How to play
Grounded in Parks: Wildlife's rulebook — cite-checked answers, not guesses.
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Starting Canteens
At the start of the game, each player is dealt two Canteens, chooses one to keep, and discards the other.
Starting Year card
At the start of the game, each player is dealt two Year cards, chooses one to keep, and discards the other.
Starting Wildlife token
Each player should start the game with a Wildlife token.
Gaining a Canteen
When a player gains a Canteen, they draw two Canteen cards, keep one, and discard the other.
Bison movement
When the Bison moves off the rightmost Park, it moves back to the leftmost Park.
Bison Park reservation
The Bison's Park can never be reserved.
To set up the game for Parks: Wildlife: * **New Cards**: Shuffle all new Canteen, Gear, Season, and Park cards into their matching decks. * **Player Setup**: * Each player is dealt two Canteen cards and two Year cards. If playing with *Parks: Nightfall*, use the New Year cards. * Players choose one Canteen to keep (placing it faceup in front of them) and one Year card to keep (placing it facedown in secret). The other cards are discarded to the bottom of their respective decks. * Each player starts the game with one [WILDLIFE] token. * **Advanced Trail Sites**: * For Season 1, the [PARK]/[GEAR] Advanced Site is always used. * Shuffle all Advanced Trail Sites from the base game and this expansion. Place three facedown next to the Trail Head; return the rest to the box. These three will be used for subsequent Seasons. * **Bison Meeple**: Place the [BISON] meeple on top of the leftmost Park card on the board.
On your turn, which typically involves visiting a Trail Site or Park, you can take various actions: * **At New Trail Sites, you can:** * Activate one of your filled Canteens. * Turn in a [MOUNTAIN] token to gain [FOREST], [MOUNTAIN], and [WATER] tokens. * Allow all other players to gain a [SUN] token, and then you take the action of an open Trail Site that does not have a Hiker on it. * Turn in a [BISON] token to gain two [SUN] tokens and two [WATER] tokens. * **When visiting a Park, you can:** * Visit or Reserve a Park. Note that the Bison's Park can never be reserved, but you can reserve other available Parks or one from the top of the deck. * Activate Instant Actions immediately upon visiting, which may include gaining a Canteen or gaining a Wildlife token. * If you visit the Bison's Park, you may also gain a [WILDLIFE] token. This can be done before or after visiting the Park, and if done before, the [WILDLIFE] can be used towards visiting the Park. * **When purchasing a Gear card, you can:** * Activate any [INSTANT] Instant Actions associated with the Gear. * **Specific resource actions:** * Take a [MOUNTAIN] using a specific resource token, such as a [WATER] for a [MOUNTAIN]. * If you have the Camera, you may use one of any resource instead. * **When the Bison moves:** * If the Bison moves off the rightmost available Park and returns to the leftmost Park, the active player (the one who just visited the Bison's Park) chooses to discard an available [GEAR] card to the bottom of the deck and reveals a new one.
Rules summaries are AI-generated from the official rulebook and may contain mistakes — check the manual for anything critical.
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I couldn't find a comprehensive explanation of how scoring works in the provided rules for Parks: Wildlife. However, I can tell you that the Bison meeple is associated with 3 victory points. The rules do not specify how players earn these 3 victory points or how end-game scoring is calculated. If you are looking for specific ways players earn points, try rephrasing your question using terms like **victory points**, **end of game**, or **earning points**.
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