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3p1cFr3nzy[img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed1632f1b8.89412915.png[/img] Welcome to Earth! Over millions of years of evolution and adaptation, flora and fauna have developed natural synergies to create fluorishing ecosystems and habitats. Your goal is to recreate these synergies by 'planting' cards to make *efficient engines* and *activating them* by taking certain actions to give you the *most victory points*! :D 2archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

3p1cFr3nzy[blue][tip] This tutorial is best viewed on a PC. Phone users may have to minimise messages to see everything during the tutorial (press the *-* on the top right to do so) [/blue] Before we start, let's be more familiar with the *interface*. 3archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

3p1cFr3nzyOver on the top left you can see an [red]*arrow*[/red], which allows you to change the size and position of your cards in your hand during the game. In addition, you may see *two 'zoom' sliders below the player profiles*. I recommend to adjust all the sliders so you can see all the in-game text clearly.4ea-area-card-hand-config-controller

3p1cFr3nzyWe also have an *interface navigator* to the left of your screen, which looks like so (may differ in other languages): [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed16915c72.79395016.png[/img] *I will be referring to this throughout the game to help you navigate the interface more easily.*5pagemaintitletext

3p1cFr3nzy*Let's now dive into the game!* First things first, let's choose our [red]*Island*[/red], [blue]*Climate*[/blue] and [green]*Ecosystem*[/green]. These will give us an indicator of what strategy we should use during our game :) 6archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

3p1cFr3nzyEach player will have a choice of 2 cards to pick from for each type of card, so let's go for the *Kunashir* island, the *Hot Summer Continental* climate and the *Siberian Taiga* ecosystem. Please select these 3 cards to choose *in the hand order shown* (tutorial is picky about this), and then press *Continue*.7maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyHere our *Island* card allowed us to draw 8 cards and *compost* 2 of them. We also got 6 soil too, which is the resource that allows us to play cards into our tableau! Please see the below diagram for iconography: [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed16af7e94.35444858.png[/img] *Red* = draw cards *Blue* = Compost cards from your hand *Yellow* = Soil2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyYou can see the Island, Climate and Ecosystem cards you have picked by clicking on *Board* on the left hand side or scrolling down below your cards. You can also see how many cards you have in your [blue]*Event*[/blue] and [green]*Compost*[/green] piles as well as [red]*the number of soil you currently have*[/red], as shown below. We will go over those later on in the tutorial. [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed16ce8397.15023377.jpg[/img]3maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzy[tip] There is also a [red]'Show Icon Help'[/red] option at the bottom of your board to help you during this tutorial if you need it. Click on the *text* to show it: [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed18b241d7.93418686.png[/img]4maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyBack to the game, let's compost 2 cards that we don't really need right now. Select both the [red]*Sunny Hillside*[/red] and the [blue]*Earthquake*[/blue] cards (this order) and then select *Compost cards* at the top. [tip] There will be a lot of iconography in this game. If you would like to know what each card does during the game, press the *blue ? box* below the card in question.5maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzy[blue]*It's now time for the main part of the game!*[/blue] Each turn, one player will decide what *action* is taken this turn, and all players take the same type of action.1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyLogicMeister3299 has the *first player token*, and hence the *active player token*, so let's see what action they will take. First player token = [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed16f0f439.42453773.png[/img] Active player token = [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed171a8f72.02896496.png[/img]2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyThey have chosen the [green]*Plant*[/green] action for this turn! This action allows you to play cards into your tableau by paying the [red]*soil cost*[/red], as shown on the top left of the card. Each card you play will also have *habitat types*, [green]*victory points*[/green] and a [blue]*flora type*[/blue] (if it is a flora card): [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed1733ee74.40644555.png[/img]1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyWe can plant one card this turn, so let's plant the [blue]*Sandy Soil*[/blue] card. Please select the *Sandy Soil* card and then select *Plant card* at the top. You can see where our card will go by clicking on *'Tableau'* on the navigator :D [tip] Sandy Soil is a *terrain* card, which can give passive abilities, [green]green[/green] abilities and/or victory points for fulfuilling the objective stated.1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzy*Please go to your Board for this step.* Awesome job! Here we could only plant one card, whereas LogicMeister3299 could plant two. Why is that? This is because the active player takes a different action to everyone else! You can see the types of actions you can take at the top of your board: [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed1771a6d0.17346465.png[/img] Here, the leaf covers the action taken by everyone this turn. 1button-main-action-1

