Increase Biodiversity

Biodiversity is the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or on the entire Earth. Biodiversity is often used as a measure of the health of biological systems. The biodiversity found on Earth today consists of many millions of distinct biological species. The year 2010 has been declared as the International Year of Biodiversity. Biodiversity is not distributed evenly on Earth, […]

European Goldfinch

The European Goldfinch or Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) is a small passerine bird in the finch family. The average Goldfinch is 12–13 cm long with a wingspan of 21–25 cm and a weight of 14 to 19 grams. The sexes are broadly similar, with a red face, black and white head, warm brown upperparts, white underparts with buff flanks and breast patches, and […]

Ecosystem Game – Basic Rules (Version 1.4a)

Game designed by Fenrislorsrai, with feedback from picks-at-flies, ColinD , Naturalismus, Wootfish, Forbidding, TheCharles, glunsforddavis, Havoc Jack, Cubist.. Editorial oversight and figures by db. Printable version of rules (2.7Mb pdf) | 54 card starter deck* (10.3Mb pdf) * Enough for two decks of 25 each (1 home card + 24 others), and 4 extra. – […]

Serval

The serval (pronounced /ˈsɜrvəl/), Leptailurus serval, is a medium-sized African wild cat. Modern molecular DNA analysis indicates that servals maintain their own unique lineage descending from the same Felid ancestor as the lion, and though the serval shares common traits with thecheetah, it is the cheetah which is thought to have descended from ancient servals.[3] Similar DNA studies have shown the African golden […]

Overpopulation

Overpopulation is a condition where an organism‘s numbers exceed the carrying capacity of its habitat. In common parlance, the term often refers to the relationship between the human population and its environment, theEarth.[1] Overpopulation does not depend only on the size or density of the population, but on the ratio of population to available sustainable […]

Ecosystem Building Game (V1.3)

(In progress) Game designed by Fenrislorsrai, with feedback from ColinD , Naturalismus, Wootfish, Forbidding, TheCharles, glunsforddavis, Havoc Jack, Cubist.. Editorial oversight and figures by db Initial notes in the Phylomon Forum (link) | V1.1 | V1.2 | playtest reports 1 | 2 | 3 | 4. TO DO LIST: – Create starter decks (pdfs that […]