Capstone Games Ark Nova: Marine Worlds Strategy Board Game Expansion - Introduces Sea Animals Into Your Zoo, 1-4 Players, Ages 12+
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Style: Marine Worlds
Features
- DIVE DEEPER WITH MARINE WORLDS: Welcome majestic sea creatures to your zoo! Build specialized aquariums to house them, leverage a new university for guaranteed animal acquisition, explore alternate action cards with unique bonuses, and experience a refreshed game with new Zoo cards, Final Scoring cards, upgraded wooden components, and thematic animal tokens for conservation projects (Ark Nova base game required).
- BUILD A THRIVING ZOO: Plan and construct a modern zoo that prioritizes the well-being of animals. Design enclosures that match their natural habitats and support vital conservation efforts, with the ultimate goal of owning the most successful Zoological Establishment
- SMOOTH AND FAST GAMEPLAY: With 5 core actions to choose from each turn, Ark Nova plays smoothly and quickly. Each player has a set of 5 action cards which you will use and upgrade to carry out your plans. Manage your resources wisely, draft cards strategically, and cleverly chain actions together. This will allow you to create a truly impressive zoo that outshines the competition.
- DYNAMIC TURNS & ADMINISTRATION: Ark Nova features a unique turn structure. Players take turns in a clockwise direction, with "breaks" in between for administrative tasks like discarding cards, recalling workers, and generating income.
- ENDLESS REPLAYABILITY: Throughout a game of Ark Nova, the players will only see about half of the total cards included in the game, resulting in endless replayability. 1-4 Players, Ages 12+, 90 to 150 Minute Play Time
Description
"Marine Worlds introduces sea animals into your zoo! To accommodate them, you need to build aquariums, a new kind of special enclosure. A new University allows you guaranteed access to 1 animal icon of your choice. For the 5 original action cards, there are now 4 alternate versions, each with small bonuses! Replace 2 of your action cards with alternate versions at the start of the game to give yourself a familiar, yet different game. Marine Worlds includes new Zoo cards, Final Scoring cards, and Bonus tiles to mix with those from the base game. New wooden components for the Appeal, Conservation, and Reputation tracks and a set of wooden animals to use for supporting conservation projects makes your game of Ark Nova come to life! Enhance your experience of Ark Nova with Marine Worlds! "
Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 6 x 1.2 inches
Item Weight: 1.32 pounds
Country of Origin: China
Item model number: CSGFS5120
Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
Release date: October 31, 2023
Language: English
Manufacturer: Capstone Games
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Style: Ark Nova
I got Ark on a whim and minor recommendation from a friend of mine, and oh man, did it follow through. Ark Nova is a very large game about running a zoo while also taking part in animal conservation efforts across the globe. Turns happen one after another were players choose one of five actions like playing animal cards, building enclosures, assisting conservations, getting sponsors or drawing more cards. While turns are short, they do require quite a bit of strategy and forward thinking as another players action could force you to change your next move. There are a multitude of winning strategys available as well. My fist game was focusing strictly on primates, another player mainly aimed towards getting animals of a certain continent while someone else goal was to increase his fame through sponsorships. The game also supports nearly 250, beautifully photographed cards of animals all across the globe, making it a aesthetically pleasing as well! My only real gripe with the game is that the rules can be difficult starting out. Our group started the game and didn't really get into the flow of the turns for the first 2 hours; and when the box say an average game takes about 2 and a half to 3 hours, they mean it. So while the game is great, it's not really for new board game players or people looking for a casual game. All-in-all, a great game and I highly recommend it to anyone looking for a great time killer or who has a love of all things animals!
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Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2022 by Zack
Style: Ark Nova
Ark Nova is an amazing medium to heavy complexity board game about animal conservation and building a zoo. It has a unique action selection method and tons of gorgeous cards. Takes a lot of room -- can be quite the table hog. A modern masterpiece.
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2025 by Melissa B
Style: Ark Nova
This game arrived on time in good condition. This game is not an easy learn! the first play through was about 2.5 hrs and was confusing. 2-3 play thoughts went easier but it has a learning curve that can discourage play in the beginning. Fun dynamics and there are endless strategies to win.
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2025 by Sam
Style: Ark Nova
We love this game. It is beautifully made with high quality pieces. Great strategy game. Be ready to commit to a few hours of game play, because it takes awhile to play.
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2025 by Stacy Wittrock
Style: Ark Nova
I play this 2-player with my fiancée and we love it. There is not much player interaction in the sense that you are not directly influencing each others plays, but that is not a downside in these kinds of games. I love the placing of tiles, the gigantic deck of options that it provides, and the action selection. The game is competitive, but with a very chill feeling. I would recommend this to everyone, although this could be a little to complex to those not used to this kinds of games (not an entry-level board game). We've bought the expansion as well, and I can't recommend that enough.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 4, 2024 by Gabriel Augusto Arsego
Style: Marine Worlds
My son (16) and I have played Ark Nova probably about 15 times before we decided we wanted the expansion. The expansion is great and adds new animals, enclosers, variety of new action cards and research to the game. The wooden animal meeples that you use to mark conservation projects you support are really nice too. Wish it would have come with a few new maps that when with the aquatic theme but pretty sure some fan made ones are out there. BE SURE TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT PULLING CARDS OUT OF BASE GAME DECKS FIRST! I made the mistake of just shuffling in the cards then saw that I had to remove cards from the base game because some of the new cards replace old cards. Every thing fits in original box and I just stuck the stuff I replaced with expansion in the expansion box so I don't mix them back up on accident.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2025 by STLMikey81 STLMikey81
Style: Ark Nova
My wife and I LOVE this game. It's a perfect game to play for 2 players, but of course works well with more too. The game is beautiful and everything looks crisp
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2024 by Courtney Payne
Style: Ark Nova
Beautiful game. Unique concept. Lots of replay-ability. My kids and I love all the unique animals, they want to google them all. Four stars only, though, but initial set up is time consuming and the included manual is useless when it comes to actual gameplay. You’ll need to find a YouTube walkthrough to get the hang of the flow of the game.
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Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025 by David Porter