3p1cFr3nzyTo see what each player takes, the action shown *at the top* is what the *active player* takes. For [green]plant[/green], the active player plants 2 cards, then draws 4 cards and chooses one. In contrast, all other players plant *one* card and draw *one* card into their hand (the action *at the bottom*).2button-main-action-1

3p1cFr3nzyAnyways, we are now the active player for this round, so why don't we try the *Plant* action ourselves? Please select the [red]*Plant button*[/red] at the top of the *green area* or at the top of your board to take this action.3button-main-action-0

3p1cFr3nzyNice! Let's play the [blue]*Asparagus*[/blue] into our tableau as our first action :)1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyLet's place it diagonally adjacent to our *Sandy Soil* card. To do this, select the [blue]*Asparagus*[/blue] and go to your tableau. Then, select the card position (click the position) which gives the same layout as below: [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed179391d2.97262565.png[/img] Then press *Plant card* to confirm. Good luck 8)2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyWell done! Let's also plant the [red]*Red Mangrove*[/red]. This time, plant the card so that it is diagonally above and to the left of the [blue]*Sandy Soil*[/blue] card. (Hint: the [red]*Red Mangrove*[/red] would be at the top left of the tableau after placement, with the [blue]*Sandy soil*[/blue] card in the middle.) 1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzy*You did it!* 8) - In addition, the rules for placing cards are: [red] 1. You must place a card horizontally, vertically or diagonally adjacent to a card *already placed*. [/red] [blue] 2. The tableau must contain *no more than* four rows and four columns. When someone has filled four rows and four columns, the end of the game is triggered. [/blue]1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyThis means once someone has planted 16 cards, the end of the game will come at the end of the round. [tip] Planting as many cards as possible is very powerful, as it makes your engine strong!2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyOur plant action also gives us a card from a choice of four from the deck. Let's choose the [blue]*Dragon Blood Tree*[/blue] to keep. Select *Keep selected card* at the top to confirm this action.3maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyRemember at the start I said about *engines*? Now this is when we start seeing combos coming into play - if an ability on card in either your *tableau* or *board* has the same color as the ability color, you get to activate it :) You can find the ability(s) of the card below its picture: [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed17cf6fa2.58600490.png[/img]1button-activate-card

3p1cFr3nzyThere is one rule about activation order though: For both your Tableau and your board, the cards in the *first row* are triggered *from left to right*, then onto the second row and so on. See below for clarity: [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed17f0c1c5.50706614.png[/img]2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyLet's use our *Kanashir island* ability, which gives us *2 sprouts* each time we place a card with a *cold habitat*. But what are sprouts? :/1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

3p1cFr3nzyA sprout is an item you can use to convert to soil, or you can use them for victory points at the end of the game (1 VP per sprout). Each flora card has a [blue]certain number of sprouts that can be placed on it[/blue]: [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed1884a425.26534404.png[/img] Let's place the 2 sprouts on the [red]*Red Mangrove*[/red] card. Click on the space highlighted on this card to place them and confirm at the top.2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyGreat work! I hope you now understand how the Plant action works now :$ Let's now see what LogicMeister3299 will do this time.1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyThis time, they chose the [blue]*Water*[/blue] action! You can find what this action does in the *Blue area* at the top of your board. For this action, the active player will gain 6 sprouts to place on their cards in their tableau, as well as 2 soil, whereas everyone else either gains 2 soil *or* 2 sprouts. 1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyLet's just gain 2 soil as we do not need sprouts right now.1button-water-choose-waterActionChooseGainSoil

