The Search for Lost Species

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• Setup
  • • Place the board in the middle of the table such that each player is seated at a cardinal direction (N/S/E/W). You can choose the easy or hard side.
    • Choose a lost species from the lost species deck, either randomly or 1 that the players agree upon.
      • Return the rest of the lost species to the box.
    • Shuffle the town cards and place them face down on the town deck space, then reveal the top 4 into their spaces.
    • Place the mountain tokens so that each mountain range illustration is covered (between 2 hexes).
    • Separate the timing tokens by type and create a supply (optionally in the boat).
    • Place the expedition leader pawn on the 1st wood-grained space on the time track (number 1 at the top).
    • Each player chooses a color and:
      • Takes 2 scientist pawns
        • Place 1 pawn in the start space of the time track.
        • The 2nd pawn will be placed when the app instructs you.
      • Takes a pencil and a note sheet matching the side of the board they are facing.
      • Takes a player screen matching their color.
      • Takes 1 camera trap token
      • Takes 1 town token
      • Takes 1 lory diamond token
      • Takes 10 sighting tokens
    • Each player install and sets up the app:
      • Select your choice of lost species at the top.
      • Select the matching island you are using (hard/easy).
      • Share the game code with everyone else so they can enter it in their app and join the game.
      • Enter the side of the board you are sitting on.
      • Choose your difficulty level, which determines the amount of starting information.
        • Record the starting information on your note sheet.
      • Write the research and conference topics on the right side of your note sheet.
      • Place your scientist pawn on the board where the app tells you.
      • Tap START GAME to begin.
• Gameplay

  • Players will continue taking turns, with the last player on the time track always taking the next turn. This continues until someone finds the lost species.

    Each turn consists of the following steps:

    1. Take 1 action (from the 5 available actions).
    2. Advance your pawn on the time track based on the cost of the action.
       • Skip over any expedition leader spaces (wood-grain); do not count these as spaces for your movement.
       • If you end with another player, place your pawn ahead of the other player(s).
    3. Activate and advance the expedition leader, if necessary. This will happen when the leader is furthest back on the time track.
       1. 1st activate the leader's space, performing the phase shown on the current space.
       2. 2nd move the pawn to the next expedition leader space (wood-grain space).
  • Survey by Foot (3 time)
    • • Move your pawn on the island 1-3 spaces (you can double-back).
        • Each move is from 1 area to an adjacent area.
        • You may not cross a mountain.
        • You may start in a town.
      • Survey for 1 animal in all areas entered.
      • Announce your selections (spaces and species) to the other players.
        • Information revealed by the app is private.
  • Survey by Boat (2 time)
    • • Move your pawn 4-6 areas following the coastline (you can double-back).
        • You must survey a minimum of 4 areas.
        • Each move is from 1 area to an adjacent area.
        • You may not cross a mountain.
        • Your movement must start on, move to, and end only on the coast.
        • Do not count a town you pass as an area.
        • You may start in a town.
      • Survey for 1 animal in all areas entered.
      • Announce your selections (spaces and species) to the other players.
        • Information revealed by the app is private.
  • Camera Trap (4 time)
    • • Move your pawn on the island up to 3 areas, ending in the area where you want to use the camera trap.
        • Each move is from 1 area to an adjacent area.
        • You may not cross a mountain.
      • Announce that you are using a camera trap in this area.
        • The app will reveal which animal is located here or it will appear empty. Reminder: The lost species will be in a location that appears empty.
        • Information revealed by the app is private.
  • Visit a Town (1 time)
    • • Move your pawn on the island up to 3 areas, ending in a town.
        • Each move is from 1 area to an adjacent area.
        • You may not cross a mountain.

      • Place your town token on the town.

        • You cannot visit a town again until you get your town token back from the expedition leader's town phase.

      • Choose 1 town card.

        • Select a face-up town card from the board, then replace it with a new card from the deck.
          • If the deck is empty, shuffle the discard to make a new deck.
        • Keep "game end" and "always" cards in front of you for the rest of the game.
        • "1x" cards can only be used once and are discarded when used.
        • "Instant" cards are resolved immediately when taken, then discarded.
      • Research 1 topic.
        • Announce the available research topic to the other players.
          • Do not share the logic rule provided by the app.
  • Locate the Lost Species (5 time)
    • • (in the app) Select which area you think contains the lost species and what you think is located in any 2 adjacent areas.
        • Areas separated by mountains are not considered adjacent.
        • Do not announce the area you searched.
        • Do announce whether you succeeded or failed.
• End of Game

  • The game end is triggered when a player correctly locates the lost species.

    • That player must still pay the time penalty (5 time) for the attempt.
    • Each other player gets 1 final opportunity to score points if their pawn is at least 1 space back from the player who located the lost species.
    • Based on how far back the player is from the player who found the lost species, they can do 1 of the following:
      • Report sightings (see the Sighting Phase.
        • 1-3 spaces behind the leader: Report 1 sighting.
        • 4-5 spaces behind the leader: Report 2 sightings.
      • Locate the lost species using the normal action.
        • Do not move your pawn to spend time. Instead, if correct, gain 4-12 points based on how far back you are on the time track (see below).

