cover, called the size. Therefore, 2 identical buildings with the same Build action, each of them
cost = size x2 money. must be different. The total size of these buildings must not
Build the building adjacent to an existing one, meaning at exceed .
least 1 edge of the new building must touch an edge of an Build the buildings on your map one after the other. Pay
existing one. For your first building, instead, at least 1 space for each building separately before you build it. If you cover
of it must be on a border space of your zoo map. a bonus icon, you immediately take the placement bonus
You may only build on the empty spaces of your zoo map. before you build the next building. However, do not take any
Buildings may not extend beyond the edge of the map, “after finishing” bonuses until the Build action is completed.
overlap other buildings, or cover water or rock spaces. Upgrading your Build action also allows you to build on the
You are not allowed to build on spaces with the icon yet. spaces of your zoo map with the icon, meaning you can
To do so, you must first upgrade your Build action card. now completely cover your zoo map. If you cover every space
A kiosk must always be at least 3 spaces from every other of your zoo map, immediately increase the appeal of your
kiosk on your zoo map, meaning there must always be at zoo by 7. This can happen through the Build action, but also
least 2 spaces between 2 kiosks. The note below the partner through another effect when something is built in your zoo.
zoo space on your zoo map serves as a reminder. You must have covered every space on your zoo map, except
for the water spaces and rock spaces.
If you cannot build the desired building on your zoo map
according to the rules above, you must choose a different
building. Note that the kiosk and the pavilion are on opposite
sides of the same tile.
Build a standard enclosure with the empty side up so that
it can still be occupied by an animal later. The empty side has
a yellow edge and shows X , where X is the enclosure size. Example: Building with a placement bonus
For the Petting Zoo both sides are the same. You are taking the Build action in card slot 5 and want to build a
If you cover one or more spaces with a , you immediately 2-space and a 3-space standard enclosure. However, you only have
take the corresponding placement bonus once. 7 money at your disposal and the two enclosures cost a total of 10.
Since you are building your first enclosure on a placement bonus
The bonuses are explained on the icon overview.
5 money (1), you take this bonus immediately after building the
first enclosure. The money then becomes available to pay for your
second enclosure (2).
3
Possible 10 1 covered.
7
4
2
building spaces 5 + Reptile
House
2 -3
2
for a kiosk 2 Large Bird 3
3
Aviary
another kiosk. 3
-3
2
5 4
2
2 5
10
ANIMALS
Play Animal cards from your hand. enclosure, the Reptile House and the Large Bird Aviary,
respectively. In that case the card shows two different
enclosure requirements, and you can choose whether
to put the animal in a standard or special enclosure
Compare the strength of the card slot this action is in with (for more details see Special Enclosures on page 12).
the table on the card. Play up to the indicated number of 4. Place Animal card: Place the Animal card next to your
Animal cards from your hand. zoo map (see Placing Cards on page 13).
Follow the steps below for each animal:
5. Execute effects: Whenever you play an animal, the
1. Check conditions: Any conditions you must fulfill in
appeal of your zoo increases. Advance your counter on
order to play the Animal card are indicated on the left
the Appeal track the number of steps indicated on the
side of the card. You can only play the card if you fulfill
card. Some animals also give you conservation project
all the conditions (for example, a specific partner zoo
points or increase the reputation of your zoo. If so, also
or animal category as well as continent icons).
advance the counters on the corresponding tracks. Many
The conditions are explained in the icon overview.
animals have an additional effect when they are played.
2. Pay cost: Pay the cost of the animal indicated in the If the effect text contains “after finishing”, do not execute
upper-left corner of the Animal card. If you have a partner it until you have finished your entire Animals action. In all
zoo on the continent from which the animal originates, other cases, execute the effect immediately, even before
this reduces the cost by 3 money per continent icon. Pay playing another Animal card. The same applies to effects
the money into the general supply. If you have a card that from other cards that are triggered by playing your
gains you money for playing the animal, you only take Animal card. If there are multiple simultaneous effects,
that money in a later step, meaning you must already you choose the order of execution (whether these effects
have enough money beforehand to pay the full cost of are appeal, reputation, conservation points, or gained by
the animal. the ability of the animal or from other cards).
