Celebes: The Anomalous Island

You are sent to an adventurous journey to the heart of Celebes, an anomalous island of Indonesia. Wonders are everywhere. Birds, butterflies, mammals, and insects are dazzling with beauty. And you have the best mission in the world: to collect and study them all! This will definitely be your lifetime expedition. Celebes offers games that can be enjoyed by families, which can be played by 2-4 players. The main mechanics of the game are Point to Point Movement and Set Collection. Each player will be provided with a set of logistics cards, botanical tokens and cash. The player's task is to move from one point to another to get data on flora & fauna endemic there. Each turn the players will play one logistic card, later the value printed on the card will be additional travel capital for this turn. If they want to retrieve data, they have to pay a certain amount of money to be able to put the botanist on the game board following the existing path. Players will get a flora / fauna card if they succeed in placing their botanists in a new area. At the beginning of the round there will be one event card that is opened, this card can change the playing conditions and change the player's tactics. The game ends when the last event card has been executed. Players will get points for having a certain set of cards. However, a new set is counted when the total is more than three cards of the same suit. If there are only one or two cards in a set, the value does not count or is considered forfeited. The player with the most Victory Points wins!