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First Turn

When the game begins, 3 goal cards will be revealed, each player is dealt a hand of 3 mushroom cards and must place their first seedling in one of the central 4 slots starting with the first player. If there are unclaimed slots, those are filled with place holders and cannot be played on.

Placing First Seedling Strategy

The two factors that can impact your decision are the mushrooms in your hand and to a lesser extent, the goal cards.

If there is a mushroom you want to play that takes an certain color of activation token, it is advantageous to place your first seedling next to starting mushrooms that refreshes that color of token. Additionally it is generally good practice to have access to a variety of different colored mushrooms to ensure you are able to effectively use your activation tokens, though exceptions exist.

Playing the Game

Turn Actions

On each player's turn, that player may choose to do one of the following:

• Activation:
• Absorb:
• Reproduce:
• Partner:
• Photosynthesis:
  • Moving Carbon:
  • Playing a Mushroom:

Scoring and Goals

Your goal is to collect the most growth points.

End of Game Scoring

Each player scores points from the following:

The player with the most growth points win.

Strategy

3 Trees

In order to end the game, a player must absorb at least one carbon on 9 separate turns. An aggressive strategy which ends the game in the fewest possible turns and seedlings will result in the player growing 3 trees and solely absorbing their carbon via the Absorb action.