Ark Nova
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Ark Nova
🦁 Design the zoo of your dreams and support global conservation!
Ark Nova is one of the world's most acclaimed strategic board games. 🎯 As the leader of a modern, scientifically managed zoo, you'll build enclosures, foster rare animals, and support global conservation projects.
Your goal? To transform your zoo into a model of success and sustainability, balancing public attraction, scientific reputation, and conservation points.
✔ Deep and rewarding action management system ✔ 255 unique cards including animals, specialists and buildings ✔ Strategic experience for experts and enthusiasts ✔ Combines engine building, resource management and long-term planning
Can you create the most innovative and respected zoo in the world? 🌍🏞️
Board game details
- Number of players: 1-4
- Game length: 90-150 minutes
- Recommended age: 14+
- Designer: Mathias Wigge
- Illustrator: Steffen Bieker
- Publisher: Cranio Creations
- Edition language: Italian
Ark Nova
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🐸 HOW TO PLAY
1 Each player builds and manages their own modern zoo, placing enclosures, housing animals, and collaborating on conservation projects.
2 In turn, you choose one of the five available actions (Build, Animals, Association, Cards, Sponsor), the effect of which depends on its position on your action board.
3 Animal and Sponsor cards have requirements and synergies to meet, and can offer you immediate bonuses or long-term income.
4 You can collaborate with universities, research institutions and other zoos to benefit and participate in global conservation projects.
5 The game ends when your attraction point track crosses the conservation point track: whoever has the best balance between the two wins!
📦 BOX CONTENTS
- 1 scoreboard
- 1 Association Board
- 8 Double-Sided Player Cards
- 255 cards
- 129 wooden pieces
- 250+ cardboard tiles and tokens
🃏 SACHETS
63x88mm - Quantity 255
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Build the zoo of the future and promote animal conservation with strategy and vision.
Ark Nova: Plan, build and protect species in an acclaimed strategic management game
Created by Mathias Wigge and published by Cranio Creations , Ark Nova is a deep strategy management board game where you design and develop a modern zoo focused on species conservation. Play animal cards, build structures, create partnerships, and grow your zoo through a scalable action system and strategic combinations.
Complex yet incredibly rewarding , Ark Nova offers tremendous replayability, gameplay rich with meaningful choices, and a sense of continuous growth. A must-have for fans of modern management games.
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We tried it. And every card created something extraordinary! 🐸
We played Ark Nova and found ourselves immersed in a deep and engaging challenge . Building the zoo, choosing the right cards, connecting animals and conservation projects gave us one of the most rewarding strategic experiences we've ever had . Every turn was a crucial decision , and watching our plan evolve was exhilarating.
If you love complex management games, full of synergies and with a strong thematic identity, Ark Nova will win you over turn after turn.
Recommended by FroGames 🐸
If you're looking for an expert-level management game that combines strategic depth, an engaging theme, and carefully constructed combos, Ark Nova is the perfect game for your true gamer's table.
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I giochi da tavolo non servono a passare il tempo. Servono a viverlo meglio. – La Rana Saggia
Ogni regola è un’opportunità nascosta. Scoprila con occhi nuovi. – Il Girino Curioso
Non so come ho vinto. Ma è stato divertentissimo. Rigioca, se hai il coraggio. – La Ranarock Ribelle
Una buona mossa è silenziosa. La vittoria, inevitabile. – Ranaldo Stratega
Non serve vincere per giocare bene. Serve giocare per stare bene. – Zio Rospo Zen
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