Quick winning principles
- Draft habitat-wildlife pairs that advance your highest-value scoring card.
- Complete one scoring pattern fully before starting another.
- Place bears in pairs, elk in lines, salmon upstream—match each species' rule.
- Deny opponents the habitat tile that completes their scoring pattern.
Ideal strategy
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Habitat scoring: four of one terrain type scores 10—commit to two terrain types maximum.
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Wildlife patterns: bear pairs need adjacent placement; plan two pairs before drafting bears.
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Tile drafting: take the pair that scores on two cards simultaneously over one high card.
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Salmon runs: upstream placement chains—start at the river source for maximum length.
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Hawk solitaire: isolate hawks with empty hexes between for solo scoring.
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Endgame: three completed scoring cards plus habitat bonus beats four partial patterns.