3. Fill empty enclosure: To play an Animal card and If an action allows you to play 2 Animal cards, play them
accommodate the animal in your zoo, you need free one after the other and complete all of the
spaces in an enclosure. You can place any animal, except above steps for the first animal (except
Petting Zoo animals , on its own into an empty for effects with “after finishing”) before
standard enclosure. The enclosure must be at least the doing the same again for the second
required size indicated in the upper-left corner of the animal. You may choose not to play a
Animal card. Then flip the enclosure over to its occupied second Animal card.
side. Some animals also state that their enclosure needs Only after that, and after you have
to be next to one or two water and/or rock spaces. moved the Animals Action card to
The enclosure requirements of an animal are indicated slot 1 of your zoo map, execute the
next to the size of the standard enclosure on the card. “after finishing” effects. If there are
Petting Zoo animals cannot be accommodated in a multiple effects of this type, you
standard enclosure, only in their special enclosure, choose the order of execution.
the Petting Zoo. All reptiles and some birds can be
accommodated either in a standard or in a special
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Special Enclosures (Petting Zoo, Reptile House, Large Bird Aviary)
There are 3 different special enclosures: Petting Zoo (1), Reptile If you want to accommodate the animal in a special enclosure,
House (2), and Large Bird Aviary (3). Your zoo can only have one use player tokens from your supply to mark the number of
of each type of special enclosure. enclosure spaces indicated in the special enclosure icon on
the card. If there are not enough free spaces left in the special
enclosure, you cannot accommodate the animal there. You
never need to flip a special enclosure: Both sides of the tile are
1 2 3 the same.
If you build a Reptile House or a Large Bird Aviary and you
Petting Zoo animals cannot be accommodated in a already have animals in your zoo that could be accommodated
standard enclosure; only in their special enclosure, the Petting there, you may immediately and only this once, move these
Zoo. animals into your corresponding new special enclosure. For
All reptiles and some birds can be accommodated either in a each animal you move, find the smallest occupied standard
standard or in a special enclosure, the Reptile House and the enclosure that meets the animal’s enclosure requirements
Large Bird Aviary, respectively. In that case the card shows two (including water and rock spaces), and flip it back to its
different enclosure requirements, and you can choose whether empty side. Then mark the special enclosure with the suitable
to put the animal in a standard or special enclosure. If an number of player tokens. If you have several animals that
animal requires water and/or rock spaces next to its standard could potentially be moved, you may decide for each animal
enclosure, the same requirement also applies to the respective separately whether you want to move it or not.
special enclosure.
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Play Animal cards from your hand or within
reputation range. Place your played Sponsor 1 0
and Animal cards overlapping
each other to save space. All 10
If you have upgraded the Animals action, you may play
information you need for the rest 4 :
animal cards directly from the display, instead of only from of the game is shown at the top
your hand. To do so, the respective card must be within of the card. 3
your reputation range. In addition to the cost of the animal, Some Sponsor cards have an 10
you must pay an amount of money equal to the number on additional effect at the end
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Finally, after upgrading your Animals action, you may also gains 1 Constriction token for each of
those tracks ( and ).
play animals that have the icon as a condition. Clever After the current action, you
may place any Action card on 1 . 6
Animal categories
There are 7 animal categories 2 of these 7 categories are special cases, bear and Petting Zoo
in Ark Nova: animal . Thus, in contrast to the other categories, their icon is
Bird black on a white background.
Herbivore The bears are more of a subcategory. Their icon mostly occurs
Predator in combination with the herbivore or predator icon.
Primate For gameplay reasons, we invented a separate category for
Petting Zoo animals , replacing the biological category.
Reptile
Bear If the game asks for animal categories, it includes bear and
Petting Zoo animal Petting Zoo animals as well. If this is ever not the case, they
are explicitly excluded.
