Kavango
Kavango Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
About the Region
The Kavango–Zambezi transfrontier conservation area is the world's largest cross-border conservation area. It connects five countries and supports a range of ecosystems, which are represented in the landscape player boards. There is huge biodiversity in Kavango and the region is home to crucial populations of iconic animals, including the largest number of elephants in Africa. Across the landscape, you can witness a range of natural wonders from the largest terrestrial migration of zebra to the thundering Victoria Falls.
Components
- 5 Landscape boards
- 5 Protection boards
- 5 Animeeples
- 1 Central board
- 20 Completion tokens
- 200 Money cubes
- 10 Scoring tokens
- 5 Hand markers
- 1 Large card tray
- 5 Bank boxes
- 10 Conservation experts
- 5 Quick-reference guides
- 160 Species cards
- 30 Action cards
- 1 Small card tray
- 45 Research tasks
- 15 Goal cards
- 24 Rewilding cards
- 1 Producer die (for solo game)
Setup
- Assign a landscape player board to each player.
- Give each player the protection board that matches the colour of their board, and place it above the landscape board on the right-hand side.
- Place the central board in the middle of the players so that everyone can reach it.
- Take the bank box matching the colour of your board and keep it beside your board.
- Place the card trays beside the central board or to the side of the table. The large card tray holds the action cards, deck A, deck B and deck C. The small card tray holds the research cards for each round, the goal cards and the rewilding cards. Shuffle each deck of cards separately.
- Take the completion tokens and animeeple that match the colour of your board. Place your animeeple on '0' on the score track on the central board. Completion tokens are kept beside your board.
- Put your money cubes (those matching the colour of your board) in your bank box. Determine how much money each player starts with based on their ability level. This money should be withdrawn from the bank and kept with the completion tokens beside the player board:
- Beginner – three money cubes ($3m)
- Intermediate – two money cubes ($2m)
- Expert – one money cube ($1m)
- Super expert – zero money cubes
- If you are playing with goal cards then shuffle them and give two to each player. Store the remainder face down in the card tray.
- Deal two conservation expert cards to each player at random; each player keeps only one (see the Conservation Experts section for detail on which to choose depending on your experience level). Tell each other what abilities your conservation expert has, then keep it beside your landscape board.
- Players start the game with two animals from deck C in their sanctuary. Reveal two animal cards per player from deck C — i.e. for two players reveal four cards — then take it in turns to choose an animal card to store in your sanctuary, reversing the direction after all players have chosen one card.
Dealing the Hands
Using the chart below, deal each player a hand of cards at the start of every round. Shuffle each deck of cards separately before dealing the cards. Use the hand marker cards to keep track of the hands. Hand one is given to the player who chose their sanctuary animal first. Keep the hand marker with the hand as it is passed from player to player.
1–2 players (15 cards per hand):
- Round 1: 3 action, 6 deck A, 6 deck B
- Round 2: 3 action, 3 deck A, 3 deck B, 6 deck C
- Round 3: 3 action, 12 deck C
3–5 players (12 cards per hand):
- Round 1: 2 action, 5 deck A, 5 deck B
- Round 2: 2 action, 3 deck A, 3 deck B, 4 deck C
- Round 3: 2 action, 10 deck C
Discard Pile
Allow space for a discard pile in the middle of the table. After players are dealt their hands for round two, all remaining cards from deck A and deck B are transferred to the discard pile. Once players are dealt their hands for round three, all remaining cards in deck C and undealt action cards are transferred to the discard pile.
Note: This is important because the 'relocation' action card can be used to allow players to search the discard pile.
Gameplay
Objective
Each player is aiming to score the most points.
Game Structure
Kavango is played over three rounds, each comprising ten turns.
At the start of each round:
- Deal four research tasks onto the central board.
- Deal hands to each player using the guide (see "the discard pile" for which cards to discard after dealing the hands for rounds two and three).
Simultaneous Turns
Throughout the game you will be picking cards from hands which are passed between players. You will strategically choose and play cards from the hands to build your nature reserve. Gameplay is simultaneous and on each turn players complete four turn stages at the same time, in this order:
- Choose a card from your current hand
- Play that card
- Complete research and invest money
- Pass your hand of cards to the player on your left
This continues for ten turns until the round is over.
1. Choosing a Card
Players choose a card from their hand and place it face down in front of them. Once all players have chosen, everyone plays their card.
