Board game · 2021

アニマリーナ (Animarina)

Animarina is a Japanese tile placement game. Players are explorers in Africa searching for a missing family member. They encounter various animals willing to help in exchange for becoming the most favored animals in the land. Players place cards on the game board, linking them via arrows on card edges to create the largest area in their own color. Using special animal abilities, players gain and secure more land. Some animals are stronger in specific habitats, like gorillas in forests. Animals gain strength from being linked in herds. A player can place a higher-numbered animal over a lower-numbered one to extend territory. The player controlling the most spaces wins.