Ark Nova: Marine Worlds, an expansion for Ark Nova, introduces several new elements to the game, such as marine animals that must be played into new special enclosures that must be built adjacent to water.

About half of the marine animals are reef dwellers, and each time you add a reef dweller to your zoo, you trigger the ability of all reef dwellers in your zoo. To manage the dilution of the deck, which naturally occurs when more cards are added, all marine cards have a wave icon, and each time it appears in the display, you discard the first card in the row and refill.

A new fourth university is available on the association board, and if you take it, you take one of six special universities from the reserve that has a research icon and one of six animal icons. When you take this registration, you reveal cards from the top of the deck and keep the first revealed card with an animal icon that matches your chosen university.

For each of the five action cards, four alternative versions with a small twist will be available. Players choose action cards at the beginning of the game and replace two of their standard action cards with these new ones, increasing the asymmetry in the game.

New bonus tiles and final scoring cards will also be included.

The expansion will also include alternative wooden markers for the three tracks and cute animals to mark conservation projects you support instead of using your regular player markers.

ID: 368966

Release Year: 2023

Min. Players: 1

Max. Players: 4

Play Time (minutes): 150

Average Rating: 8.91978

Complexity: Advanced

Mechanics: End Game Bonuses, Hand Management, Hexagon Grid, Income, Open Drafting, Set Collection, Solo / Solitaire Game, Tile Placement, Variable Player Powers, and Variable Set-up

Designers: Mathias Wigge

Publishers: Feuerland Spiele, Capstone Games, Cranio Creations, Game Harbor, Gém Klub Kft., Grok Games, IGAMES, Korea Boardgames, Lautapelit.fi, Maldito Games, MINDOK, Portal Games, Regatul Jocurilor, Super Meeple, and White Goblin Games