Earth Rules FAQ and Card Index

• Instead of Planting, compost this card and replace it with a card with a Red/Blue/Yellow ability at no cost. Then draw 2 cards.

• This card replacement takes up one Planting action so this can only be done when the Planting action is chosen.
• You can replace it with a multicolored card.

Aridisol is a Terrain card with a passive, ongoing ability. Once planted in your tableau, the cost to plant a Flora card with the bush symbol is reduced by 2 soil. 

• This ability may be combined with other passive abilities, such as Sandy Soil. 
• Using this ability, either on its own or in combination with another ability, may not result in a negative soil cost.

• Once the Bamboo Forest terrain card has been played, the player who planted the card will immediately get the opportunity to place UP TO 10 growth pieces onto flora cards already present in their island tableau. The growth pieces can be placed amongst multiple cards as long as the cards receiving the pieces have the capacity to hold the amount assigned. No leftover growth pieces can be stored.

• Score 4 points per empty orthogonal space adjacent to this Terrain (outside of island counts)

• You can plant cards diagonally adjacent to cards in your tableau, so it is possible to have 4 empty spaces orthogonal adjacent to this card. In addition, if the Beach Terrain is on the outside edge of your tableau, the spaces outside of your island count toward this goal.

• At the end of the game, the player with Blossoming Lands Terrain planted into their island will receive 3 points for every card in their island tableau that have a Base Victory Point Value of 4 or more. Base Victory Point Value of a card can be found in the rulebook on page 4 and item 2 on the Card Information diagram.

• You cannot choose the Red/Yellow/Blue Action

• You cannot choose the Red/Yellow/Blue Action when you are the active player. The other players can choose this action, and in this case, you can play the selected action and activate your cards normally.

• Score 2 points per Sunny/Wet/Rocky/Cold habitat in any one player’s area (includes Island and Climate)

• Count the matching habitat for each player and use the number of habitats from the player that has the most for the highest scoring potential.
• Don’t forget to count habitats on the Island and Climate cards on the player boards.

• You cannot choose the Red/Yellow/Blue Action

• You cannot choose the Red/Yellow/Blue Action when you are the active player. The other players can choose this action, and in this case, you can play the selected action and activate your cards normally.

• You cannot choose the Red/Yellow/Blue Action

• You cannot choose the Red/Yellow/Blue Action when you are the active player. The other players can choose this action, and in this case, you can play the selected action and activate your cards normally.

• Instead of Planting, compost this card and replace it with a card with a Red/Blue/Yellow ability at no cost. Then draw 2 cards.

• This card replacement takes up one Planting action so this can only be done when the Planting action is chosen.
• You can replace it with a multicolored card.

• At the end of the game, the player with the Gigantic Island Terrain planted into their island will receive 3 points for every terrain card in their island tableau. See page 4 of the rulebook, reference number 3 for help identifying a card’s type.

• Score 2 points per Sunny/Wet/Rocky/Cold habitat in one continuous line through orthogonally adjacent cards, including this terrain (line may turn but not backtrack)

• Draw a line that can turn up, down, left and right and that passes only through cards with the right habitat and through this card. You cannot pass through the same card twice. Try to make that line as long as possible. Score 2 points per card it passes through.

• Instead of Planting, compost this card and replace it with a card with a Red/Blue/Yellow ability at no cost. Then draw 2 cards.

• This card replacement takes up one Planting action so this can only be done when the Planting action is chosen.
• You can replace it with a multicolored card.

• Once the Monsoon Irrigated Plateau terrain card has been played, the player who planted the card will immediately get the opportunity to compost UP TO 20 cards from their hand into the compost pile of their player board.

• Score 2 points per Sunny/Wet/Rocky/Cold habitat in one continuous line through orthogonally adjacent cards, including this terrain (line may turn but not backtrack)

• Draw a line that can turn up, down, left and right and that passes only through cards with the right habitat and through this card. You cannot pass through the same card twice. Try to make that line as long as possible. Score 2 points per card it passes through.

• Score 2 points per Sunny/Wet/Rocky/Cold habitat in one continuous line through orthogonally adjacent cards, including this terrain (line may turn but not backtrack)

• Draw a line that can turn up, down, left and right and that passes only through cards with the right habitat and through this card. You cannot pass through the same card twice. Try to make that line as long as possible. Score 2 points per card it passes through.

