Ark Nova

Ark Nova ( ) is a zoo-building, card-driven, engine-building board game for one to four players, designed by Mathias Wigge with illustrations by Loïc Billiau and Dennis Lohausen. It was first published by in 2021 and released in English by Capstone Games in 2022¹. Players develop modern zoos by building enclosures, playing animal cards, and supporting conservation projects around the world. Its central mechanism uses five Action cards whose strength shifts over the course of play, creating an action-selection system in which players balance immediate zoo growth, Appeal, and long-term Conservation goals. Upon release, Ark Nova was widely praised by critics and won major awards including the Deutscher Spiele Preis and the Golden Geek Award for Best Heavy Game of the Year; it was also recommended for the Kennerspiel des Jahres. Later developments included the expansion Ark Nova: Marine Worlds and the digital adaptation Ark Nova Digital.

Ark Nova ( ) is a zoo-building, card-driven, engine-building board game for one to four players, designed by Mathias Wigge with illustrations by Loïc Billiau and Dennis Lohausen. It was first published by in 2021 and released in English by Capstone Games in 2022. Players develop modern zoos by building enclosures, playing animal cards, and supporting conservation projects around the world. Its central mechanism uses five Action cards whose strength shifts over the course of play, creating an action-selection system in which players balance immediate zoo growth, Appeal, and long-term Conservation goals. Upon release, Ark Nova was widely praised by critics and won major awards including the Deutscher Spiele Preis and the Golden Geek Award for Best Heavy Game of the Year; it was also recommended for the Kennerspiel des Jahres. Later developments included the expansion Ark Nova: Marine Worlds and the digital adaptation Ark Nova Digital.

Text derived from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365610498 under CC BY-SA 4.0; modifications have been made.