    Final Scoring

    1. Press the "End Game & Reveal All" button in the app to reveal the locations of all animals on the board.
    2. Flip all remaining face-down animal tokens on the board and remove any incorrect sightings.
       • Any correct sightings that were the 1st to be placed do receive the leader bonus.
    3. Score 1 point for each area where you were the first player (or tied) to report the correct sighting for the area. These are the circled numbers in the lower right of your note sheet.
    4. Score points for each correct sighting:
       • Lories: 2 points each
       • Cuscus: 3 points each
       • Toads: 4 points each
       • Python: 5 points
    5. Score any end game town cards.
    6. Score 12 points if you were the 1st player to locate the lost species.
    7. If you located teh lost species, but were not the 1st player to do so, score points based on how far behind you are from the 1st player to located the lost species:
       • 5 spaces back: 12 points
       • 4 spaces back: 10 points
       • 3 spaces back: 8 points
       • 2 spaces back: 6 points
       • 1 spaces back: 4 points

    Whoever has the most points wins. If there is a tie:

    1. The tied player who ended with the most points for discovering the lost species wins.
    2. The tied player who scored the most points for leader bonuses wins.
    3. The tied players share the victory.
• Expedition Leader Phases

  • Town Phase

    

    • Return all town tokens on the map to the players.

    Camera Phase

    

    • Return all camera trap tokens on the map to the players.

    Conference Phase

    

    • All players receive the same new piece of information about the location of the lost species.
    • Select the matching conference (1 or 2) in the app and announce the new rule to all players.
    • The conferences are only performed the 1st time the leader activates this space.

    Sighting Phase

    

    This phase is done in 2 steps.

    1. Report sightings.
       1. All players simultaneously select the sighting tokens (0, 1, or 2 tokens) in secret, placing them face down under their hand (so no one knows the number of tokens you've selected). Once everyone is ready, proceed to the next step.
       2. All players then reveal the face-down tokens they've selected and, in player order (back to front), place them on the map where they believe the matching animal type is.
          • If you place on a space where someone else has placed this round, place your token on top of the stack.
          • Tokens can be placed on any island area (you don't have to be on/adjacent to it).
          • You cannot place 2 of the same token in the same area.
          • You can place 2 different tokens in the same area, but not during the same sighting phase.
          • You can always pick up and view your previously placed tokens.
       3. Place a timing token on top of each new stack of tokens placed on the board. The number should match the top number in the sighting illustration.
    2. For each area with a timing token matching the bottom number in the sighting illustration do the following:
       1. Reveal all sightings under the matching timing token in an area.
          • Do not reveal other tokens under other timing tokens.
       2. Use the "Confirm Sightings" in the app and select 1 of the animals and the matching area.
       3. Announce whether the result was correct or not.
          • If correct, the player(s) with the correct animal should circle the area's number on the bottom right of their note sheet if they are the 1st to find the animal in this area.
            • All players should circle this as the correct animal on their note sheet.
            • Flip all other sighting tokens in the area face up and remove any incorrect tokens from the game. Players advance their pawn 1 space for each incorrect token.
            • No other tokens can be placed on this area.
            • Leave all correct tokens on the space for end game scoring.
          • If incorrect, test the next animal token (if different) for this sighting token.
            • Incorrect tokens are removed from the game and the players advance their pawn 1 space.
            • Do not reveal any other token under other timing tokens.
• Card Explanations

  • Symbol	Explanation
    	Take this action when you acquire the card, then discard it.
    	Keep this card visible in front of you. When you take the action, discard it.
    	You get this benefit for the rest of the game. Keep the card visible in front of you.
    	You get these points at the end of the game based on your sightings.

    Cards

    Name	Symbol	Explanation
    Birders		1 point per correct lory sighting.
    Hills Expert		1 camera trap in the hills only costs 2 time.
    Hill Guardians		1 point per correct sighting in the hills.
    Invasive Toad Fighters		2 points per correct toad sighting.
    Marsupial Conservationists		1 point per correct cuscus sighting.
    Messenger		Report 1 sighting now. For the sighting, use a timing token matching the expedition leader's current location (top number) or the next numbered location.
    Pathfinder		Your surveys by foot only cost 2 time.
    Predator Preservation Group		3 points per correct python sighting.
    Rainforest Expert		1 camera trap in the rainforest only costs 2 time.
    Rainforest Protectors		1 point per correct sighting in the rainforest.
    Town Elder		Do a 2nd research now. Announce both, then view both. The 2nd research does not cost any time.
    Swamp Expert		1 camera trap in the swamp only costs 2 time.
    Swamp Stewards		1 point per correct sighting in the swamp.
    Trailblazer		One survey by foot only costs 1 time.

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