• Score 2 points per Yellow/Blue/Red ability in any one player’s area (includes Island and Climate)

• Count the cards with the color (including multicolored cards) for each player and use the number of cards from the player that has the most for the highest scoring potential.
• Don’t forget to count Island and Climate cards on the player boards if they have the matching color.

• Score 2 points per Sunny/Wet/Rocky/Cold habitat in any one player’s area (includes Island and Climate)

• Count the matching habitat for each player and use the number of habitats from the player that has the most for the highest scoring potential.
• Don’t forget to count habitats on the Island and Climate cards on the player boards.

Sandy Soil is a Terrain card with a passive, ongoing ability. Once planted in your tableau, the cost to plant a Flora card with the bush symbol is reduced by 1 soil. 

• This ability may be combined with other passive abilities, such as Aridisol. 
• Using this ability, either on its own or in combination with another ability, may not result in a negative soil cost.

• Score 2 points per Yellow/Blue/Red ability in any one player’s area (includes Island and Climate)

• Count the cards with the color (including multicolored cards) for each player and use the number of cards from the player that has the most for the highest scoring potential.
• Don’t forget to count Island and Climate cards on the player boards if they have the matching color.

• At the end of the game, the player with the Shrublands Terrain planted into their island will receive 3 points for every flora card with the shrub card type orthangonally adjacent to the Shurblands terrain. A card’s type can be found in the rulebook on page 4 and #3 on the Card Information diagram.

• Score 2 points per Sunny/Wet/Rocky/Cold habitat in one continuous line through orthogonally adjacent cards, including this terrain (line may turn but not backtrack)

• Draw a line that can turn up, down, left and right and that passes only through cards with the right habitat and through this card. You cannot pass through the same card twice. Try to make that line as long as possible. Score 2 points per card it passes through.

• Score 2 points per Sunny/Wet/Rocky/Cold habitat in any one player’s area (includes Island and Climate)

• Count the matching habitat for each player and use the number of habitats from the player that has the most for the highest scoring potential.
• Don’t forget to count habitats on the Island and Climate cards on the player boards.

• Score 2 points per Yellow/Blue/Red ability in any one player’s area (includes Island and Climate)

• Count the cards with the color (including multicolored cards) for each player and use the number of cards from the player that has the most for the highest scoring potential.
• Don’t forget to count Island and Climate cards on the player boards if they have the matching color.

• Score 2 points per Sunny/Wet/Rocky/Cold habitat in any one player’s area (includes Island and Climate)

• Count the matching habitat for each player and use the number of habitats from the player that has the most for the highest scoring potential.
• Don’t forget to count habitats on the Island and Climate cards on the player boards.

• Gain up to 3 growth on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards

• Gain up to 3 sprouts on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards
• You can place a total of 3 sprouts/growth, distributed as you want on any of the adjacent cards. You do not place 3 sprouts/growth on each card.

• Copy one Blue/Red/Yellow ability from your tableau (may change each use)

• • • You can copy only cards from your tableau (not the Island nor the Climate cards)
    • You can copy the ability of a multicolored card.
    • If you copy an ability with instructions, you apply the instructions as if the ability was on the card with the copy ability. For example, if you have a “Swamp Sprouts” in the second column, and you copy the ability from a card in the first column that adds sprouts in the same column as that card, the sprouts are added in the second column since “Swamp Sprouts” (the card which copied the ability) is in the second column.

• Count as all Flora types when scoring (Mushroom, Herb, Bush, Tree)

• • Also counts as all Flora types for abilities. For example, an ability that adds sprouts on Bush will add sprouts on this card as well.

• Place 1 growth piece on every flora card with the mushroom card type in this row (same row as the Golden Chanterelle). A card’s type can be found in the rulebook on page 4 and #3 on the Card Information diagram.

• Gain up to 3 growth on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards

• Gain up to 3 sprouts on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards
• You can place a total of 3 sprouts/growth, distributed as you want on any of the adjacent cards. You do not place 3 sprouts/growth on each card.

• Spend 1 growth piece to receive 2 sprout cubes.

