Lina & Brent Games Restoria: Ecology Game

A light-weight strategy card game that incorporates community ecology concepts and features 31 species of California plants. Designed by Lina Aoyama Batas, an ecologist, and Brent Batas, a lifelong game designer.

• A light-weight strategy card game that incorporates community ecology concepts and features 31 species of California plants. Designed by Lina Aoyama Batas, an ecologist, and Brent Batas, a lifelong game designer.
• Manage a Plant Community: You are an ecologist working to restore grasslands. Your challenge is to build a species diverse plant community that is resilient to wildfires, drought, and other events.
• Native & Non-Native Plants: Draw from 31 different species of hand-illustrated Plant cards from California grasslands.
• Strategic Gameplay: Each species of plant has unique abilities and characteristics, based on real-life research. Each plant species has different interactions with adjacent plants, so the way you arrange your community makes a big difference!
• Educational: All plants are referred to by latin names, and game mechanics incorporate the four high-level processes of community ecology: selection, drift, speciation, and dispersal.
• Length & Difficulty: 2-6 players (2-4 recommended) and plays in about 45-75 minutes. Fun for ages 9+!
• Compact: Setup is easy, and everything fits in a small box. Restoria is designed to be easily taken along fieldwork & camping trips.
• Excellent Gift: Great gift for anyone who loves plants!