138 immigrant; 1-4 SAW; m; enters from Asia; Bear-dogs (carnivora; amphicyonids)
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| | MAP
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| GG/Z52| --------- -----------------
| 2 | | | | | |
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| Asia | | | | | |
--------- | X99 | | X97 | X98 |
| | 4i | | 4i | 41 |
Kula Bridge: OPEN |Angara-| |Baltica|Europe |
| |land | | | |
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| | | | | | predator line
| | | | | EG | herbivore line
| | | | |YY | huskers line
| X96 | | | |BG/Z12 --/S44| Requirements/Niche[code] ARCTIC (dry)
| 4i | | | |2H 2 | Size, Notes
| ^Beringia | |Kolyma | | Greenland^ | Name
| | | | | |
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|AF | | | | | predator line
|CC |E EE | | Canta- | | herbivore line
JET | DD | | | brian | | huskers line
STREAM |BB/a83 G/S41| --/P30| |-Bridge-|--/I22 | Requirements/Niche[code]
(seas- |2 2H | 2 | | |2Spa. | Size, Notes
onal) | Talkeetna | Laurentian | Zechstein Sea | CLOSED |Iberia | Name
| | Shield | | | |
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|AAF | | | | | predator line
|CCC | X | EG | | | herbivore line
| D | | | | | huskers line
|--/Z8 X/92|GG/S68 MA/M38|X74 --/I94| | | Requirements/Niche[code] HORSE (dry)
|3d 1Hn |3d 1m |2d 2n | | | Size, Notes
| Laramidia^ |Epeiric Seaway | Appalachia^ | |Tethys | Name Legend:
| | | | | Ocean | -- = No biome requirement
------------------------------------------------- --------- H = Husking available
| A | | predator line Z = Size niche
| C | | herbivore line d = dry biome
| | | huskers line i = ice biome
TROPICAL|G/Z26 B/P7 |MAA/P32 BG/P64| Requirements/Niche[code] m = marine biome
(wet) |3w 1n |2m 2 | Size, Notes n = biome does not migrate
| Sierra Madre^ |Gulf of Mexico | Name ^ = mountain slot
| | |\_________ s = seasonal biome
--------------------------------- \ w = wet biome
| | \ ---------- ---------- Afr. = Africa, separates to Gondwanaland
| | \| | |AA | predator line Spa. = Spain, separates to Iberia
|EG | | | |CC | herbivore line X = no food
TROPICAL (wet) | | | | | | huskers line
|--/I | | | |BB/Z14 | Requirements/Niche[code]
|2w | | | |2Afr. | Size, Notes
| Panama | |Atlantic| |Gondwan-| Name
| | | Rift | |aland |
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Cocos Bridge: CLOSED
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| | predator line
| | herbivore line
| | huskers line
| | Requirements/Niche[code]
| | Size, Notes
|South | Name
|America|
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Waiting:
BBB/Z2 - 2w biome
MAA/P87 - 1dm biome
135 immigrant; 1 GGSW; mmmmmm; enters from South America; Locust Swarm (orthopteran)
Greenhouse Level: 300 ppm (Most r dentition wins genotype auction ties; Empty slots are land.
(if a hex is all marine, animals lacking at least one M may not enter))
Milankovich E cycle next: Africa and Spain separate; Marine biomes in preferred latitude grow.
Milankovich T cycle next: Mountains shrink; All bridges change.
Milankovich P cycle next: Terrestrial biomes with Dry shrink, Terrestrial Biomes in Preferred latitudes grow.
Players:
rm (proto-reptile) - Rick Heli -
Genes: 19
mmm (proto-mammal) - Andrew Martin -
Genes: 10
mmmmmm (mammal) - Immigrants
rrrrrr (reptile) - Immigrants
Activities Log
Pre-game:
Turns:
Triassic (Mesozoic) - 6 cards
- Card is
#106 DNA Limbs 2-5 S; auction: r; Fused bone - Digitigrade Sprinting
- mmm wins bid spending 4.
- mmm expresses the card on B.
- All increase to size 2.
- A migrates to 20.
- B migrates to 20.
- Card is
#146 immigrant; 1 ISW; r; enters from South America; Crocodilian - Sphenosuchian Crocodiles; Genetic Drift (no losses)
- Immigrant locates as predator in 94.
