Place all the animals in order on the outer circle of the game board.
Place the Nature Explorer on the inner track next to one of the ponds.
Then hide one of each kind of animal under a bush.
Each player takes one animal base on which to collect animals.
Game Play
The youngest player starts.
Roll the die and move the Nature Explorer forward by the number shown.
One animal on the game board equals one step for the Nature Explorer.
The Nature Explorer stops at the animal on which it lands. If that animal is not yet on the player's base, the player takes it and places it on their base at the marked spot.
If the Nature Explorer stops on a square where the animal is already on the player's base, the animal stays in its place.
If the Nature Explorer's piece stops on the pond, the player must return one of the animals they have collected to any freely chosen place on the board.
The same is done by a player who rolls the pond picture on the die.
When the player rolls the pond picture, place the Nature Explorer on the pond.
When a player rolls the Nature Explorer picture, they may do one of two things:
Move the piece to any freely chosen animal and take it.
Take one animal from a player who has already collected 5 animals.
If the Nature Explorer lands on a bush picture, the player may look under that bush.
A bush animal is treated like any other animal.
If the animal under the bush is still there, cover it again under the bush. If it is not there (it was already taken), the player takes it for themselves and places any freely chosen animal under the bush.
If a player remembers which animal is under a bush, the player who stopped at that bush may move again with a new roll of the die.
Remembered animals under the bush may not be looked at again.
Winner
The winner is the player who first collects six animals.