• Gain up to 3 growth on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards

• Gain up to 3 sprouts on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards
• You can place a total of 3 sprouts/growth, distributed as you want on any of the adjacent cards. You do not place 3 sprouts/growth on each card.

• Gain up to 3 growth on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards

• Gain up to 3 sprouts on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards
• You can place a total of 3 sprouts/growth, distributed as you want on any of the adjacent cards. You do not place 3 sprouts/growth on each card.

• Gain up to 3 growth on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards

• Gain up to 3 sprouts on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards
• You can place a total of 3 sprouts/growth, distributed as you want on any of the adjacent cards. You do not place 3 sprouts/growth on each card.

• Copy one Blue/Red/Yellow ability from your tableau (may change each use)

• • • You can copy only cards from your tableau (not the Island nor the Climate cards)
    • You can copy the ability of a multicolored card.
    • If you copy an ability with instructions, you apply the instructions as if the ability was on the card with the copy ability. For example, if you have a “Swamp Sprouts” in the second column, and you copy the ability from a card in the first column that adds sprouts in the same column as that card, the sprouts are added in the second column since “Swamp Sprouts” (the card which copied the ability) is in the second column.

• Count as all Flora types when scoring (Mushroom, Herb, Bush, Tree)

• • Also counts as all Flora types for abilities. For example, an ability that adds sprouts on Bush will add sprouts on this card as well.

• Gain up to 3 growth on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards

• Gain up to 3 sprouts on any of the 8 adjacent Flora cards
• You can place a total of 3 sprouts/growth, distributed as you want on any of the adjacent cards. You do not place 3 sprouts/growth on each card.

• Copy one Blue/Red/Yellow ability from your tableau (may change each use)

• • • You can copy only cards from your tableau (not the Island nor the Climate cards)
    • You can copy the ability of a multicolored card.
    • If you copy an ability with instructions, you apply the instructions as if the ability was on the card with the copy ability. For example, if you have a “Swamp Sprouts” in the second column, and you copy the ability from a card in the first column that adds sprouts in the same column as that card, the sprouts are added in the second column since “Swamp Sprouts” (the card which copied the ability) is in the second column.

• Count as all Flora types when scoring (Mushroom, Herb, Bush, Tree)

• • Also counts as all Flora types for abilities. For example, an ability that adds sprouts on Bush will add sprouts on this card as well.

• 4 or more Flora, each with 6 sprout spaces

• 6 or more Flora, each with 3 sprout spaces or less

• 4 or more Flora, each with 4 growth spaces or more

• 7 or more Flora, each with 2 growth spaces or less

• You do not need sprout or growth pieces to claim these objectives.

• 3 or more Flora with a geographic term in their name (in bold)

• 3 or more Flora with an animal in their name (underlined)

• 3 or more Flora with a color in their name (in italic)

• Some compromise had to be made for balance issues so, for example, not all animal names may be underlined. Only bold, underlined, and italic terms can be counted toward this objective.

• 3 or more Flora with a geographic term in their name (in bold)

• 3 or more Flora with an animal in their name (underlined)

• 3 or more Flora with a color in their name (in italic)

• Some compromise had to be made for balance issues so, for example, not all animal names may be underlined. Only bold, underlined, and italic terms can be counted toward this objective.

• To complete this objective, a player must have 8 OR MORE flora cards without any growth pieces or sprout cubes on any of the cards. The cards can have the capacity to hold growth pieces and/or sprout cubes, but at time of scoring all 8 cards must be free of any growth pieces or sprout cubes.

• 4 or more Flora, each with 6 sprout spaces

• 6 or more Flora, each with 3 sprout spaces or less

• 4 or more Flora, each with 4 growth spaces or more

• 7 or more Flora, each with 2 growth spaces or less

• You do not need sprout or growth pieces to claim these objectives.

• Fill both 4 card diagonals in your island

• You need 8 cards to fill the 2 diagonals of your tableau (in an X pattern).

• 2 or more sets of 5 cards including Red, Blue, Yellow, Terrain, and Event (including Island and Climate) (each on a different card)

• To get this objective, you must have at least 2 Red, 2 Blue, 2 Yellow, 2 Terrains and 2 Events. Each must be from a different card.
• Multicolored cards can count for one (and only one) of the colors.

