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Fossilize Me! Card Game Rules & Game Play
Number of cards: 58 14 Fossil cards 14 Organism cards 24 Fossilization Process cards (8 Unaltered, 4 Trace, 4 Mold, 4 Cast, 4 Carbonization) 6 Decay Before Burial cards Players: 2-4 (A single player can also play by making trios and checking them with the answer sheet.) Game objective: The goal is to make as many proper trios as possible. A trio includes the following cards: Organism + Fossilization Process + Fossil The game ends when one of the players gets rid of all of her cards. Starting the game: Before starting the game, players should familiarize themselves with the five different fossilization processes featured: Unaltered, Carbonization, Cast, Mold, Trace. The cards are then shuffled, and each player is dealt seven cards. The rest are placed face down on the table in a draw pile. To enter the game, each player must lay down an Organism card. You can put down as many Organism cards as you were dealt, and you should place them face up in front of you. There is no particular order here—all players can play their openers at the same time. If you notice that you were dealt a trio, you can play the trio (or trios) instead of just the Organism card. These Organism cards and trios should remain on the table in front of you as the game continues. If you notice a mistake in another player’s trio (e.g., an Organism card does not match the Fossilization Process and Fossil cards), you can fix it and keep the trio for yourself. You can also fix your own trio if you notice the mistake before anyone else. If you don’t have an Organism card, you must take a card from the draw pile each time it’s your turn, until you eventually draw an Organism card to use as an opener. Continuation of play: After players have put down any Organism cards/trios they have, the objective is to make as many more trios as possible. The youngest player goes first. You must always carry out a play when it’s your turn. When it’s your turn, you can make one or multiple of the following plays, but you MUST make at least one: Take a card from the draw pile. Place a card, facing up, on a discard pile next to the draw pile. Complete a trio by playing the appropriate Fossilization Process + Fossil cards after an Organism card has just been played. The trio then belongs to you, and goes to your side of the table. Block an opponent’s trio by playing a Decay Before Burial card. (See the section below on how to use these cards.) www.sciencefriday.com By Educator Collaborator Marta Toran
Players can never have more than seven cards in their hand. If you have seven cards and no option but to take a card from the draw pile, you must put one card in the discard pile, before or after drawing. At any time (even out of turn), any player can take the top card from the discard pile to complete a trio. The trio must be played immediately. The game continues, with players forming as many trios as possible. If the draw pile runs out of cards, turn the discard pile over to become the draw pile. Decay Before Burial card: There are four Decay Before Burial cards. These can be used to “block” a trio from being completed. For example, if one player discards an Organism card, the next player can lay down a Decay Before Burial card, thus preventing any other players from completing a trio. In real life, if an organism decays before being buried, it will not form a fossil. The Decay Before Burial card symbolizes this fact. You must carefully consider when to put down a Decay Before Burial card, because you might later end up drawing the Fossilization Process and Fossil cards that complete the trio. Winning the Game The game ends when someone runs out of cards. The trios are then counted, and whoever has the most trios wins. An answer sheet of trios is provided with the game. This sheet should only be consulted at the end of the game, when the trios are being checked and counted. If you formed an incorrect trio, that one is not counted as part of your score. All drawings on the “Fossilize Me!” cards were created by Marta Toran.
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Image Sources/Inspiration Mammoth fossil: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baby_Mammoth_Lyuba.jpg Mammoth illustration: http://www.vancitybuzz.com/2016/05/baby-woolly-mammoth-royal-bc-museum/ Petrified wood: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:PetrifiedWood.jpg Triassic tree: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/27804946205 Ammonite fossil: http://maxpixel.freegreatpicture.com/Fossil-Permian-Goniatitida-Stone-Ammonite-Devonian-94820 Ammonite drawing: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammonite Belemnite illustration: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belemnite Belemnite fossil: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Belemnite_at_bristol_museum_arp.jpg Sabre tooth tiger fossil: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smilodon_fatalis_sabertoothed_tiger_(Upper_Pleistocene;_California,_USA)_3_(15420506196).jpg Sabre tooth tiger illustration: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Smilodon_populator_rec.jpg Trilobite cast fossil: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/15083687337 Trilobite illustration: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trilobite_Heinrich_Harder.jpg Fossil in amber: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Critters_in_amber.jpg Prehistoric spider: http://home.bt.com/news/science-news/bugs-and-spiders-prehistoric-style-11363923964589 Dire wolf representation: https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/9375228425 Dire wolf fossil: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dire_wolf.jpg Dino track: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dinosaur_footprint_(4056320716).jpg Dino foot: https://www.flickr.com/photos/terwilliger911/1574139362 Fish fossil: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2d/Thrissops_cf_formosus_01.jpg Mold clipart: http://www.clipartpanda.com/clipart_images/clip-art-baking-252100-jpg-10254326 Ice clipart: https://pixabay.com/en/ice-cube-transparent-frozen-309205/ Crinoid molds: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crinoidal_vuggy_chert_(Carboniferous;_limestone_quarry_near_Komsomolske,_southeastern_Ukraine)_-_2.jpg Three toed horse drawing: https://www.nps.gov/pwr/photosmultimedia/photogallery.htm?id=FB21F625-A996-C8BF-05951873A1B4A94C Worm burrow fossil: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/15514509946 Worm burrow photograph: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lugworm_cast,_Red_Wharf_Bay,_Isle_of_Anglesey_-_geograph.org.uk_-_30354.jpg Gastrolith stones: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starr_Springs_Gastroliths_Jurassic_Utah.jpg Gastrolith fossil: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Psittacosaurus_stomach_stones.jpg Fern fossil: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/15359852239 Fern: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sa-fern.jpg Fossil wasp: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florissant_Fossil_Beds_National_Monument#/media/File:Palaeovespa_florissantia.jpg Wasp photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Alvesgaspar/Wasps_%26_Bees/Wasps Petrified woolly mammoth tooth: https://www.nps.gov/articles/aps-v13-i1-c15.htm Woolly mammoth: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Woolly_Mammoth-RBC.jpg Mold fossil of shell: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aviculopecten_subcardiformis01.JPG Bivalve photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Unknown_Bivalve_Macro.JPG Bivalve cast fossil: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Opalized_Cyrenopsis_fossil_bivalve_(Bulldog_Shale,_Lower_Cretaceous;_Coober_Pedy_Opal_Field,_South_A ustralia)_02_(15208212091).jpg Clam: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clam_in_the_mud_at_Chippokes_Plantation_State_Park.jpg Cast of snail: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/15044044920 Turritella photo:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Turritella_terebra.jpg Dinosaur organism card for coprolite fossil: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gojirasaurus_BW.jpg
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