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ASSOCIATION
Perform exactly one association task.
3 Gaining a partner zoo: Take a partner zoo from the
Association board and place it on the lowest empty
partner zoo space on your zoo map. If that space shows
a bonus, take it once and immediately. You cannot take a
partner zoo that you already have, all your partner zoos must
To carry out an association task, you need at least 1 active be from different continents. Also, you may take a maximum
association worker on your zoo map. Place this worker on of 4 partner zoos in total; your zoo map does not have space
the Association board on the task you want to perform. If 1 for a 5th. To take a third (or fourth) partner zoo, you must
of your association workers is already on this task, you must have upgraded the Association action to side II . If you
instead place 2 to perform this task. If 3 of your association already have all the partner zoos that are on the Association
workers are already on this task, you cannot perform it again board at that moment, or if you cannot place the partner
for the time being. Association workers in colors other than zoo on your zoo map, you cannot perform this task. In the
your own do not matter here. break, the supply of partner zoos on the Association board is
In a break, all your association workers return to your zoo replenished (see Break page 18).
map and become active again. As a result, all the tasks again Each partner zoo reduces the cost of playing all Animal cards
become available to perform with 1 association worker. More from its continent by 3 money per continent icon on the
about this in Break on page 18. Animal card. It also provides you 1 icon of the respective
Each task requires a different action strength . You can continent, which may trigger other card effects and may
only perform an association task if your Action card’s strength count towards conservation projects. Certain Animal cards
is at least as high as the task’s strength number. require a partner zoo from the same continent.
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5 Conservation project work: You may either support
a conservation project already in play or play a Conservation Projects Layouts
Conservation Project card from your hand and support
These cards represent the different conservation projects you
it immediately. If you bring a new Conservation Project can support. Each card depicts 3 conditions (1) to fulfill, as well
card into play, place it above the Association board on the as the corresponding rewards (2). Certain Conservation Project
leftmost space. If there is already a conservation project cards grant an additional bonus to the player who plays them
there, move all the Conservation Project cards above (3). There are two types of conservation projects.
the board one place to the right before placing the card.
Depending on your player count, there can only be up to In most cases, you must have a
2, 3 or 4 cards above the Association board. If (after placing certain number of a specific icon
the new conservation project) there are more cards above in your zoo (in the example to
the board than is allowed for your player count, put the the left, Reptiles). Count the icons
rightmost card on the discard pile. Return any player tokens on the top edge of all your cards,
on the discarded card to the supply (not to the zoo map) of both on Animal and Sponsor cards
the corresponding player. The base conservation projects (including the water or rock space
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below the Association board are never moved even when
Requires reptile icons the conditions on the left) as
they are fully supported. Also no new base conservation in your zoo. well as on your partner zoos and
projects are added during the game. 1 5 4 2 universities.
To support a conservation project, you must fulfill a condition
2 5 4 2
(depicted on the card) that has no player token on it. You are
only allowed to support each conservation project once. This
means you cannot support a project that already has one of Conservation projects in which
your player tokens on it.
A you release an animal into the
Place 1 player token of your choice from the left side of wild work slightly differently.
X Instead of collecting a number of
your zoo map on the condition you fulfill, and as a reward
advance your Conservation counter and Reputation counter icons, you must discard 1 Animal
(if applicable) per the depicted award on the card. If you can card with a specific icon from
your zoo (in this case, Africa A).
fulfill more than one condition, you choose which one. An SERENGETI You choose the matching animal
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Release 1 animal with an
Glossary on page 1. Africa icon into the wild. require a standard enclosure of
When you take the player token from your zoo map, you B 4+ 3 2- the depicted size (B). Whether
activate the corresponding bonus. You always gain the bonus 3 the animal can also be placed in
5 4 3 1 a special enclosure is irrelevant to
immediately. With some of them, you also gain the bonus
again during each break. Choose whether you take this the condition. Move your Appeal
counter back as many steps as indicated on the Animal card.
bonus before or after the reward for the conservation project.