• To complete this objective, a player must completely fill 2 or more columns of their island. A column consists of 4 cards vertically stacked within the island tableau’s 4×4 grid.

• 4 or more Flora, each with 6 sprout spaces

• 6 or more Flora, each with 3 sprout spaces or less

• 4 or more Flora, each with 4 growth spaces or more

• 7 or more Flora, each with 2 growth spaces or less

• You do not need sprout or growth pieces to claim these objectives.

• To complete this objective, a player must have 3 OR MORE cards between their island tableau and their island card on their player board that have a black ability present on the card. See page 6 of the rulebook for reference to black abilities.

• 3 or more Flora with a geographic term in their name (in bold)

• 3 or more Flora with an animal in their name (underlined)

• 3 or more Flora with a color in their name (in italic)

• Some compromise had to be made for balance issues so, for example, not all animal names may be underlined. Only bold, underlined, and italic terms can be counted toward this objective.

To complete this objective, a player must have 7 OR MORE Flora cards in their island tableau that have a maximum growth number of 2 or lower. See page 8 of the rulebook, reference number 2 for help identifying a card’s maximum growth number. 

• The Flora cards must be planted in your tableau in order to complete the objective, they may not be in your hand. 
• The growth spaces themselves do not need to be filled in order to score.

• • You do not need sprout or growth pieces to claim these objectives.

• To complete this objective, a player must have 6 OR MORE flora cards with 4 OR MORE sprout cubes on each card.

• Game Setup: If a player selects Hawai’i island at the beginning of the game, they DRAW 5 cards into their hand. They then choose 2 of those to COMPOST in the compost pile of their player board. They also take 7 soil tokens from the central supply and store them on their player board.
  During Gameplay: Once the card is activated, the player will receive 2 sprout cubes for each card that they planted this turn with a ROCKY habitat symbol on the card.Habitat symbols are located at the top right of the card. See page 4 of the rulebook, reference number 4 for help identifying a card’s habitat.

• Game Setup: If a player selects Iceland island at the beginning of the game, they DRAW 5 cards into their hand. They then choose 1 of those to COMPOST in the compost pile of their player board. They also take 4 soil tokens from the central supply and store them on their player board.
• During Gameplay: When the GREEN (Planting) action is selected, either by you, or another player, the ability of this card is activated.
  
  You will gain 2 soil tokens for every card you planted this turn that has a RED ability. Multicolored abilities may be counted as Red/Blue/Yellow, meaning that you may also generate 2 soil tokens if a card with a multicolored ability is planted.

• Game Setup: If a player selects Hawai’i island at the beginning of the game, they DRAW 8 cards into their hand. They then choose 2 of those to COMPOST in the compost pile of their player board. They also take 6 soil tokens from the central supply and store them on their player board.
  During Gameplay: Once the card is activated, the player will receive 2 sprout cubes for each card that they planted this turn with a COLD habitat symbol on the card.Habitat symbols are located at the top right of the card. See page 4 of the rulebook, reference number 4 for help identifying a card’s habitat.

• Game Setup: If a player selects La Palma island at the beginning of the game, they DRAW 6 cards into their hand. They then choose 2 of those to COMPOST in the compost pile of their player board. They also take 7 soil tokens from the central supply and store them on their player board.
• During Gameplay: If you are the Active Player, and you select the blue (watering) action on your turn, you may draw 2 cards in addition to taking the watering action as-normal.
  
  La Palma’s bonus ability only applies if you choose to take the watering action as the active player. You do not activate this ability if another player selects the watering action on their turn. 
  

• Game Setup: If a player selects Sanorini island at the beginning of the game, they DRAW 4 cards into their hand. They will not COMPOST any of those cards. They also take 4 soil tokens from the central supply and store them on their player board.
  During Gameplay: Once the card is activated, the player will receive 2 soil for each card that they planted this turn with a yellow ability on the card.This will include cards with the red/yellow/blue ability as well (as those abilities count as yellow abilities when calculating scoring/activation)

• Score 6 points per row/column if all 4 cards share one ability colour

• You need 4 cards in your row/column and you must be able to pick one color that all 4 cards have.

