Photo: BCD Jeux, partner shopTabletop games
Earth
Lucky Duck GamesMaxime Tardif2023
- players
- 1–5
- minutes
- 60
- years
- 13+
In the box
Terrain, Wildlife, Climate and Island cards · Player boards · Soil, Sprout and Growth tokens · Shared Ecosystem and Fauna cards
Box details
- Designer
- Maxime Tardif
- Publisher
- Lucky Duck Games
- Mechanics
- Hand ManagementGrid CoverageChainingObjectivesSolo Play
- Expansions
- Earth: Abundance · 2025
Where to buy it
Near you and online
In a shop
Within 50 km.
Online
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The basics
Each player builds their island, a grid of four cards by four, to have the most points. On your turn, choose an action, planting, composting, watering or growing: you carry it out in full, the others carry out a reduced version, and everyone triggers the abilities of the cards of the matching colour in their island. When a player places the sixteenth card of their island, finish the round, then score cards, compost, sprouts, growth, Ecosystem and Fauna; the most points wins.
The rules, step by step
Setup
1 Island card, 1 Climate card, Ecosystem and Fauna
- Each player receives an Island card and a Climate card, and draws starting cards.
- Shared Ecosystem and Fauna cards are revealed.
How to play
Choose 1 action, Others: reduced version, 4 × 4 grid
- On your turn, choose an action: planting, composting, watering or growing.
- The active player carries out the full action; the other players carry out a reduced version of it.
- The action also triggers, for everyone, the abilities of the cards of the matching colour in their island.
- You place your cards in a four-by-four grid.
Scoring
Your island's cards, 1 pt per compost, sprout, First to finish bonus
- Points printed on the cards in your island, and end-of-game abilities.
- Ecosystem and Fauna cards.
- 1 point per compost card and per sprout.
- Growth points of plants that have reached maturity.
- Bonus for the first player to complete their island.
End of the game
16th card placed, Finish the round
- When a player places the sixteenth card of their island, the round is finished, then the scores are counted.