Flip the smallest occupied standard enclosure that meets the
The bonuses are explained in the icon overview. animal’s requirements from the occupied side to the empty side
Tip: It is sometimes worthwhile to support a conservation project or remove the appropriate number of player tokens from your
on a lower level, for example in order to get the bonuses on the special enclosure, repectively. Place the Animal card on the
Conservation track or to activate an income on the left side of discard pile. See Glossary page 1 for details to Release into the
your zoo map early in the game. Wild conservation projects.
three players and 3 conservation projects are 1 Requires 1 reptile and a partner
zoo of the same continent.
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Example: Releasing an animal ASSOCIATION
Perform one or more different association
You decide to release your African Spurred Tortoise into the tasks. You may make one donation.
Serengeti National Park. The tortoise needs a 3-space enclosure
and thus fulfills the middle condition, which is still unclaimed. You
decide to mark the remaining space on the Conservation Project If you have upgraded the Association action, you may
card with your player token from the “12 money” space (1). perform several different association tasks with one action.
For each task, you need 1 or 2 of your association workers.
As the animal leaves your zoo, you remove The total value of all association tasks may not exceed the
2 player tokens from your Reptile House strength of your action card. The total value may be less.
and take them back into your supply. You X
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To be able to make a donation, you must have performed
at least 1 association task during the same action. You do
not need an association worker to make a donation. You can
make a maximum of 1 donation per Association action.
slot 5 to execute it with strength 6. You gain one university and Petting Zoo
-3
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1
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for it (2). The next donation will cost 7 money. At the beginning of the game, place an empty size-3 enclosure next to the kiosk here. Kiosk
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SPONSORS Sponsor cards Layout
Play exactly 1 Sponsor card OR advance the
Break token and take money. (1) The level for each Sponsor card is in its upper-left corner.
(2) If the card lets you place a special building in your zoo,
and this building must be built next to water or rocks, this
This action allows you to play exactly 1 Sponsor card from requirement is shown next to the level (where it would also
your hand, provided that the strength of the action is at be on Animal cards). (3) Any conditions that you must fulfill in
least equal to the level of the Sponsor card and you meet any order to play the card are shown on the left side of the card. (4)
conditions on the card (depicted on the left side of the card). If the card itself provides a icon, it is depicted in the upper-right
corner.
Execute the instant effect (if available) and/or the recurring
effect of the card (if available and triggered by the icon on Sponsor cards can have a variety of different effects. (5) If the
this Sponsor card), then place it next to your zoo map. card has a recurring effect, this is shown at the top of the card
on a blue background, unless it gives you income during every
break, in which case the background is purple.
Alternatively, you can use this action to advance the
X Break token steps and take money for doing so. 2 5 4
1
You still take
all
money even if the Break token doesn’t need
steps to reach the final space.
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SPONSORS
Play one or more Sponsor cards OR advance
the Break token and take money.
If you have upgraded the Sponsors action, you can play MEERKAT DEN
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multiple Sponsor cards with one action. The strength Each time you play a herbivore icon
of your action plus 1 must be at least as high as the sum of 8 into your zoo, gain 2 .
the levels on all played cards (remember, with the help of Place next to at least 1 rock space.
X-tokens you can also increase the beyond 5 ). Play the
cards one after the other, meaning you completely execute
all the instant effects of one card (except for “after finishing” 6 6 1 7
effects) before playing the next card.
When playing Sponsor cards, you may choose to play them (6) A one-off effect when playing the card is indicated by a
from the display or your hand. Any cards played from yellow background in the lower-left corner of the card. (7)
the display must be within your reputation range. Pay an An effect during the final scoring is indicated by a brown
additional cost equal to the number on the folder from which background in the lower-right corner of the card. A vertical
you play the Sponsor card. Do not replenish the display until brown strip behind the card level (1) serves as a reminder that
this card has an effect in the final scoring (in case you place the
you have completed your turn.
cards overlapping each other).