2. Play a Card
Play an action card, producer or animal. Cards must be played immediately, either as actions, into your nature reserve, or into your sanctuary if you have a free space. You can choose to discard a card from the hand instead of playing a card; this earns you one money cube ($1m). Types of cards and how to play them are explained below.
Action Cards
If any action cards are played in a turn, they are played before producer and animal cards and the effects happen immediately. Then they are put on the discard pile. If multiple players have chosen an action card, the first to take effect is decided by the hand marker card. There are 30 cards in the action card deck; five different types of action cards, with six of each.
Producers (Deck A)
When you play a producer, tuck it under the top left of your board (in the corresponding columns: grasses, trees, invertebrates, fish). Producers have no requirements to play and no point value at the end of the game but are an integral building block of your ecosystem. There are four types of producers: grass, trees, invertebrates and fish. Each player starts with a unique combination of two producers in their reserve as indicated on their board (each landscape board represents a different ecosystem within the Kavango region and consequently starts with a unique combination of producers).
Animals (Decks B and C)
Playing animal cards is the main way you score points in the game. Animal cards are played directly onto any space in your reserve if you fulfil both their food and protection requirements. If you don't fulfil the requirements to play the animal into your reserve, it can be played into a free sanctuary space (one of the three spaces on the right-hand side of your board).
- Food requirements are met if you have the species types (producers and/or animals) that an animal needs already in your nature reserve. The species in your reserve represent sustainable populations and can feed multiple animals.
- Protection requirements are met if you have invested enough money to reach the required protection level in the three types of protection.
Deck B is animals worth four points or less and with simple requirements. Deck C is animals worth four points or more with more complex requirements.
Each animal card shows its points, type of animal, protection requirements, food requirements and characteristics. For example, to play the Impala into your reserve you require: (a) food: at least one grass and two trees; (b) protection: at least level one poaching protection.
3. Complete Research and Invest Money
Just like real life, you need to earn money to fund your conservation efforts and increase protection levels. To do this you must complete research tasks. To complete research tasks you must fulfil criteria, in return gaining money and points. There will be four research tasks on the central board and these change every round. Each player can complete all four research tasks (to any level) and as many as they are able to in a turn. However, once you've taken payment for a research task, you may not claim it again. When you complete a research task, place a completion token on the card and then withdraw the allocated money cubes from the bank and claim your points by moving your animeeple forward on the board.
There are three types of protection: Climate protection, Habitat protection and Poaching protection.
Once you've earned enough money, you can start spending it. You can spend as much as you want in a turn on as many things as you can afford. Invest money to increase habitat and poaching protection levels for your own reserve. Climate protection is a shared protection level, and to invest your money to increase the protection level, place your money cubes onto the central board. You can also buy a rewilding card for four money cubes ($4m), which allows you to play any producer.
4. Pass the Hand of Cards
Pass the remaining cards in the hand (and the hand marker) clockwise to the next player. The round continues like this until everyone has played ten turns. Remember to complete all stages of the final turn to end the round.
At the end of each round (after playing a card on the 10th turn of the round):
- Discard the cards left in the hand
- Complete research tasks
- Discard the research tasks
- Then invest money
Scoring
After the tenth turn of the third round, the game is complete. To add up scores, follow these steps:
- Research – During the game, each time you complete research you will move your animeeple along the score track. Check that you've added your points for round three.
- Conservation awards – Award players ten points for each conservation award they've completed. Players can win all three awards as long as they fulfil the objectives. Add up the points you've won from conservation awards and move your animeeple accordingly on the score track.
- Animals – Take it in turns to add up the scores from the animals in your reserve. Remember that animals in your sanctuary don't count towards your final score.
- Goal cards – Finally, if you're playing with goal cards, add any extra points you've earned from completing your goal and move your animeeple on the score track.
Winning the Game
The player with the most points wins. In the case of a tie, share the victory, nature is the winner!
Gameplay Details
Producers
The following shows how many of each type of producer there are. The 'most required' column is an important guide for choosing producer cards. Since producers don't score victory points, you should not play more producers into your reserve than are required to feed animals higher up the food chain.
| Type | Total in decks | Most required by any animal |
|---|---|---|
| Grasses | 11 | 4 |
| Trees | 11 | 4 |
| Invertebrates | 11 | 3 |
| — Termites (subset) | 4 | 2 |
| — Bees (subset) | 2 | 1 |
| Fish | 7 | 3 |
Termites and Bees
Termites and bees are subsets of invertebrates. This means they count as invertebrates. However, other invertebrates do not count where an animal specifically requires a termite or a bee. For example, a nature reserve with one bee, one termite and one normal invertebrate fulfils the food requirements for the Agama (requires any 3 invertebrates) and the Bee-eater (requires 1 bee and 2 other invertebrates) but not the Aardvark (requires 2 termites specifically).
