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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 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.
Article summary
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.
Key claims
- release date: 2022 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
Discussion questions
- Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
- The record states that the release date is "2022". What evidence would count against this claim?
- Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
- If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?
Bibliography
- Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1365610498
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