Rule Book
2-4 Players
10+ Years Old
15 Minutes
Game Overview
You are an ocean conservationist protecting Malaysia’s ocean. Each turn, play a species into your ocean to build and sustain the healthy ecosystem. Species earn points from nearby creatures while helping others score, through a food web chaining. The conservationist with the most points wins!
Component and Concepts
40 species cards.
Species cards will be played into the ocean from hand.
There are 8 types of species, including:
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Plant (7 cards)
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Coral (7 cards)
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Tiny Species (3 cards)
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Invertebrate (4 cards),
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Small Marine Life (5 cards)
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Medium Marine Life (5 cards)
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Large Marine Life (6 cards)
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Marine Carnivore (3 cards).
The scoring conditions of species are based on their dietary habits.
For example, clownfish is an omnivore, hence it consumes plants and tiny species.
8 target cards.
The target cards represent different ocean regions in Malaysia. They are only used in the Advanced Variant. Players must match the placement pattern shown in order to earn the bonus points from that target card.
Promo target card.
A special target card (used for Advanced Variant) made to acknowledge the contribution and effort done by Department of Fisheries Malaysia! Thanks for making this project successful!
Basic Setup
Shuffle the species cards, then deal TEN CARDS to each player as their starting hand.
Game Play
All players take their turns simultaneously. Each turn, every player:
- Selects one card from their hand.
- All players reveals their selected card together, then place it in front of them, forming their own ocean. (From the second round onward, each new card must be placed adjacent to one or more cards already in played on the player’s own ocean. There is no limitation for the formation of the placement (ocean).)
- Passes the remaining cards to the next player and receives cards from the previous player.
Repeat these steps until each player has played 9 cards. The final unplayed card is discarded.
Scoring
The scoring conditions are stated at the top left of species cards (below the species’ type symbol). Every card may gain victory points based on its scoring conditions.
Concept: 
every (set) ADJACENT X species equal to N points
All The Scoring Conditions:
4 points (no adjacent species needed)
every adjacent Tiny Species is equal to 2 points
every adjacent Plant is equal to 3 points
every adjacent Plant or Coral is equal to 2 points
every adjacent Invertebrate is equal to 3 points
every adjacent Small Marine Life is equal to 6 points
every adjacent Tiny Species or Coral is equal to 3 points
every adjacent Giant Species or Marine Carnivore is equal to 5 points
every 2 adjacent Plants are equal to 12 points
every 2 adjacent Corals are equal to 8 points
every set of these species are equal to 10 points:
1. Coral and Invertebrate
2. Coral and Plant
3. Plant and Invertebrate
4. Two Plants
every 2 of Either Small Marine Life or Invertebrate are equal to 12 points
every 2 adjacent Tiny Species are equal to 16 points
every 3 adjacent Plants are equal to 23 points
every 2 of Either Tiny Species or Invertebrate are equal to 14 points
every 3 of Either Small Marine Life or Invertebrate are equal to 21 points
every 2 adjacent Medium Marine Life are equal to 13 points
Scoring Example
End Game
After all players have placed 9 cards in their oceans, each player totals their victory points. The player with the highest score wins. In case of a tie, the tied players share the victory.
Advanced Variant
Advanced Variant is played with the Target Cards. Follow the basic setup instructions. Then, deal 2 target cards to each player.
Play according to the basic rules. The game ends as usual, but players earn additional victory points if they successfully place their cards matching the corresponding target card’s pattern.
Example:
Total: 67 points
57 points (species scoring) + 10 points (card placement bonus)
Promo Target card:
Only used in Advanced Variant. Department of Fisheries Malaysia Card do not have any card placement target, instead, you have to play different IUCN red list categories species to score:
Different IUCN Red List Categories Played – Victory Points:
3 different categories played = 3 Victory Points
4 different categories played = 7 Victory Points
5 different categories played = 12 Victory Points
6 and above different categories played = 18 Victory Points
*Note: Mollusks, Crustacean, Echinoderms, and Cephalopods cards contained multiple species, hence there is no IUCN Red List Category for the cards. No Category is considered one type of category.
