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Your goal is to build your own planet using the biome blocks. Score the most points while completing
shared and individual bonus cards. The game ends when 1 player fills their planet board.

CONTENTS
1 Planet Board per player 115 Biome Blocks per player: Biopods: 45 Geographic Feature
2 per player Bonus Cards
15 Tundra Blocks
MANGROVE

20 Desert Blocks GREAT

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30 Grassland Blocks

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GAME Setup
1. Give each player a planet board.
2. Lay out biopods, 2 per player.
3. Place all of the biome blocks in a bag or other container so you can’t easily see them.
4. Place the 5 shared purple bonus cards in the center of the play area.
5. Shuffle the blue bonus cards and deal 3 to each player.
5. Draw biome blocks from the supply and fill the biopods.

Player 1 Player 1
Block supply
biopods biopods

PLANET BOARD PLANET BOARD

GREAT DESERT GLACIER TROPICAL RAINFOREST PRAIRIE INLAND SEA/GREAT LAKE

Discard Bonus
pile Cards
Group of at least 10 FOREST Group of at least 8 TUNDRA Group of at least 10 FOREST Group of at least 10 Group of at least 6 aquatic
BLOCKS IN THE BLOCKS IN THE POLAR REGION. BLOCKS IN THE GRASSLAND BLOCKS IN blocks completely surrounded
TROPICAL REGION TROPICAL REGION THE TEMPERATE REGION by land (not in a line).

16 POINTS 16 POINTS 16 POINTS 16 POINTS 16 POINTS

Shared bonus cards

Player 3
3 bonus cards 3 bonus cards

PLANET BOARD

3 bonus cards
 How to play
Determine which player goes first. On your turn choose 1 of 3 actions:

Action 1 - Choose 1 pod and place the 4 blocks.

-Your planet board has different climate regions that have specific placement rules:
-Polar (Top and bottom of planet), Tropical (Center area of planet), and Temperate (between Polar and Tropical)
-Place blocks following these placement rules:
• Aquatic/Blue can be placed in any region. POLAR

• Forest/Green can be placed in any region. TEMPERATE

• Tundra/White blocks can only be placed in the polar regions.
TROPICAL
• Grassland/Gold Blocks can go in the Tropical or Temperate, but not Polar.
• Desert/Tan Blocks can go in the Tropical or Temperate, but not Polar. TEMPERATE
-Any blocks that cannot be legally placed are returned to the block supply. POLAR

Action 2 (ONCE PER ROUND) - Relocate 3 blocks on your planet board.

-Take up to 3 blocks off of your planet board, then place them in new locations, or return them to the supply.

Action 3 (ONCE PER ROUND) - Discard any number of unscored Bonus Cards from your hand and draw up to the
hand limit of 3 cards. If the draw pile is empty, reshuffle the discard pile to make a new draw pile.

SCORING BONUS CARDS

On your turn, whenever your planet board contains the correct number and placement of blocks to complete
a bonus card, show the result to the other players, then place that card next to your board. This can be done
by placing blocks, moving blocks, or by drawing a new card that happen to match an existing formation of blocks.
NOTE: If the shape has a red outline around it, it needs to match that shape exactly, in any rotation. Otherwise the
blocks can be in any shape as long as it is the same number of blocks and meets any other shape or placement rules.
• Players are competing for the shared bonus cards. Whichever player first completes the card, claims it from
the center of the table and places it next to their player board. No one else can score this card during the game.
• Blocks can be shared between geographic areas. Ex. Grassland blocks can be shared between a Prairie and a Marsh.
• You cannot score 2 identical cards.
• A smaller geographic feature that is already scored, can be built upon to create a larger feature. However, once a
larger feature is scored, it cannot be used to score a smaller feature using the same blocks within the feature.
Ex. - A stream can become a river, or a steppe can become a prairie, but not vice versa if the larger feature has scored.
• When you complete a card from your hand, you may immediately draw a new card if available.

END OF ROUND
• Players continue to take actions until the last selection pod is empty - then the round ends.
• At the end of the round, refill the selection pods randomly from the supply.
• Play continues with the player that was next in turn order.

END OF GAME
• Continue playing rounds until one player fills their board and play ends immediately.
• Tally points to determine the winner!

SCORING
Score 10 points per each of the 5 regions that are completed.
Score points for each bonus card completed.

SOLO GAME
Score as many bonus cards as you can while completing your planet board! Keep track of your highest score!
 GREAT DESERT RAINFOREST GLACIER
TROPICAL TROPICAL POLAR

Group of 8 desert blocks Group of at least 10 forest Group of 8 tundra

in the tropical region, NOT blocks in the tropical region. blocks in the polar region.
touching the edge of the board.

