Modern zoos no longer prioritise their human visitors but rather focus mainly on animal welfare and sustainability. “Ark Nova” allows us to set up and manage a wildlife park based on our own ideas and values. Alongside animal breeding programmes, the construction of enclosures on park …
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Over 900 species of birds are native to North America and just under a fifth of these take flight in designer Elizabeth Hargrave’s optimisation game Wingspan; from the red-bellied woodpecker to the purple gallinule. Attracting a bird to your aviary means you can play the corresponding …
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The farmlands on the North Sea coast are supposed to be protected by a dike. But will it be tall enough? It all depends on the unpredictability of nature and on the team spirit of the farmers there. In the strategy game Lowlands, players have to …
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Did you know, Arle is a village in East Friesland, north-west Germany. It is here that both players attempt to run their own farm over nine half-years, between summer and winter. Players cut peat, rear cows and sheep, build dykes, harvest crops but also sew clothes, …
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Chaos magicians, giants and darklings. Witches, fakirs and cultists. Each player governs the fortunes of one of 14 possible factions. As varied as the inhabitants of Terra Mystica are, all have in common the ability to transform the landscape: using terraforming they can convert fields into …
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