Cascadia

Setup

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Place the round animal tokens in the bag

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Prepare the cones as a supply

3

Remove hexagonal wilderness tiles depending on the number of players

Are you 4 players? Remove 2

Are you three? Remove 22

Are you 2 players? Remove 42

4

Make some hidden stacks out of the remaining wilderness tiles

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Place 4 of the wilderness tiles openly as a display

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Draw 4 round animal tokens from the bag and place them in front of the wilderness tiles

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Choose a card for each animal species. So, 5 in total

For the first game, take cards with an A at the bottom right

Later, draw a random card from each animal type

For children and beginners, there's a simple card where all animals are scored equally

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Draw starting landscapes

You randomly draw one of these 3-sided hexagons

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Determine a starting player and then begin

Goal

1

Collect points with animal patterns – exactly as shown on the cards

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Landscapes also score points – the bigger, the better!

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The game ends when there are no hexagonal landscape tiles left

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The player with the most points at the end wins

Gameplay

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When it's your turn, you go through the following 4 phases

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Phase 1: Check for overpopulation

Are all 4 animals identical?

Push them aside

Draw new ones from the bag and lay them out

If they're all the same again, repeat the process

Then throw the old animals into the bag

Are 3 animals the same?

Once during your turn you may:

Set aside 3 identical animals

Draw 3 new animals and place them in the display

Afterwards, throw the old animals into the bag

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Phase 2: Choose a wilderness tile and an animal

Take an animal and a wilderness tile that are beneath each other

Or spend a cone for more options

Throw it into the cone supply. Then you may:

Take any animal with any wilderness tile from the display

Or exchange up to 3 animals, and draw new ones

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Phase 3: Place tiles

The wilderness tile must be placed

It doesn't have to be the same landscape

Just make sure at least one side touches another tile

You may place the animal tile or throw it into the bag

If you place it:

Find a suitable tile in your landscape where the animal can go

Cone on the wilderness tile with the new animal

Is a white cone depicted on the tile where you placed the animal?

Then take a cone from the supply

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Phase 4: Refill the display

Draw until the display is fully replenished

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No hexagonal tiles left?

End of the game!

Grab the score pad and tally the points

Scoring

1

Each player does the following:

Go through the animal cards one by one

You receive points according to the size and pattern

Here, the A cards are explained

Find the largest area of each landscape

The largest contiguous area counts

Enter the number of tiles on the score pad

The points go in the left part of the box

For bonus points, there's an extra box on the right

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Bonus points for areas

For 2 players:

2 points for the largest area type

If there's a tie, each player gets 1 point

3-4 players:

Is there no tie?

largest area: 3 points

second largest area: 1 point

Is there a tie?

2 players tied: 2 points each

3-4 players tied: 1 point each

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Each remaining cone scores you one point

Infos

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Bear A

Bears always want to be in pairs

Solo bears or groups do not score points

Each pair increases the score

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Elk A

Elk must stand in a straight line

Lines must not cross. Each elk may only have 2 neighbors

3

Salmon A

Salmons must swim in a line

The line doesn't have to be straight

Lines must not cross

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Hawk A

Hawks must fly alone

The more single hawks, the more points

Groups of hawks do not score points

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Fox A

Foxes want many different neighbors

Up to 5 points, as there are 5 animal species