Score 7 points per row in your island tableau if each of the 4 cards have a different number of growth pieces on them.

• You must have 4 cards in a row in order to score it.
• Each of the cards must have a different number of growth pieces on the card, regardless of the number of growth capacity available.
• You may score a maximum of 28 points from the Alps.

Example: The first card has 3 growth pieces, the second card has 0 growth pieces, the third card has 4 growth pieces, and the fourth card has 6 growth pieces. Because all cards in the row have a different number of growth pieces, the player would score 6 points for this row of cards.

• Score 4 points per 2 flora cards with a maximum growth number capacity of 2 or fewer growth pieces. Refer to the “Card Information” diagram on page 4 of the rulebook, reference #8 to see where the maximum growth number is displayed. You do not have to have growth pieces on the growth space of the card(s) to score for this objective.

• Score 9 points per 2 Flora, each with a geographic term in their name (terms are in bold)

• Score 9 points per 2 Flora, each with a color in their name (colors are in italic)

• Score 9 points per 2 Flora, each with an animal in their name (animals are underlined)

• Some compromise had to be made for balance issues so, for example, not all animals may be underlined. Only bold, underlined, and italic terms can be counted toward this objective.

• Score 4 points per Tree/Herb/Bush/Mushroom in one continuous line through diagonally adjacent cards (1-7. Line may turn, not backtrack)

• Draw a line that can turn up-left, up-right, down-left, down-right and that passes only through cards of the matching type. You cannot pass through the same card twice. Try to make that line as long as possible. Score 4 points per card it passes through.

Score 6 points per row if all 4 cards have a different card type

• You need 4 cards in your row and you need to be able to pick one card type on each card and then have 4 different card types.
• If you have a card with multiple card types, you can pick the one needed so that all 4 cards have a different type.

Refer to the “Card Information” diagram on page 4 of the rulebook, reference #3 to see where the card type is listed. The card types available are Tree, Herb, Mushroom Bush or Terrain.”

• Score 4 points per Tree/Herb/Bush/Mushroom in one continuous line through diagonally adjacent cards (1-7. Line may turn, not backtrack)

• Draw a line that can turn up-left, up-right, down-left, down-right and that passes only through cards of the matching type. You cannot pass through the same card twice. Try to make that line as long as possible. Score 4 points per card it passes through.

• Score 4 points per Tree/Herb/Bush/Mushroom in one continuous line through diagonally adjacent cards (1-7. Line may turn, not backtrack)

• Draw a line that can turn up-left, up-right, down-left, down-right and that passes only through cards of the matching type. You cannot pass through the same card twice. Try to make that line as long as possible. Score 4 points per card it passes through.

• Score 4 points per Tree/Herb/Bush/Mushroom in one continuous line through diagonally adjacent cards (1-7. Line may turn, not backtrack)

• Draw a line that can turn up-left, up-right, down-left, down-right and that passes only through cards of the matching type. You cannot pass through the same card twice. Try to make that line as long as possible. Score 4 points per card it passes through.

Score 7 points per column in your island tableau if each of the 4 cards have a different number of growth pieces on them.

• You must have 4 cards in a column in order to score it.
• Each of the cards must have a different number of growth pieces on the card, regardless of the number of growth capacity available.
• You may score a maximum of 28 points from the Himalayas.

Example: The first card has 3 growth pieces, the second card has 0 growth pieces, the third card has 4 growth pieces, and the fourth card has 6 growth pieces. Because all cards in the column have a different number of growth pieces, the player would score 6 points for this column of cards.

• Score 9 points per 2 Flora, each with a geographic term in their name (terms are in bold)

• Score 9 points per 2 Flora, each with a color in their name (colors are in italic)

• Score 9 points per 2 Flora, each with an animal in their name (animals are underlined)

• Some compromise had to be made for balance issues so, for example, not all animals may be underlined. Only bold, underlined, and italic terms can be counted toward this objective.

• Score 6 points per row/column if all 4 cards have a different ability colour

• You need 4 cards in your row/column and you need to be able to pick one color on each card and then have 4 different colors.
• If you have those 4 cards: Green|Brown, Yellow, Red|Blue, Red|Blue, you can pick Green, Yellow, Red, and Blue (or Green, Yellow, Blue, and Red) so this row would score.
• Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Brown and Black are all ability colors.