- A increases to size 3.
- B increases to size 3.
- A locates in 8, 30 44, 94.
- B locates in 30, 20, 8, 22.
- Card is
#98 DNA Guts 2-6 B; auction: r; Tripod Stance - two legs and reinforced tail
- Both players pass. Card is discarded.
- A increases to size 4.
- A loses 1 due to niche in 94, 1 to teeth in 44. B loses 2 to teeth in 8.
- Card is
#81 DNA Head 1-4 N; auction: r; Infrared Pit Sensor or Blood-Sucking - Nocturnal heat tracking
- rm wins bid spending 1.
- rm expresses the card on A.
- Card is
#74 DNA Head 1-6 Sex; auction: r; Mate Selection - Lek Behavior (doubles gene acquisition)
- rm wins bid spending 1.
- rm expresses the card on A.
- Card is
#87 biome MAA/P dry Clam and Oyster Beds - mollusk pelecypod [tropical]
- mmm receives 1 gene.
- rm receives 2 genes.
At the end of the Triassic, the world is dominated, by 10 long-legged anteaters.
Two are predated by crocodiles in the Appalachians.
Also around are 4 fast, 4-ton, nocturnal reptiles practicing mate selection.
Jurassic (Mesozoic) - 10 cards
- Card is
#121 Genotype; Milankovitch Cycle: P; Mammal: 1-4 BBa Chalicotheres (perissodactyl ungulate);
Reptile: 5-6 BBB Brontosaurs (saurischian sauropod, brachiosaurs, diplodocus)
- rm wins bid spending 2.
- rm plays new card.
- Milankovich P cycle: Terrestrial biomes which are Wet shrink: biomes 2, 20, 26 shrink to 1.
- Milankovich P cycle: Biomes in Preferred latitudes grow: biomes 2, 26 grow to 2.
- C replaces an A at 18, expands and locates in 2 and 4.
- Card is
#83 biome BB/a Boreal Spruce Forest (gymnosperm coniferales, pinaceae) [jet stream]
- mmm receives 1 gene.
- rm receives 2 genes.
- New biome replaces biome 8.
- Biome 8 displaces to Laramidia (west).
- Card is
#149 immigrant; 4 BBW; rrrrrr; enters from South America; Melanosaurs (aauropodomorph prosauropod, riojasaur; Genetic Drift (no losses)
- Immigrant locates to biome 2, dies out on size niche.
- Card is
#188 DNA Head 1-6 Sex; auction: r; Trombone Vocal Amplifier (springtime chorus, song or bugling courtship, doubles income)
- rm wins bid spending 2.
- rm plays card on C.
- A reduces size to 3 and converts to predator.
- B reduces size to 2.
- Card is
#121 Genotype; Milankovitch Cycle: T; Mammal: 1-3 H Taeniodonts, Tillodonts (giant, rodent-like);
Reptile: 1 HPSS Doves (wings, columbiform neornithes, pigeons, dodos)
- rm wins bid spending 3.
- rm plays new card as herbivore, spawning from archetype.
- Milankovich T cycle: all bridges close.
- D replaces an A at 18, expands and locates in 41 and 44.
- Card is
#85 DNA Head 1-6 P; auction: m; Parental Protection of Eggs and Young (K-strategy; Predators of this genotype must be as large as this genotype.)
- mmm wins bid spending 1.
- mmm expresses card on B.
- Immigrant Z goes extinct as a result.
- Card is
#93 DNA Tail 3-5 Aa; auction: r; Tail Club (swinging)
- mmm wins bid spending 1.
- mmm grows B to size 2.
- Card is
#76 DNA Head 1 H; auction: m; Gnawing Incisors (ever-growing incisors with diastema and crunching molars)
- No bids; card discarded.
- mmm grows B to size 3.
- Card is
#143 immigrant; 1 HNW; mmmmmm; enters from Asia; Multituberculates (egg-laying mammals)
- Immigrant waits in Asia.
- mmm discards Tail Club.
- mmm shrinks B to size 2.