Tip: Generally, termites and bees are more useful than other invertebrates. Usually, the best combination to have in your reserve is two termites and one bee.
Animals
There are seven types of animals: small mammals; reptiles/amphibians; birds; medium mammals; large mammals; birds of prey and predators. Birds of prey and predators will not act as food requirements for other animals, but the other five types can also act as food requirements for other animals.
| Type | Total | Most required by any animal |
|---|---|---|
| Small Mammals | 18 | 3 |
| Birds | 18 | 3 |
| Reptiles/Amphibians | 17 | 3 |
| Medium Mammals | 18 | 4 |
| Large Mammals | 17 | 4 |
| Birds of Prey | 14 | — |
| Predators | 18 | — |
The size and weight of the animals is important for some research tasks. Some animals also have special characteristics that contribute towards goal cards. These characteristics are represented by icons beside the description text. For example, the Ground squirrel has the 'terrestrial' tag and the Roan has the 'antelope' tag.
Sanctuary
You can keep up to three animals in your sanctuary at any one time. Animals move out of your sanctuary into your nature reserve as soon as their food and protection levels are met and this does not count as a turn. As the game progresses, you might start chain-reactions in your sanctuary where multiple animals come out of your sanctuary one after the other. Animals in your sanctuary do not count towards research tasks or goal cards and won't score you any points at the end of the game. You can discard animals from your sanctuary at any time, each discarded card earns you one money cube ($1m).
Tip: if you can't play an animal right away but you consider it an asset to your nature reserve, or it will help you achieve your goal, then it is a good idea to keep it in your sanctuary until you have the right food and protection level to introduce it into your reserve.
Research Tasks
Complete as many research tasks as you like in a turn, remembering to take the money and points. Most research tasks give you a choice to complete them to different levels whereby if you meet more of the required criteria, you earn more money and points. Research tasks always refer to species played into your reserve. The numbers at the bottom of the card tell you how much money and points you receive depending on how fully you complete the research task. Four new research tasks are put in the centre board at the start of each round. The research tasks build in complexity each round: round 1 research tasks are simple but by round 3 they are difficult. Completion tokens are placed on the research tasks (on the board) to keep track of those you have completed.
For example, if you had three small mammals (with the required icon) in your reserve you can complete the research task to earn three money cubes ($3m) and three points — take three money cubes from the bank and move your animeeple three spaces on the board.
Protection Levels
To safely introduce animals into your nature reserve you need to invest money to increase habitat and poaching protection in your reserve and work together to improve climate protection.
Habitat and Poaching Protection
Habitat protection and poaching protection are your own responsibility within your reserve. The highest level of protection for habitat and poaching is level four. You may choose to prioritise investing in one over the other. For both, you need to build up the levels one by one. It costs one money cube ($1m) to reach level one, an additional $2m to reach level two, etc. You cannot partially invest to increase habitat or poaching protection. When you invest you must increase the protection level entirely. To reach level four protection you need to have invested a total of $10m.
Climate Protection
Climate protection is collaborative. All players can contribute to climate protection and you don't need to have invested the same as other players. You can invest as much or as little as you like in climate protection in a turn and you don't need to invest to increase a level all at once like you do for habitat and poaching protection. When a climate protection level is reached, it applies to everyone regardless of how much or little they have invested. The highest level of climate protection required is level three. The '3+' area on the climate protection board allows players to keep investing in climate even after the maximum protection level of three has been reached. This is so that players can achieve the climate award.
Use the same number of columns as there are players. For example, in a four-player game, $4m invested collectively in climate protection is needed for level one.
Note: You do not need to place your money cubes invested in climate protection in a particular column. And you do not need to have invested the same amount as other players.
Rewilding Cards
Rewilding cards allow you to add any producer to your nature reserve (except the special invertebrates termites and bees). You can buy rewilding cards for four money cubes ($4m) during the investing stage of a turn (i.e. it does not count as another turn). To play them, simply turn it over to the producer you want and tuck it in the corresponding column. You can also gain a rewilding card by playing the 'restoration' action card.
Conservation Awards
There are three conservation awards, each worth ten points. These are game-end bonuses which all players can win. You can win all three as long as you fulfil the objectives.
