Codex Naturalis

What is Codex Naturalis

In Codex Naturalis, you must continue the work of the illuminating monk Tybor Kwelein, assembling the pages of a manuscript that lists the living species in primary forests. Can you put the pages together in the best order possible? And are you prepared to sacrifice a species to develop your manuscript?

In the game, each player starts with a single card on the table, a card that shows some combination of the four possible resources in the middle of the card, in the corners of the card, or both. Players also have two resource cards and one gold card in hand, while two of each type of card are visible on the table.

On a turn, you place a card from your hand overlapping the corners of one or more cards you already have in play. Your starting card has four overlappable corners, while resource and gold cards have only three.

Resource cards have no cost to be played, and they often depict resource symbols in their corners.

Game details

Players

1–4

Age

+7

Duration

30 min

Difficulty

Light

Type

Board game

Year

2021

Mechanics

Hand Management · Layering · Pattern Building

Categories

Card Game · Environmental

Designer

Thomas Dupont

Publisher

Maldito Games · Bombyx · Cranio Creations · Dexker Games