- Card is
#133 Genotype; Milankovitch Cycle: P; Mammal: 1 IN Shrews, Moles (insectivore);
Reptile: 1-3 AGS Ratites (flightless neornithes, struthiornithiformes & gruiformes)
For the reptiles, Brontosaurs have appeared and occupy 11 slots. The Rabbit Crocs have converted to predators of them.
Also for the reptiles, Doves have appeared and occupy 6 slots.
All bridges have closed, isolating North America.
The original immigrants remain, as do the mammals, reduced to 7 slots due to losses from Doves and a shrinking biome.
Cretaceous (Mesozoic) - 13 cards
- Card is
#122 Genotype; Milankovitch Cycle: P; Mammal: 1-3 NPS Feloids (carnivora, cats);
Reptile: 1-5 NPS Ostrich Dinosaurs (saurischian theropod, oviraptors, ornithominids)
- mmm wins bid spending 1.
- mmm plays new card as a size 2 predator, spawning from archetype.
- Milankovich P cycle: 8, 54, 74, 87 shrink. Then 8, 74 grow. 26 grows, causing 18 to shrink.
- E replaces a B at 22, expands and locates in 30 and 94.
- Card is
#130 Genotype; Milankovitch Cycle: T; Mammal: 3-5 BGP Mammoths, Mastodonts (proboscid tethythere, elephantoidea);
Reptile: 1-5 Ba Stegosaurs (ornithischian thyraeophora)
- No genes available and so no bids; card discarded.
- Card is
#95 DNA Guts 2-5 a; auction: r; Scute Armor (dermal; recesses all S cards – not allowed with S heritage)
- No genes available and so no bids; card discarded.
- Card is
#68 biome GG/S Creosote & Sagebrush Chaparral (angiosperm compositae, artemisia) [horse latitude]
- mmm receives 1 gene.
- rm receives 2 genes.
- New biome locates in Laramidia East, replacing biome 4, which having no place to move to, is discarded.
rm loses 4 counters as a result.
- Card is
#40 CATASTROPHE! Comet Impact - Dinosaur stomper; Greenhouse down. Extinction >3 AaBGHMS; Extinction: >2S; +5 genes
- mmm receives 5 genes.
- rm receives 10 genes.
- Greenhouse level to 200 ppm with consequences that m wins genotype auction ties and Kula bridge opens.
- No extinctions
- Biomes migrate south.
- Biomes 6, 54 go extinct due to collisions with other biomes.
- Biomes adjust to ensure no hex has more than 4 biomass (no changes necessary).
- Immigrant 143 locates in biome 12 and replaces 2 rm D huskers there.
- rm loses 4 counters due to loss of biome which disappears over South American bridge.
- Card is
#68 DNA Head 2-4 B; auction: m; Prehensile Trunk
- mmm wins bid spending 2.
- mmm plays new card on B.
- Card is
#100 DNA Limbs 1-2 IMSS; auction: r; Wings (flight, not allowed with heritage of a or wings)
- Card is
#135 immigrant; 1 GGSW; mmmmmm; enters from South America; Locust Swarm (orthopteran) Genetic Drift
- rm loses Wings DNA card.
- Immigrant waits in South America.
- Card is
#84 DNA Head 1-6 P; auction: m; Hibernation (homeostatic)
- rm grows Brontosaurs to size 6.
- rm shrinks archetype to size 2.
- mmm grows both to size 3.
- rm grows archetype to size 3 (begins to predate mmm archetype).
- Card is
#42 CATASTROPHE! Deforestation - Acid Rain; Greenhouse up. Extinction >3 aBI; +5 genes
- mmm receives 5 genes.
- rm receives 10 genes.
- Greenhouse level up to 300 ppm with consequences that r wins genotype auction ties.
- No extinctions
- Biomes migrate north.
- No biomes go extinct.
- Biomes adjust to ensure no hex has more than 4 biomass (no changes necessary).
- 2 mmm B's and 2 mmm E's cannot follow their biome which is on the other side of the Cantabria Bridge.
- Card is
#14 biome BG/P Pine-Cypress Forest - Climax 64 (mesophytic cupressaceae) [tropical latitude]
- mmm receives 1 gene.
- rm receives 2 genes.
- New biome locates in vacant Gulf of Mexico East.
- Card is
#117 Genotype; Milankovitch Cycle: E; Mammal: 1-2 IIa Pangolins (pholidota);
Reptile: 1-3 a Aetosaurs (thecodont)
- rm wins bid spending 3.