- Biodiversity Award (10 points): Have each of the 11 species types in your reserve. The producers that your landscape board starts with count towards this award.
- Climate Award (10 points): Contribute $8m to climate protection. Money contributed from the climate fund action cards counts towards this.
- Protection Award (10 points): Achieve level four habitat and poaching protection. This will require a total investment of $20m.
These are each listed on the quick-reference guide so you can remind yourself of the criteria while playing.
Goal Cards
Goal cards add an extra element of long-term strategy and complexity to the gameplay. They are recommended as the expert rules. If you want a simpler game, play without the goal cards.
At the start of the game, each player takes two random goal cards. Keep them secret from the other players. Hold onto both goal cards and at the end of the game choose only one of them to score (you do not score the other). Goals will require you to introduce animals into your nature reserve with specific characteristics, represented by icons. The more animals you have matching the required characteristics, the more points you will score. Remember that animals in your sanctuary do not count towards your goals, animals must be in your nature reserve. There is a clarification list in the appendix for each goal card.
For example, an 'Arboreal' goal scores for arboreal species in your reserve (animals pictured on a branch), and a 'Toxic' goal scores for toxic species in your reserve. Note: the toxic goal criteria include invertebrates as well as animals. All other goals only include animals.
Rule Variants
- Easy variant – To simplify the rules, play without research tasks, goal cards and conservation awards. Also remove the "researcher" action cards. Instead of the research tasks, all players will take seven money cubes ($7m) at the start of the game and at the end of each round (including at the end of round three). Note that the "Researcher" and "Campaigner" cannot be used if playing without the research tasks.
- Goal cards – Each player takes three goal cards at the start of the game. Score two of them at the end of the game.
- Passing the hands of cards – Instead of always passing the hands of cards to your left, you can rotate the direction of passing after each round.
- Research tasks – Remove the 'campaigner' conservation expert card from the game. At the start of round 1 and round 2, deal four research cards for that round and reveal the four research cards for the next round. Keep both sets of research cards on the table, but you can only complete research tasks for the round you are currently playing.
- Two-player variant – During game setup, separate the Relocation action cards from the other action cards. In Round 1: do not deal any Relocation cards into the game. In Round 2: put 1 Relocation card in each hand. In Round 3: put 2 Relocation cards in each hand. Relocation cards allow you to take cards from the discard pile for $1m, giving you access to more cards (remember that after dealing the hands for rounds two and three cards are put into the discard pile).
Conservation Experts
Some conservation experts are harder to use than others but offer more strategic depth; this is summarised with 'complexity' ratings from one to five. When playing Kavango for the first time, it is recommended to select from the experts with a complexity of one and two.
- Ecologist (Complexity 1/5): Ability 1: Buy rewilding cards for $2m (instead of the usual $4m). Ability 2: Once per round, you can discard an action card from your hand to gain a rewilding card (instead of playing a card). Helps you gain producers to build your reserve, useful for gaining producers you can't otherwise access from the cards in the hands.
- Investor (Complexity 1/5): Ability 1: Double the money every time you play a 'fund' action card (climate fund and wildlife fund) — gain $4m instead of the usual $2m. Ability 2: Gain $2m for discarding a card (instead of the usual $1m). Helps you earn money to invest in protection by playing specific action cards.
- Botanist (Complexity 2/5): Play an animal for which you are one plant (grass or tree) short for their food requirements. Tuck this card under that animal. You may untuck this card and use this ability again once you meet the food requirements for that animal. Makes it easier to play animals that require plants for food.
- Researcher (Complexity 2/5): At the start of each round, take a research card (for that round). Use it before the start of the next round. You may hide it from other players. Gives the player better access to gaining money and points by completing extra research tasks.
- Safari guide (Complexity 3/5): Gain $1m and 1 point each time you play an animal worth 8 or more points in your nature reserve. Particularly useful in round three, where money from research tasks can often be difficult to achieve.
- Campaigner (Complexity 4/5): At the beginning of the game you can (secretly) look at two of the four research tasks for each of rounds two and three. Keep these four research tasks beside you for reference until the start of rounds two and three respectively (when you place them onto the central board). Don't forget to take the research tasks from beside you and deal them onto the board for round two and round three.
- Local Leader (Complexity 3/5): Start with level 1 habitat protection. At the start of the game, place 1 money cube (from the bank, not your supply) on habitat protection. Ability: Play an animal for which you do not yet have the required habitat protection level. Tuck this card under that animal. You may untuck this card and use this ability again once you reach the required protection level for that animal. Local leader should focus more on investing in poaching protection than habitat protection.