16 POINTS 16 POINTS 16 POINTS

PRAIRIE COLD/TEMPERATE DESERT COLD/TEMPERATE DESERT
TEMPERATE TEMPERATE TEMPERATE

Group of at least 10 grassland Group of at least 6 desert blocks in Group of at least 6 desert blocks in
blocks in the temperate region. the temperate Region, NOT the temperate Region, NOT
touching the edge of the board. touching the edge of the board.

16 POINTS 8 POINTS 8 POINTS

INLAND SEA/GREAT LAKE COLD/TEMPERATE DESERT COASTAL DESERT
TEMPERATE

Group of at least 6 aquatic Group of at least 6 desert blocks in Group of 8 desert blocks
blocks completely surrounded the temperate Region, NOT with at least 3 touching the
by land (not in a line). touching the edge of the board. edge of the board.

16 POINTS 8 POINTS 12 POINTS

 ARCHIPELAGO ISTHMUS PENINSULA

Group of at least 3 2 bodies of water seperated Group of at least 3 land block

islands surrounded by water by a single strip of land. in a line surrouned
(or edge of the board). by water on 3 sides

14 POINTS 12 POINTS 12 POINTS

OASIS
TROPICAL
OASIS
TROPICAL
OASIS
TROPICAL

1 aquatic block 1 aquatic block 1 aquatic block

Surrounded by desert Surrounded by desert Surrounded by desert
in the tropical region. in the tropical region. in the tropical region.

8 POINTS 8 POINTS 8 POINTS

ICE CAP
POLAR
ICE CAP
POLAR
ICE CAP
POLAR

Group of at least 6 tundra blocks Group of at least 6 tundra blocks Group of at least 6 tundra blocks
at the top or bottom of the polar at the top or bottom of the polar at the top or bottom of the polar
region. (shape specific) region. (shape specific) region. (shape specific)

8 POINTS 8 POINTS 8 POINTS

 TEMPERATE FOREST
TEMPERATE
TEMPERATE FOREST
TEMPERATE
TEMPERATE FOREST
TEMPERATE

Group of at least 8 forest blocks Group of at least 8 forest blocks Group of at least 8 forest blocks
in the temperate region. in the temperate region. in the temperate region.

12 POINTS 12 POINTS 12 POINTS

SAVANNA SAVANNA SAVANNA
TROPICAL TROPICAL TROPICAL

Group of at least 3 forest and Group of at least 3 forest and Group of at least 3 forest and
4 grassland blocks in the 4 grassland blocks in the 4 grassland blocks in the
tropical region. (Shape specific) tropical region. (Shape specific) tropical region. (Shape specific)

12 POINTS 12 POINTS 12 POINTS

COASTAL DESERT BOREAL FOREST
POLAR
(TAIGA) BOREAL FOREST
POLAR
(TAIGA)

Group of 8 desert blocks Group of at least 6 forest Group of at least 6 forest

with at least 3 touching the blocks in the polar region. blocks in the polar region.
edge of the board.

12 POINTS 8 POINTS 8 POINTS

 ISLAND POND POND

At least 1 land block (not polar) 1 aquatic block surrounded 1 aquatic block surrounded
surrounded by water by land on all sides by land on all sides
(or edge of the board). (NOT DESERT). (NOT DESERT).

8 POINTS 6 POINTS 6 POINTS

CAPE RIVER ICEBERG
POLAR

Group of at least 3 land blocks Group of at least 5 aquatic At least 1 tundra block
that extend into an aquatic area. blocks in a line bordered Surrounded by water
(shape specific) on 2 sides by land. (Or the edge of the board)

8 POINTS 12 POINTS 8 POINTS

BAY FRESHWATER LAKE SEA

Group of at least 3 Group of at least 3 aquatic Group of at least 5

aquatic blocks along the edge blocks surrounded by aquatic blocks along the
of the board. (shape specific) Land on all sides Edge of the board

8 POINTS 8 POINTS 10 POINTS

 MANGROVE
TROPICAL
WETLAND/MARSH
TEMPERATE
WETLAND/MARSH
TEMPERATE

Group of 3 forest and Group of 3 grassland and Group of 3 grassland and

4 aquatic blocks in the 4 aquatic blocks in the 4 aquatic blocks in the
tropical region. (shape specific) temperate region. (shape specific) temperate region. (shape specific)

12 POINTS 12 POINTS 12 POINTS

MANGROVE
TROPICAL
MANGROVE
TROPICAL
WETLAND/MARSH
TEMPERATE

Group of 3 forest and Group of 3 forest and Group of 3 grassland and

4 aquatic blocks in the 4 aquatic blocks in the 4 aquatic blocks in the
tropical region. (shape specific) tropical region. (shape specific) temperate region. (shape specific)

12 POINTS 12 POINTS 12 POINTS

STEPPE STEPPE STEPPE
TEMPERATE TEMPERATE TEMPERATE

Group of at least 6 Group of at least 6 Group of at least 6

Grassland blocks in Grassland blocks in Grassland blocks in
The temperate region The temperate region The temperate region

8 POINTS 8 POINTS 8 POINTS