Cascadia reference sheet

Overview

• Tile-laying + token-drafting game set in the Pacific Northwest [p.2 — About the Game]
• 1–4 players, ages 10+, each player builds their own environment [p.2 — About the Game]
• Draft 1 Habitat Tile + 1 Wildlife Token per turn for exactly 20 turns [p.5 — Gameplay Overview]
• Score points for wildlife patterns (per scoring cards) and largest habitat corridors [p.8 — End Game & Scoring]
• Most points wins; Nature Tokens break ties [p.9 — End Game & Scoring]

Setup

1. Bag all 100 Wildlife Tokens and shake [p.4 — Setup]
2. Select Habitat Tiles by player count: 1P=43, 2P=63, 3P=83, 4P=all 85; shuffle face-down [p.4 — Setup]
3. Randomly pick 1 Wildlife Scoring Card per species (5 total); display face-up [p.4 — Setup]
4. Give each player 1 random Starter Habitat Tile [p.4 — Setup]
5. Reveal 4 Habitat Tiles face-up; draw 4 tokens from bag and pair one with each tile [p.4 — Setup]
6. Place Nature Tokens within reach of all players [p.4 — Setup]
7. First player = most recently saw one of the 5 wildlife (or random) [p.4 — Setup]

Turn structure

1. Check for overpopulation: if all 4 tokens are the same, auto-wipe and replace; if 3 are the same, active player may wipe those 3 [p.6 — Turn Summary]
2. Optionally spend Nature Token(s): take any tile + any token freely, OR wipe any number of tokens and replace [p.6 — Turn Summary]
3. Select 1 Habitat Tile + Wildlife Token combination [p.6 — Turn Summary]
4. Place the tile adjacent to your environment (must touch at least one existing tile) [p.7 — Place the Tile and Token]
5. Place the token on any open tile that shows that wildlife symbol (or return it to the bag) [p.7 — Place the Tile and Token]
6. If token placed on a Keystone Tile, take 1 Nature Token [p.7 — Place the Tile and Token]
7. Refill display: 1 tile from stack, 1 token from bag [p.7 — Place the Tile and Token]

Scoring

1. Wildlife Scoring Cards — score each of the 5 species per the 5 active cards [p.8 — End Game & Scoring]

2. Habitat Corridors — 1 pt per tile in your LARGEST contiguous group of each habitat type (5 habitats) [p.8 — End Game & Scoring]

3. Corridor Majorities (per player count):

• Solo: +2 pts per habitat with largest group ≥7 [p.9]
• 2P: +2 to largest; tie = +1 each [p.9]
• 3/4P: +3 largest, +1 second; ties reduce bonus (see tie rules) [p.9]

4. Nature Tokens — 1 pt each for unused tokens [p.8 — End Game & Scoring]

End of game

• Game ends immediately when no face-down tiles remain to refill the display after a player's turn [p.8 — End Game & Scoring]
• Each player will have played exactly 20 turns [p.5 — Gameplay Overview]
• Tally all 4 scoring categories; highest total wins [p.9 — End Game & Scoring]
• Tiebreaker: most unused Nature Tokens; if still tied, share the victory [p.9 — End Game & Scoring]

Glossary

• Habitat Tile: hexagonal tile showing 1–2 terrain types and 1–3 wildlife symbols [p.8 — Tile Overview]
• Keystone Tile: single-terrain tile; placing the matching wildlife token on it earns 1 Nature Token [p.8 — Tile Overview]
• Starter Habitat Tile: each player's starting tile; counts as part of their environment [p.5 — Gameplay Overview]
• Wildlife Token: round token placed on a tile showing that wildlife's symbol; max 1 per tile [p.7 — Place the Tile and Token]
• Nature Token: spent to take any tile/token combo or wipe tokens; worth 1 pt each at game end [p.8 — Tile Overview]
• Habitat Corridor: largest contiguous group of tiles sharing a matching edge of the same terrain type [p.8 — End Game & Scoring]
• Overpopulation: 4 (auto) or 3 (optional) identical tokens in the display, triggering a wipe and replacement [p.6 — Turn Summary]
• Run (Salmon): group of adjacent salmon where each salmon touches no more than 2 others [p.11 — Wildlife Scoring Cards]
• Line of Sight (Hawk): straight flat-side-to-flat-side line between two hawks, unbroken by another hawk [p.11 — Wildlife Scoring Cards]