- Ranger (Complexity 3/5): Start with level 1 poaching protection. At the start of the game, place 1 money cube (from the bank, not your supply) on poaching protection. Ability: Play an animal for which you do not yet have the required poaching protection level. Tuck this card under that animal. You may untuck this card and use this ability again once you reach the required protection level for that animal. Ranger should focus more on investing in habitat protection than poaching protection.
- Diplomat (Complexity 4/5): Ability 1: Once per round, you can make all players hold on to their current hands for another turn (instead of passing them). Announce during the choosing stage. Ability 2: When you play a climate fund action card you can make all players immediately invest up to $2m (from money in their supply) in climate protection. Best expert for forcing more interaction between players.
- Zoologist (Complexity 5/5): During the choosing stage of the turn, you may take two cards from the hand, replacing one card from the hand with an animal from your sanctuary. Very effective at swapping unwanted animal cards from the sanctuary.
Solo Rules
Overview
In the solo game you are playing against an opponent called "Oppo". The solo game plays in a similar way to the two-player game. Oppo plays without a landscape board and you draft cards and invest in protection for them by following a simple set of rules.
Setup
- Choose a landscape player board.
- Take the protection board that matches the colour of your board, place it above your landscape board on the right-hand side.
- Place the central board above your landscape board.
- Take the bank box matching the colour of your board and keep it beside your board.
- Place the card trays beside the central board or to the side of the table. The large card tray holds the action cards, deck A, deck B and deck C. The small card tray holds the research cards for each round, the goal cards and the rewilding cards.
- Take the completion tokens and animeeple that match the colour of your board. Place your animeeple on '0' on the score track on the central board. Completion tokens are kept beside your board.
- Put your money cubes in your bank box. Determine how much money you start with based on your ability level (Beginner $3m, Intermediate $2m, Expert $1m, Super expert $0m). Withdraw and keep it beside your player board.
- If you are playing with goal cards, shuffle them and take two. Store the remainder face down in the card tray.
- Take two conservation expert cards and choose one to keep (exclude the diplomat card).
- Take two random animals from deck C and place them in your sanctuary.
Oppo's setup: 11. Oppo does not have a landscape board. Instead take another protection board and place it to the right of your board. This will be Oppo's board. Take the money cubes and animeeple that match the colour of Oppo's board and place the animeeple on '0' on the score track. 12. Oppo starts with one of each producer type. Use four rewilding cards tucked under the protection board to show this. Oppo starts with a general invertebrate, not a termite or bee. 13. Oppo starts with level one habitat and poaching protection. Place one money cube ($1m) in habitat and poaching protection on Oppo's protection board. Oppo starts with one money cube ($1m) invested in climate protection. 14. Determine how much money Oppo starts with based on your ability level (Beginner $0m, Intermediate $1m, Expert $2m). Withdraw from the bank and keep beside Oppo's protection board. 15. Keep the producer die near you, you will use it to help decide which cards Oppo chooses.
Solo Gameplay
The solo quick-reference guide explains how Oppo chooses cards, earns money and points, and invests their money.
At the start of a round:
- Deal four research tasks onto the central board. You will complete these as normal but Oppo ignores them.
- Deal two hands of cards, following the solo guide.
- Give Oppo money and points, as per the solo quick-reference table.
- Invest money for Oppo in protection, as per the solo quick-reference table.
At the end of a round:
- You complete research tasks and invest money.
- Discard the research tasks.
- Discard any unused cards in the hands.
At the end of the third round: Count the scores, starting with Oppo. Remember you will have already gained points throughout the game for completing research tasks and Oppo automatically gains points at the end of each round. Start by adding points gained from conservation awards, then add points from animals and then from goal cards (if you're playing with them). Move the animeeples around the board to keep score.
Winning the game: Win the game by scoring more points than Oppo. In the case of a tie, share the victory with Oppo, nature is the winner!
Choosing Cards
You and Oppo choose cards from the same hand as each other on every turn, with Oppo always choosing first. Starting with 'Hand 1', Oppo takes and plays a card and then the solo player takes and plays a card. After this, the solo player can continue the turn as normal, completing research and investing if they want. This counts as one turn. For the next turn, Oppo and the solo player choose cards from 'Hand 2' and the cycle continues until ten turns have been played.