3p1cFr3nzyThis time, all [blue]*blue*[/blue] powers are activated! Let's do the action stated on the [red]*Red Mangrove*[/red], which is: *Discard 1 composted card to draw a card*. [tip] The activation order here is important, as it may result in activations being wasted if not careful.1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyWell that wasn't very smart - we now don't have enough composted cards to use the [green]*Asparagus*[/green] ability! Oh well... Let's *skip* the ability this time. [tip] Activating abilities is *optional*, even if you can do it. 1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyIt's our turn again, so let's get some *composted cards* so we don't run into the same problem again... To do this, choose the [red]*Compost*[/red] action. This gives us 5 soil and 2 compost cards from the deck. Other players will choose between 2 soil or 2 composted cards from the deck.1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyAs we have [red]*red*[/red] abilities (because we are *composting*) on both our board and tableau, we can choose which area is activated first :) Let's choose to activate our *Board* ability first, which gives us bonus 2 soil from our [blue]*Hot Summer Continental Climate card*[/blue].1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyLet's quickly gain 2 soil...1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzy... and now this time, the [red]*Red Mangrove*[/red] lets us discard a sprout to draw a card. Let's try that. 1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyPlease discard a sprout on the [red]*Red Mangrove*[/red] to activate its ability.1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyIt's your turn to try and plant a card! The card to be planted has a *cold habitat (snowflake icon)* and a *soil cost* of two, and place it directly below [blue]*Sandy soil*[/blue]. Best of luck! :)1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyYou're getting good at this :)1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyFor our next turn, why don't we try the action we have not taken yet? Select the *Grow action* to take this turn. Here we gain 4 cards from the deck *and* 2 growth. Other players will choose between 2 cards *or* 2 growth. 2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzy*What is growth?* Each *flora* card has a [red]*growth space*[/red], which tell you [blue]*how many growth 'tokens'*[/blue] you can place on the growth space. If the last growth space is filled, you will place a *canopy* on top of it, which scores you [green]*victory points*[/green] at the end of the game! [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed183606d8.63166101.png[/img]1archivecontrol_editmode_centercomment

3p1cFr3nzyLet's place growth on the [green]*Oakmoss*[/green] so that its space is complete with a canopy, giving us 2 victory points for completing it :) [red][tip] There should be a *red circle* on the card which shows you where to click to place the growth.[/red]2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyAs you may have guessed, all yellow abilities will trigger if the grow action is chosen. On another note, what other things can you do on your turn? Let's quickly go over it: 1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyAt any point during the game, you may [blue]*play an event card (highlighted in blue)*[/blue] or convert [green]*3 sprouts into 2 soil*[/green]. The event cards have a *black* ability, which means they trigger immediately. [tip] Some flora or terrain cards may also have *black* abilities. They trigger *immediately* as well :D 2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyFor converting sprouts into soil, you can do it multiple times in one go if you wish :) (For example, you can convert 15 sprouts into 10 soil.)3maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzy[tip] On another note, the placement of the cards in your tableau may be important due to [red]*'directional cards'*[/red] (highlighted in your hand). These can be end game *bonus points*, or can improve the *color ability* on the *directional card*.4maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyAnd that's all the actions you can take on your turn! Last but not least, let's go over *fauna*, which score you a lot of points during the game. *Scroll down to the Fauna board for the next step*.1maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyFor the [red]*animal*[/red] cards, you must complete its objective before others do! The person who completes it first will get 15 victory points, followed by 11 points and so forth. [green][tip] You can only complete each objective once, but you can still get 60 points just from these cards alone :O [/green]2maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyWe also have *ecosystem* cards, [green]*one which only applies to you*[/green] (on your *Board*) and [blue]*two which apply to everyone*[/blue], found on the *Fauna* board. Make sure to follow the objectives stated on them because they can also provide a lot of points! 4maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyLast of all, the person to finish their board first gets an additional 7 points. In the case of a tie, if one of the players is the active player, they are considered first to complete it, otherwise tied players get the full 7 points. [tip] To assist with these objectives, you can find a [green]*clickable 'paw' icon*[/green] below your player profile, together with [blue]*in-game player summaries*.[/blue] [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed18638a51.25053566.png[/img]6maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzy[tip] When you have completed an objective on the Fauna board, a *colored leaf* in your player color will be used to mark its completion, together with the victory points in doing so. See below as an example, where *purple* obtains 41 points for *animal objectives* and 7 points for a *complete tableau*. [img]https://x.boardgamearena.net/data/tutorials/img6785ed18e7df88.14393116.jpg[/img]7maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyAt the end of the game, you will get: - All victory points from fauna, flora, terrain, event and ecosystem cards. - 1 point for every sprout and composted card - 1 point for every growth piece you have, which does not contain a canopy on the same space. In case of a tie, the tiebreaker is in this order: Soil, Cards in hand, Growth, Sprouts, Composted cards.8maintitlebar_content

3p1cFr3nzyAnd that's pretty much all you need to know to start playing Earth! Given the difficulty of this game, it may be useful to refer back this tutorial again or read the rules to fully understand it. *Good luck in making the most luscious ecosystem!* [blue] [tip] Any feedback? Send a message to 3p1cFr3nzy. It is always welcome :D [/blue] 9maintitlebar_content

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