Survival of the Fittest

Players alternately pick cards to compile a deck, one card type at a time. Red cards are animals,
green are evolutions, and purple are circumstance. Following deck building, players select three species
from their deck and place them face down on in front of them so that their opponent does not know their
selection. Each player can have a total of five species cards on the field at one time. Players then shuffle
their remaining cards and draw five into their hand. Players flip a coin to see who goes first, with the player
correctly guessing the side the coin lands on going first. Players will alternate turns and have a total of ten
turns each.
Every turn, the player will draw one card and be able to make two moves. A move can be
considered placing a species on the field, applying an evolution to a species, using a circumstance card, or
attacking an opponents species. When an attack commences, both players must flip the involved species
cards face up. The species with the higher combat ability (CA), evolutions included, wins and causes the
other species to go extinct. When a species goes extinct, it is removed from the game in the discard pile,
along with any cards that were applied to it. If coevolution was used, the species that was not part of the
attack remains but loses any modification to stats that it received from its partner species.
After ten rounds have been played, players total the fitness (F) of their species on the field and the
player with the highest total fitness wins as their species will ultimately be more fit and outlive the
opponents species.

Gorilla

Cheetah

Grizzly Bear

Great White Shark

Herbivorous apes that live in

the forests of central Africa.

Large cat that lives mainly in

eastern and southern Africa.

A type of brown bear that lives

in North America.

Large shark that lives in coastal

waters of all the major oceans.

Traits: Teeth, Intellectual

Traits: Teeth, Speed

Traits: Teeth, Claws

Traits: Teeth, Swimmer

Combat Ability: 35
Fitness:
20

Combat Ability: 40
Fitness:
35

Combat Ability: 35
Fitness:
25

Combat Ability: 45
Fitness:
35

Black Widow Spider

Falcon

Crow

Lion

Lethal spider that lives in

temperate regions worldwide.

The fastest bird, lives in all

continents, except Antarctica.

This intelligent bird lives across

the globe, except Antarctica.

The king of the jungle lives

primarily in Africa.

Traits: Small, Venom

Traits: Talons, Speed

Traits: Talons, Intellectual

Traits: Teeth, Claws

Combat Ability: 30
Fitness:
35

Combat Ability: 30
Fitness:
30

Combat Ability: 15
Fitness:
30

Combat Ability: 45
Fitness:
35

Rat

Humpback Whale

Elephant

Beaver

A rodent that lives on all

continents, except Antarctica.

A species of Baleen whale that

inhabits all major oceans.

Large mammals that live in

Africa and Asia.

Large rodent that lives in North

America and Eurasia.

Traits: Small, Speed

Traits: Large, Swimmer

Traits: Large, Intellectual

Traits: Teeth, Intellectual

Combat Ability: 5
Fitness:
25

Combat Ability: 15
Fitness:
25

Combat Ability: 25
Fitness:
25

Combat Ability: 20
Fitness:
30

Giraffe

Raccoon

Poison Dart Frog

Blue Ring Octopus

Tallest living mammal that lives

in Africa.

A tricky mammal that lives in

North America.

A species of frogs that lives in

Central and South America.

A species of octopus that lives

in Pacific and Indian Oceans.

Traits: Large, Intellectual

Traits: Claws, Intellectual

Traits: Small, Venom

Traits: Venom, Swimmer

Combat Ability: 30
Fitness:
25

Combat Ability: 15
Fitness:
25

Combat Ability: 35
Fitness:
20

Combat Ability: 40
Fitness:
25

Dolphin

Aquatic mammals that live in every

ocean, except the Arctic and Antarctic
Ocean.

Traits: Swimmer, Intellectual

Combat Ability: 20
Fitness:
25

Elongated

Potency

Thick Skin

Cognition

Select a target species with the

trait teeth. That species
evolves elongated teeth for
better hunting, enhancing its
CA by 10.

Select a target species with the

trait venom. That species
evolves a more lethal venom,
enhancing its CA by 10.

Select a target species with the

trait large. That species
evolves a thicker skin
preventing being easily
damaged, enhancing its CA by
10.

Select a target species with the

trait intellectual. That species
develops higher thinking
capabilities, enhancing its CA
by 10.

x3

x3

x3

x3

Hydrodynamic

Select a target species with the

trait swimmer. That species
evolves a more streamlined
body for faster swimming,
enhancing its CA by 10.

x3

Sharpened

Curved

Stealth

Select a target species with the

trait claws. That species
evolves sharper claws for
better hunting, enhancing its
CA by 10.

Select a target species with the

trait talons. That species
evolves curved talons for easier
prey capture, enhancing its CA
by 10.

Select a target species with the

trait small. That species
evolves stealthier methods of
movement as a result of its
size, enhancing its CA by 10.

x3

x3

x3

Mach 5

Select a target species with the

trait speed. That species
evolves a more aerodynamic
body to achieve higher top
speed, enhancing its CA by 10.

x3

Human Interest

Selective Agent: Swim

Selective Agent: Large

Coevolution

Select an animal and flip a coin.

If you land on heads, humans
assist the animal and increase
the species CA and F by 20.
If you land on tails, humans
hunt the animal and it goes
extinct

All species with the trait

swimming are given an F
boost of 5.

All species with the trait

large are given an F boost
of 5.

Select two species of

animals. Any effects on the
CA or F on one of the species
will affect both.

x3

x2

x2

x3

Selective Agent: Teeth

Selective Agent: Talons

Kin Recognition

Selective Agent: Swimmer

All species with the trait

teeth are given an F boost
of 5.

All species with the trait

talons are given an F boost
of 5.

Select a species. That species

is now able to recognize
closely genetically related
individuals, and thus has its
F increased by 10

All species with the trait

swimmer are given an F
boost of 5.

x2

x2

x3

x2

Selective Agent: Small

Selective Agent: Speed

Selective Agent: Venom

Selective Agent: Small

All species with the trait

small are given an F boost
of 5.

All species with the trait

speed are given an F boost
of 5.

All species with the trait

venom are given an F boost
of 5.

All species with the trait

small are given an F boost
of 5.

Selective Agent: Claws

Selective Agent: Intellect

Disease Ridden

Bottleneck Effect

All species with the trait

claws are given an F boost
of 5.

All species with the trait

intellect are given an F
boost of 5.

Select a target species. That

species contracts a
contagious, lethal disease
and goes extinct

Select a target species. An

event dramatically reduces
that species population,
decreasing genetic variability.
Reduce the target species F
by 10.

x2

x2

x2

x3