Oppo does not use a landscape board, instead you lay out their cards to the right-hand side of your board in a space-efficient way. Tuck producer cards under the top of Oppo's protection board; play animal cards above Oppo's protection board (they can be stacked as long as you can see the key information on the left-hand side of the cards); play sanctuary animals below Oppo's protection board. Oppo is allowed three sanctuary animals at any time.
How Oppo Chooses Cards
Oppo chooses cards according to these rules, in priority order:
- Highest-scoring animal for which they meet the food requirements.
- If they meet the protection requirements as well, they play the card immediately.
- If they do not have the protection requirements as yet, they play the animal into their sanctuary, unless their sanctuary is already full with three animals, in which case they do not choose that animal.
- In the case of a tie, they prioritise animals they can play into their reserve rather than their sanctuary. They then prioritise the animal for which they have fewer of that type. Otherwise, you decide which they choose and you can do this to your advantage.
- A producer / restoration action card.
- If Oppo does not fulfil the food requirements for any animals in the hand, they play a producer. This is done by rolling the die until you get a match with the options in the hand.
- Roll the die until you get a 'valid choice' for Oppo: Oppo will only play producers for which they do not already have the 'maximum required' (as set out in the producer table). Oppo can play more than two termites and more than one bee but not more than three invertebrates in total.
- If there are producers (grass, trees, invertebrates, fish) in the hand and you roll a match then you play that card for Oppo. If there is a 'restoration' action card in the hand, then you can use that to play any of the four types of producer (to match what was rolled on the die), but not the specialist invertebrates (bees or termites).
- An 'action card' or discarding a card.
- If Oppo cannot choose a valid animal or producer, then they play an action card or discard a card.
- If there are action card(s) in the hand, decide which they take. They ignore the normal effect of that action card; instead Oppo gains $2m for their money supply and gains $2m to invest immediately in climate protection (even if they have already invested $8m in climate protection).
- If there are no action cards, choose a card for Oppo to discard. The effect is otherwise the same as above.
How Oppo Gains Money, Points and Invests in Protection
Oppo does not complete research tasks. Instead, Oppo gains money and points at the start of each round depending on the difficulty level you choose. Oppo will invest money in habitat, poaching and climate protection during play and at the start of each round if they haven't already reached a minimum level during the previous round.
Start of round 2:
- Gain money for supply: Beginner $6m, Intermediate $7m, Expert $9m
- Gain points: Beginner 6, Intermediate 7, Expert 9
- Habitat protection: invest up to level two (if Oppo hasn't done so already in the previous round)
- Poaching protection: invest up to level two (if Oppo hasn't done so already in the previous round)
- Climate protection: invest up to $3m in total (Oppo's cumulative total)
Start of round 3:
- Gain money for supply: Beginner $9m, Intermediate $9m, Expert $10m
- Gain points: Beginner 9, Intermediate 9, Expert 10
- Habitat protection: invest up to level three (if Oppo hasn't done so already in the previous round)
- Poaching protection: invest up to level three (if Oppo hasn't done so already in the previous round)
- Climate protection: invest up to $6m in total (Oppo's cumulative total)
End of round 3:
- Gain points: Beginner 3, Intermediate 4, Expert 5
- At the end of the game, Oppo invests their money in whatever way gains them the most points. Take into account what animals they have in their sanctuary and what conservation awards they could win. They can invest more than $8m (cumulative total) in climate protection at this stage if this helps earn points.
During the rounds:
- Oppo can increase the habitat or poaching protection level by one level only if it is required by an animal in their sanctuary (and increasing the level allows the animal to be played) and they have enough money in their supply to pay for it.
- If during the rounds of play, you cumulatively invest more money in climate protection than Oppo, Oppo will match your investment if they have money available in their supply (up to a total of $8m invested). Oppo does not make additional investments in climate protection to play an animal(s) from their sanctuary unless it is the last turn of the game.
Conservation Experts for Oppo
Oppo either plays (a) without a conservation expert; or (b) selects from the botanist, ranger, local leader, climatologist and veterinarian. These experts all improve Oppo's ability to play high-scoring animals and give them more flexibility when choosing cards from the hand, making Oppo harder to beat.
Goal Cards for Oppo
If you are playing with goal cards, at the end of round 3 take three goal cards from the deck. Oppo gains the points for all three goals if they meet the criteria.
Credits
Created by Matt Brown and Zara Reid. Illustration and graphic design by Matt Brown. © Mazaza Games Ltd.