If you use the Sponsors action to advance the Break token,
If an effect on a Sponsor card refers to an icon that appears
you take money twice. on the Sponsor card itself, this icon counts for the effect or for
Finally, after upgrading your Sponsors action, you may also triggering the effect. However, only the icons in the upper-right
play Sponsor cards that have the icon as a condition. corners of cards (4) are used, not those anywhere else on the
card, except for the rock and water icons, which are in the upper-
left corner.
(8) Some effects are already explained on the Sponsor card itself;
all card effects are explained on Glossary pages 4–7.
Since the Meerkat Den itself has an herbivore Each time you play a herbivore icon
icon, the appeal of your zoo immediately into your zoo, gain 2 .
Place next to at least 1 rock space. 2
increases by 2.
6 1
At the beginning of the game, place an empty size-3 enclosure next to the kiosk here.
2 3
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X-TOKEN Break
Take 1 X-token. Ark Nova does not follow a fixed round system. You take
turns, taking 1 turn at a time, until the Break token has
advanced to the last space of the Break track . An Action
card, Sponsor card, or Animal card effect could cause this to
If you cannot or do not want to perform any of the 5 actions, happen. If you trigger the break, complete your current
you can still use this alternative action and take 1 X-marker. action, take the Break token, and all of you perform the
You can perform this action using any Action card. It is following steps in order:
independent of the value of the card’s slot. It doesn’t 1. Hand card limit:
matter whether the Action card has been upgraded. If you have more cards in your hand than your
You must still select an Action card, move it to slot 1, and shift hand limit allows, discard any surplus cards of
the intervening cards to the right. Then, take an X-token. If your choice from your hand to the discard pile.
you already have 5 X-tokens, you cannot perform this action. Normally your hand limit is 3, but a particular
university allows you to hold 5 ( 5 ).
2. Tokens on Action cards:
If you have Multiplier, Venom, and/or
Appeal and Conservation Points Constriction tokens on your Action cards,
During the game you increase the appeal of your zoo and return them to the supply. They no longer
collect conservation points. This is necessary to win and also have any effect.
helps you during the game. 3. Association board:
The appeal of your zoo determines how much money you Return all your association workers from
earn in each break. the Association board to the notepad on
Additionally, there are 4 spaces on the Conservation track your zoo map. They become available to
that provide an immediate one-time effect when you reach you again as active workers. Replenish the
or pass them. Those spaces are the following: display of partner zoos and universities so that each zoo
and university is again available exactly once. There is no
• 2 conservation points: need to replenish universities and partner zoos that all
Either upgrade one of your Action cards players already have.
(flip it over) or activate an additional
association worker (take a lying worker 4. Replenish display:
from the lowest space below the Discard the two bottom cards of the display
notepad and place it onto the notepad). Either option is (folders 1 and 2) to the discard pile, move
available to each player who reaches space 2. the remaining cards down and replenish
the display. The icon on folders 1
• 5 / 8 conservation points: and 2 serves as a reminder.
Take either 5 money or one of the
bonus tokens next to this space on the 5. Take income:
Conservation track. Execute the effect c
(money or Bonus token) immediately. If b
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b. Collect income for the kiosks on your zoo map. Check
each kiosk on your zoo map separately. You take Example: Income for kiosks
1 money for each unique building, special enclosure, You take 4 money for your kiosks, 2 money for each of them.
occupied standard enclosure, and pavilion adjacent to
it. A building must share at least one side of one space
with a kiosk in order to be considered adjacent to it. An
empty standard enclosure does not provide income
(but an empty special enclosure does).
c. Collect all the income indicated by the following icon:
. The icon appears on some Sponsor cards and
4
in some bonuses on the left side of your zoo map.
Take only the bonuses on your zoo map that you
have already activated (those you have uncovered by
placing the player token on a conservation project). 5
6. Break track:
Return the Break token to the starting space for your
player count.