• Score 2 points per 3 growth pieces amongst all of the flora cards on your island. This includes canopy pieces.

• Score 5 points per 2 cards in a player’s island tableau and on their player board (island and climate cards) that have a Base Victory Point Value of 4 or more. Base Victory Point Value of a card can be found in the rulebook on page 4 and item 2 on the Card Information diagram.

• Score 6 points per row/column if all 4 cards have a different ability colour

• You need 4 cards in your row/column and you need to be able to pick one color on each card and then have 4 different colors.
• If you have those 4 cards: Green|Brown, Yellow, Red|Blue, Red|Blue, you can pick Green, Yellow, Red, and Blue (or Green, Yellow, Blue, and Red) so this row would score.
• Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Brown and Black are all ability colors.

• Score 3 points per flora card with 3 or more growth pieces on the card. The card(s) do not have to have a canopy on the stack. Canopies do count towards the 3 growth piece total.

Score 5 points per 2 cards planted into your island tableau or on your player board (island and climate cards) where each card has 2 abilities present.

• Green, Red, Blue, Yellow, Brown and Black are all ability colors.”

• Score 6 points per set of 5 cards including Yellow, Blue, Red, Terrain, and Event, each on a different card (including Island and Climate)

• To get 12 points with this card, you must have 2 Red, 2 Blue, 2 Yellow, 2 Terrains and 2 Events. Each must be from a different card.

• Score 2 points per Flora, each with a growth space value of 4 or less points

• This ecosystem excludes Terrain cards
• Flora cards with no growth do count for this ecosystem

Score 6 points per column in your island tableau if each of the 4 cards have a different number of Sprouts on them.

• You must have 4 cards in a column in order to score it.
• Each of the cards must have a different number of Sprouts on the card, regardless of the number of Sprout spaces available.
• You may score a maximum of 24 points from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Ecosystem.

Example: The first card has 3 Sprouts, the second card has 0 Sprouts, the third card has 4 Sprouts, and the fourth card has 6 Sprouts. Because all cards in the column have a different number of Sprouts, the player would score 6 points for this column of cards.

• Score 6 points per row of 4 cards, each with at least one different Habitat: Sunny, Wet, Rocky or Cold

• A row scores if every card on the row has at least 1 habitat and if the 4 different habitats are on 4 different cards. You need the 4 different habitats in the row, each being on a different card. If a card has different habitats, the player chooses the one that fits the best, regarding the other cards.

Score 6 points for every set of 2 cards that each have a canopy completion value of 5 or more. 

• Refer to the “Card Information” diagram on page 4 of the rulebook, reference #9 to see where canopy completion values are displayed. 
• You do not have to have growth pieces on the growth space of the card(s) to score for this objective.

• Score 9 points per 2 Flora, each with a geographic term in their name (terms are in bold)

• Score 9 points per 2 Flora, each with a color in their name (colors are in italic)

• Score 9 points per 2 Flora, each with an animal in their name (animals are underlined)

• Some compromise had to be made for balance issues so, for example, not all animals may be underlined. Only bold, underlined, and italic terms can be counted toward this objective.

• Score 6 points per row/column if all 4 cards share one ability colour

• You need 4 cards in your row/column and you must be able to pick one color that all 4 cards have.

• Score 7 points per 2 flora cards with a capacity to hold 3 or fewer sprout cubes. Refer to the “Card Information” diagram on page 4 of the rulebook, reference #10 to see where sprouts are stored. You do not have to have sprout cubes on the spaces of the card(s) to score for this objective.

Score 6 points per row in your island tableau if each of the 4 cards have a different number of Sprouts on them. 

• You must have 4 cards in a row in order to score it.
• Each of the cards must have a different number of Sprouts on the card, regardless of the number of Sprout spaces available. 
• You may score a maximum of 24 points from the Yuanjiang Savanna. 

Example: The first card has 3 Sprouts, the second card has 0 Sprouts, the third card has 4 Sprouts, and the fourth card has 6 Sprouts. Because all cards in the row have a different number of Sprouts, the player would score 6 points for this row of cards.