Voyage of the Beagle Darwin Deck
2016 – (See Cards | Deck Info | Download cards : board : rules | Purchase Box Set : Cards Only)…
This is a deck made with research help from Karen James and includes commissioned art of a variety of organisms that Darwin observed or collected whilst on the H.M.S. Beagle. This deck will include 40 new cards and also a small game board that depicts a map of the voyage route. Note that the different card border colours are representative of different legs of the journey.
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Galapagos Hawk
Buteo galapagoensis![Scale 7](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/7.png)
![Diat: carnivore , Hierachy 3](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carnivore3.png)
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7603/16310542504_7f8f91d814_o_d.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Galapagos_hawk.jpg/640px-Galapagos_hawk.jpg)
6 POINTS
Play: This hawk has a FLIGHT of 2.
Fact: Darwin on the hawk: “A gun is here almost superfluous; for with the muzzle I pushed a hawk out of the branch of a tree…”
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-DCE1E8-ocean-ocean-ocean-1.png)
Flying Fish
Exocoetidae Family![Scale 6](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/6.png)
![Diat: carbon-macromolecules , Hierachy 2](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/carbon-macromolecules2.png)
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7587/16928861862_502e639556_o_d.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Pink-wing_flying_fish.jpg/553px-Pink-wing_flying_fish.jpg)
6 POINTS
Play: This fish has a MOVE of 2 and needs to be played next to a PLANKTON species (for food).
Fact: The flights of flying fish are typically around 50 meters, though they can use updrafts at the leading edge of waves to cover distances of up to 400 meters!
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-EAF4E3-forest-forest-tundra-1.png)
Monkey Puzzle Tree
Araucaria araucana![Scale 9](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/9.png)
![Diat: photosynthetic , Hierachy 1](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/photosynthetic1.png)
![](https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8694/16740314580_ae4265e086_o_d.jpg)
1 POINTS
Fact: Because of the great age of this species, it is sometimes described as a living fossil.
![](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/generated-card-images/br-DDD7E2-grasslands-grasslands-fresh-water-1.png)
Galapagos giant tortoise
Chelonoidis nigra![Scale 8](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/8.png)
![Diat: herbivore , Hierachy 2](https://phylogame.org/wp-content/themes/phylo/img/num/herbivore2.png)
![](https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7605/16713959497_65d0a7bfa1_o_d.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Galapagos_Tortoise_%285213306875%29.jpg/640px-Galapagos_Tortoise_%285213306875%29.jpg)
3 POINTS
Play: This tortoise has a MOVE of 2.
Fact: Charles Darwin visited the Galápagos for five weeks on the second voyage of HMS Beagle in 1835 and saw Galápagos tortoises on San Cristobal (Chatham) and Santiago (James) Islands.