Cascadia

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• Setup
  • • Place all the wildlife tokens in the bag.
    • Randomly select habitat tiles based on player count, then place them in stacks face down:
      • 2 players: 43 (remove 42)
      • 3 players: 63 (remove 22)
      • 4 players: 83 (remove 2)
    • Randomly choose 1 wildlife scoring card for each of the 5 wildlife and place these in the play area.
    • Randomly distribute 1 starter habitat tile to each player.
    • Reveal 4 habitat tiles and place them in the center play area.
    • Draw 4 wildlife tokens and pair them with the 4 habitat tiles.
    • Place the nature tokens in the center play area.
    • Choose a start player.
• Gameplay
  • 1. Check to see if there are too many matching wildlife tokens:
       • If all 4 tokens are the same, they are set aside and 4 new tokens are drawn and paired in order. Repeat this as necessary.
       • If 3 tokens are the same, the active player may set aside those 3 tokens and replace them. This may only be done once per turn.
       • When finished, add all set aside tokens back to the bag.
    2. Select a pairing of habitat tile and wildlife token. You may optionally spend a nature token to do one of the following instead:
       • Take any 1 of the 4 habitat tiles and any 1 of the 4 wildlife tokens.
       • Wipe any number of wildlife tokens and replace them. (see step #1 above)
    3. Place the tile and token into your environment.
       • The habitat tile must be placed adjacent to any previously placed tile.
       • You cannot place a habitat tile on top of another tile.
       • The wildlife token may be placed onto a habitat tile:
         • The tile you are placing it on cannot already have a token on it.
         • The tile must show the matching wildlife.
         • If you cannot legally place the wildlife token, or you choose not to, return the token to the bag.
         • You may place the token on the tile you just placed.
         • If you place the token on a keystone tile, take a nature token.
    4. Put out a replacement habitat tile from a face down stack and a wildlife token from the bag.
• Game End

  • If there are no face down habitat tiles to replace the one taken at the end of a player's turn, the game ends (each player should have 20 turns).

    Using the score pad, score the following:

    1. Wildlife scoring cards:
       • Score each wildlife based on the wildlife scoring cards.
    2. Nature tokens:
       • Score 1 point per unused nature token.
    3. Habitat tiles:
       • Score 1 point per habitat tile in your largest contiguous habitat group for each of the 5 habitats.
    4. Habitat tile majorities:
       • Points are awarded for majorities in the 5 habitats based on player count:
         • 3-4 players: 3 points for the most and 1 point for 2nd
           • If 2 players tie for largest habitat, score 2 points for each of them.
           • If 3-4 players tie, 1 point each.
         • 2 players: 2 points for the most and 0 points for 2nd
           • All ties are 1 point each.

    Whoever has the most points wins. If there is a tie, the player with the most unused nature tokens wins. If there is still a tie, the players share the victory.

• Wildlife Scoring Cards
  • Bear
    • • Bear scoring card (A): Score points for the number of bear pairs. This must be exactly 2 bears next to each other with no other adjacent bears.
      • Bear scoring card (B): Score 10 points per group of 3 bears. Each group must be exactly 3 bears next to each other with no other adjacent bears.
      • Bear scoring card (C): Score points for each group of 1, 2, or 3 bears, depending on the size of the group. Score 3 bonus points if you have at least 1 of each of the 3 sizes.
  • Fox
    • • Fox scoring card (A): Score points for each fox based on the number of unique wildlife types adjacent to it. Other adjacent foxes may be scored.
      • Fox scoring card (B): Score points for each fox based on the number of unique pairs of other wildlife types adjacent to it. Other adjacent fox pairs to not score. Each pair must be unique (4 of a type does not score twice).
      • Fox scoring card (C): Score points for each fox depending on the number of a single wildlife type adjacent to it. Other adjacent foxes may not be scored.
  • Elk
    • • Elk scoring card (A): Score points shown for each straight line of adjacent elk, depending on the length of the line. 2 lines of elk may be adjacent to each other, but each elk may only count for a single line. Lines do not need to be horizontal.
      • Elk scoring card (B): Score points shown for each contiguous group of adjacent elk in any shape, depending on the size of the group.
      • Elk scoring card (C): Score points shown for each group of elk in each exact shape shown. 2 groups of elk may be adjacent to each other, but each elk can only count for 1 group. Groups may be rotated.
  • Hawk
    • • Hawk scoring card (A): Score points for total number of hawks that are not adjacent to any other hawk.
      • Hawk scoring card (B): Score points for each hawk based on its line of sight to any other hawks that are not directly adjacent. Line of sight is not interrupted by a gap in habitat tiles or by other wildlife.
      • Hawk scoring card (C): Score 3 points for each pair of hawks that share a direct line of sight between them. Each hawk may be counted as part of multiple pairs. Line of sight is not interrupted by a gap in habitat tiles or by other wildlife.
  • Salmon
    • • Salmon scoring card (A): Score points for each run of salmon, depending on the length of the run. A run is a group of adjacent salmon where each salmon is adjacent to no more than 2 other salmon. A group of 3 salmon in a "triangle" may count as a run, but no more salmon can legally be added to this run. Each run cannot have any other salmon adjacent to it.
      • Salmon scoring card (B): Score points for each run of salmon, depending on the length of the run. A run is a group of adjacent salmon where each salmon is adjacent to no more than 2 other salmon. A group of 3 salmon in a "triangle" may count as a run, but no more salmon can legally be added to this run. Each run cannot have any other salmon adjacent to it.
      • Salmon scoring card (C): Score points for each run of salmon, depending on the length of the run. A run is a group of adjacent salmon where each salmon is adjacent to no more than 2 other salmon. A group of 3 salmon in a "triangle" may count as a run, but no more salmon can legally be added to this run. Each run cannot have any other salmon adjacent to it.
• Variants
  • Family Variant
    • • Setup: Everything is the same except that you use only the family variant wildlife scoring card.
      • Turn summary: No changes.
      • End game & scoring: The game ends the same way as the standard game. Only score steps 1-3 in the scoring. (no habitat tile majorities)
      • Family variant scoring card: Score points show for each group of the same wildlife, depending on the size of the group. Groups may be any shape. A group of 4 or more of the same wildlife will score zero points!
  • Intermediate Variant
    • • Setup: Everything is the same except that you use only the intermediate variant wildlife scoring card.
      • Turn summary: No changes.
      • End game & scoring: No changes.
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