- rm shinks Brontosaurs to size 5.
- archetype resumes predating Brontosaurs.
- Card is
#46 CATASTROPHE! World-wide Trypanosomiasis Plague - Player with fewest genes removes one genotype; +5 genes
- mmm receives 5 genes.
- rm receives 10 genes.
- mmm archetype goes extinct. Prehensile trunk lost.
mmm player comment: "Hey!! That seems kinda sucky....I get to lose an entire Genotype, and get
compensated by 5 genes??? I think that sucks!"
SCORING ROUND
Tertiary (Cenozoic) - 11 cards
- Card is
#108 DNA Guts 2-4 S; auction: r; Unidirectional Flow Lungs (air sacs activated by belling rib bellows)
- rm wins bid spending 4.
- rm plays card on archetype.
- Card is
#83 DNA Head 1-3 NI; auction: m; Sonar Location (Recesses B and G cards. Not allowed with B or G heritage. Land or sea nocturnal sonic
imagining. Or herbivore tympanum sonar detector.)
- mmm wins bid spending 2.
- mmm plays card on archetype.
- Card is
#138 immigrant; 1-4 SAW; m; enters from Asia; Bear-dogs (carnivora; amphicyonids; Genetic Drift (rm loses Aetosaurs)
- The Bear-dogs wait in Asia, unable to cross the ice.
- Card is
#123 Genotype; Milankovitch Cycle: P; Mammal: 1-3 AS Crodonts (primitive carnivores);
Reptile: 1-4 AS Ceratosaurs (saurischian theropod; coelophysis, dilophosaurs)
- rm wins bid spending 4.
- rm plays new card as predator, inheriting from archetype.
- Milankovich P cycle: Terrestrial biomes which are Wet shrink: Biome 20 disappears, losing one mmm E.
- Milankovich P cycle: Biomes in Preferred latitudes grow: Biome 8 grows, gaining one rm A and one rm C.
Biome 68 grows at expense of biome 38.
- F replaces an A at biome 8.
- Card is
#154 immigrant; 2 MMWaa; rrrrrr; enters from Atlantic; Sea Turtles (anapsid chelonian); Genetic Drift (no losses)
- Turtles locate in biome 38.
- Card is
#35 biome X/P Bristlecone Pine Groves - Climax 92 (gymnosperm, pinus; basin & range orogeny) [orogeny]
- mmm receives 1 gene.
- rm receives 2 genes.
- New biome locates in vacant Laramidia East (one extra Dove supported).
- Card is
#89 DNA Head 1-6 P; auction: r; Navigation Skills (Genotypes of any size may migrate 2 hexes; Seasonal migration)
- rm wins bid spending 4.
- rm plays card on Ceratosaurs.
- Card is
#114 Genotype; Milankovitch Cycle: T; Mammal: 2-6 MMNPP Dolphins (odontoceti cetacean, toothed whales);
Reptile: 1-4 MMN Plesiosaurs (diapsid reptile)
- Card is
#132 Genotype; Milankovitch Cycle: E; Mammal: 1-3 MP Pinnipeds (carnivora, seals, sea lions, walrus);
Reptile: 1-2 IM Toothed Birds (flightless odontornithes)
- mmm wins bid spending 2.
- mmm plays new card as herbivore.
- Milankovich E cycle: Africa and Spain separate (already occurred).
- Milankovich P cycle: Marine biomes in preferred latitude grow (no effect).
- G replaces an E at biome 30.
- Card is
#72 DNA Head 2-5 a; auction: r; Head Shield (parietosquamosal frill)
- Card is
#2 biome –I Rainforest - Climax 81 (angiosperm magnoliales - evergreen, broad-leafed, hardwoods) [tropical]
- New biome locates in Panama.
- mmm receives 1 gene.
- rm receives 2 genes.
Quaternary (Cenozoic) - 1 card
- Card is
#7 biome B/P Mixed Pine Hardwood Forest - Climax 90 (palisade orogeny - pinus) [orogeny]
- New biome locates in Sierra Madre.
- mmm receives 1 gene.
- rm receives 2 genes.
SCORING ROUND
FINAL TOTAL:
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