The Search for Lost Species
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The Search for Lost Species: A Deductive Adventure Between Science and Mystery
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In The Search for Lost Species, you play as a group of scientists on a mission to the remote lands of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea , searching for animals and plants that have been missing for decades. A deductive board game that combines rigorous logic, exploration, and a touch of adventure to bring incredible and mysterious creatures back to the map, inspired by real-life scientific research.
With a double-sided map, six species to track down, and a system that integrates with the official app to confirm your observations, every game is a new expedition. You'll be challenged to plan every move, gather clues, and piece together the puzzle as you compete (or collaborate) to be the first to make the discovery everyone is waiting for.
Why Play The Search for Lost Species
- 🔍 Brilliant Deduction : Combine logic and intuition to locate lost species
- 🌴 Real-world setting : based on the work of the Re:wild organization and on real endangered species
- 🗺️ Modular map : two different islands to explore for ever-changing gameplay
- 📱 Dedicated app that validates your searches and adds tension to the experience
- 🤝 For 1–4 players , perfect for both solo and group play
If you love deduction board games , cerebral challenges, and adventures with a strong connection to the real world, The Search for Lost Species will give you a unique experience: combining the thrill of discovery with the beauty of the wild.
The world needs explorers: are you ready to rediscover what seemed lost?
The Search for Lost Species
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🐸 HOW TO PLAY
1. Parts for shipping
Each player is a scientist-explorer tasked with finding one of six lost species in danger of extinction. The modular map represents the islands of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea and will become the field of your investigation.
2. Investigate with deduction
Like a logic puzzle, you must gather clues about the animals' habitats and movements. Each piece of information narrows the possibilities and narrows the field, allowing you to exclude areas and get ever closer to the extinct species.
3. Move around the map and search
Unlike other deduction games, here you can't just think: you have to physically move around the map . Expeditions take your scientist to critical locations, where you can perform special actions and uncover new pieces of the mystery.
4. Use the app to confirm your findings
Each sighting is logged in the free companion app , which confirms or denies your observations. This system keeps the game fluid, eliminates calculation errors, and gives you the feeling of being part of a real scientific expedition.
5. Reveal the lost species
Once you've gathered enough evidence, you can attempt to identify the exact location of the lost species . If your deduction is correct, you'll not only win the game, but you'll have symbolically contributed to bringing a treasure of biodiversity back to life.
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44x63mm - Quantity 24
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The Search for Lost Species
Science meets adventure: every map is a puzzle, every discovery a blow to the heart.
A journey through deduction, exploration and mysterious species to be found
The Search for Lost Species – A scientific adventure that becomes a game
There are animals and plants the world has forgotten, but which may still exist, hidden in remote places. In The Search for Lost Species , you are an explorer, a researcher, a scientist who sets out on expeditions into the wilds of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
Every step on the board is a step into the jungle, every deduction a pair of binoculars pointed at the future. You don't play just to win: you play to give voice to what risks disappearing forever.
A game of deduction that also talks about reality
The Search for Lost Species is a board game of deduction and exploration for 1–4 players , ideal as a strategic family game or for groups who enjoy a mental challenge. Based on the success of The Search for Planet X , it introduces new maps, expeditions, and the search for real-life lost species , in collaboration with the organization Re:wild.
It's a strategic board game with an integrated app , perfect for those looking for ever-changing games, with puzzles to solve and mysteries to unravel together or alone.
The deduction that takes you into the wilderness 🐸
The game's unique feature is its blend of logical deduction and map movement . You don't just think: you move, explore, choose routes and take actions that can change the entire expedition.
Each game offers different species to find , with double-sided maps and the variability provided by asymmetrical cards. The tension builds with each turn: report a discovery in the app, confirm it or not, and see who can return the "lost" species to the map first.
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Cooperiamo.Poi ascoltiamo il capo.– FrogZen
Gioco in solo per rilassarmi.Litigo con me stesso.– SoloFrog
Mazzo perfetto.Pesco cinque zavorre.– Lady Meeple
Motore online.Al penultimo turno.– MechaFrog
Primo meeple posato.Posto sbagliato.– Capo Rana
Drafto con criterio.Ti nego la carta giusta.– Lady Croak
Spingo la fortuna.Lei non si muove.– Rana Fortuna
Tiro benissimo.Scrivo rimpianti.– Scribe Frog
Mi manca solo una carta.È nel tuo tableau.– Girinix
Elimino ogni sospetto.Tranne il colpevole.– SherFrog
Non mi affeziono.Sticker uno: lacrime.– Archivista Anfibio
È chiarissimo.Fino a pagina 17.– Maestro Ranaldo
Il downtime insegna la pazienza.E lo shopping di espansioni.– FrogBerto
Non è indecisione.È turismo nel regolamento.– La Rana Saggia
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