2022 · Puzzle

Caldera Park

Design a wildlife park in a North American wilderness filled with mountains, forests and geysers. Players place tokens to form large families of native animals, aiming to group same-species animals together and give them access to watering holes while avoiding bad weather. Each round one player selects a feature (a species or a watering hole) and a terrain requirement; then every player must place a matching token on their park grid that meets that requirement. Weather tokens add unpredictable constraints as spaces fill up over five rounds. At game end players score their largest family of each species and any fully populated terrains.

groupPlayers

1–4 best 2

schedulePlaying time

30–40 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

2 / 5