Encyclopédia

Budding naturalists set out to study the world's most fascinating creatures!

It's 1739, and as budding naturalists and adventurers, you've been hired by the Comte de Buffon - Darwin's predecessor - to help him create the first encyclopedia of natural history. To do so, you'll have to conduct research, organize ambitious expeditions, and publish studies on the world's most fascinating creatures!

Each turn, players roll dice and use the values and/or colors of their dice (or those of other players) to take a variety of actions: collect funds from the bank, ask for help from the royal academy, research animals, go on expeditions, and more!

Players earn points not only by publishing their research, but also by hiring experts, improving their reputation among their peers and optimizing their actions. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.

Encyclopedia offers a multitude of ways to counteract the randomness of your dice rolls. In addition to being able to spend different tokens to change the value or color of a die, players have more than just their own die to choose from, as other players' dice can be used as well! Taking a die from another player's board costs nothing, but the targeted player gains a bonus.