Then the break ends, and the game continues with the next
player in clockwise order taking their next turn.
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Final Scoring cards before adding these points to your totals.
Gain for Sponsor cards Gain 1 for each
Finally, it’s time to tally Victory Points. Begin by looking at in your zoo. animal category icon
the scoring area where your Conservation tracker is located. of which you have more
3 6 8 10 than the person to your
Find the lowest Appeal value in that scoring area. This is your right. Max. 4 .
Target Number. Compare your Target Number to the value of 1 2 3 4
your Appeal tracker. Subtract your Target Number from your : Do not use. Draw another card.
Appeal value and the result is your Victory Points. The player
with the highest positive Victory Point total is the winner.
In case of a tie, the tied player who supported the most
Conservation Projects wins the game (you can determine this Example: Final scoring
by counting how many player tokens have been removed (1) Blue has 22 conservation
from left side of your zoo map). If the score is still a tie, all tied points; the lowest appeal value in
that scoring area is 58. 4
players share the victory.
(2) Blue has only 54 appeal,
If you notice, in order to have a positive score, your Appeal tracker which means Blue is 4 points
and Conservation tracker have to cross one another! Keep that in short of that “target”: Blue has
mind as you make decisions and maximize your score! −4 victory points. 1
(3) Red has 23 conservation
points; the lowest appeal value
in that scoring area is 55. (4) Red
Example: End of game has 64 appeal, which means Red 3
Red has 64 appeal and is 9 points beyond that “target”: 2
20 conservation points. Both Red has 9 victory points.
counters are in the same
scoring area. The game end is
triggered.
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SOLO GAME
If you play Ark Nova on your own, modify the rules as follows:
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Difficulty Levels / Solo Challenge
We recommend that beginners start the solo game with Credits
an appeal of 20. Depending on your experience, you could Game design: Mathias Wigge • Graphics design: Christof “do-all” Tisch,
instead start the game with 10 or even 0 appeal. Starting the Steffen Bieker • Illustrations: Loїc Billiau, Dennis Lohhausen
solo game with 0 appeal is quite a challenge! Feel free to play Cover: Steffen Bieker • Editing & Realization: Bastian Winkelhaus,
as many games as you like at each difficulty level. Inga Keutmann, Frank Heeren • Proofreading: Donny Behne, Nathan Morse
We would like to thank Corinna Spellerberg and Ursula Steinhoff
As a special challenge, play 3 games in a row. In this case, for their support with the translation and typesetting and
do not shuffle the cards after each game. Instead, remove all Andreas Resch for making the 3D game scene.
cards from that particular game (discard pile, display, all of Representing the many playtesters and supporters, we thank Gernot Köpke,
your cards, and all of the conservation projects) and set up Denny Delakowitz, Zsolt Hevesi, Jonas Langenbrinck, Thomas Hansel,
the game with the remaining cards. Also remove the two zoo Roland Hoyer, Sebastian Born, Paul Borczyk, Alexandra Nikolay,
Tobias Bruch, Helge Ostertag, Jan Henry, Olaf Darge, Pan Pollack,
maps you had to choose from, as well as the 4 Bonus tiles. Jule Pollack, Carsten Stürmer, Lea Reinisch, Patrick Hoffbauer,
For the third game, you will have to reuse a random 3 of the Stephan Rink, Claudia Scharf, Hanno Girke, Niels Roehl, Jan Kempf,
removed Bonus tiles. Tobias Zimmermann, Arne Aßmann, Christoph Keutmann, Karol Pryk,
Christian Hildenbrand, James Hourston, Tina Steinbrecher, Simon
You no longer have access to the cards that are out of play, Poppinga, Christin Pfaff, Daniel Lau, Lisa Hofman, Christan Brinker,
with the only exception being the animal abilities Assertion Jens Will, Florian Bücherl, Alexander Fendt, Kilian Grieb, Armin Stangl,
and Dominance. Sascha Rings, Florian Schlusnus and especially Tina Landwehr-Rödde.
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