Cascadia— Guide, genres & similar games

Winner of the prestigious Spiel des Jahres board game award, Cascadia is a relaxing and strategic tile-laying game where wildlife and nature exist in beautiful balance.Embark upon a breathtaking journey through the Pacific Northwest. Explore new habitats and discover the animals who live there as you compete to cultivate the perfect ecosystem!Cascadia Digital offers many new ways to play and explore, on your own or with friends:Solo & Online Play - Head out into the world to find your opponents, or go it alone!Family Mode - Hone your skills in Family Mode with simpler scoring objectives!Pass and Play - Share your field research with local pass-and-play!15 Solo Scenarios - Explore new approaches in unique scenarios!14 Challenges - Push yourself to complete tricky Challenges!Daily Trek - Three challenges with specific objectives every day push your strategic abilities!Cascadia's is easy to learn and hard to master.  It’s gameplay has won awards around the world. Here's how to play: On your turn:1.) Select a Habitat tile and Wildlife token.Choose from one of the four combinations of tiles and tokens.2.) Place the tile and token into your Environment.Expand your Environment by placing your chosen Habitat tile adjacent to any other Habitat tile.Populate your Environment by placing your Wildlife token on any Habitat tile that can support that species of wildlife.Collect a Nature token if you successfully populate a Keystone tileNature tokens can be used to increase your options when selecting Habitat tiles and Wildlife tokens on subsequent turns.Scoring:Score points based on how harmonious your Environment is!1.) Habitats - Score 1 point for each tile in your largest contiguous corridor of each habitat type. Also score bonuses for each type of habitat you have, if you have the largest.2.) Wildlife - Score points for your Wildlife based on the Wildlife Scoring Cards used in each game.3.) Nature Tokens - Score points for any unspent Nature Tokens earned from populating Keystone Tiles.