2023 · Territory Building
Nimalia
Players design an animal sanctuary over five rounds by drafting and placing cards on a shared 6×6 grid. Each turn, players draw three cards, place one, and pass the remaining cards; each card shows four biomes with animals and must be placed so it covers at least one existing biome. The sanctuary layout cannot exceed the 6×6 limit. A variable set of scoring objectives is selected for each game, and only some objectives score in each round, forcing players to adapt placement and growth over time. After five rounds, the highest-scoring sanctuary wins.
- Players
- 2–4 best 3
- Playing time
- 25–30 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 1.7 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 118
- Plays logged
- 137
- Players
- 25m 29s
- Average play
- 56
- In collections
- 4
- On wishlists
- 1
- Pre-ordered
6.8/10
from 16 Ludoya reviews
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Free, on web, Android and iOS
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