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The Story
Realistically, everyone enjoys the forest and we all hold a responsibility for the protection of our forests. “Mysteries of the Forest” trivia board game educates us, makes us aware of the state of the worlds three main majestic forests (The Temperate Rain Forest, The Tropical Rain Forest and The Boreal Forest), while at the same time entertains families and friends for hours.
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The Market
“Mysteries of the Forest” evolves around everything that occurs in our forest from
management practices to endangered species. Our forests are international and
somehow directly or indirectly affect every person in the world. It is time to educate
our children and make as many people as possible aware of our forests so we can in
a sensitive way manage for all species that depend on the forest ecosystem and enjoy
them forever.
“Mysteries of the Forest” will interest educators as an informative tool. The game will appeal to people who are directly affected by the forest and people who love and enjoy the forest. All will be curious to learn more about the “Mysteries of the Forest”.
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The Game
What makes “Mysteries of the Forest” unique and interesting is that it can be played in a variety of ways for various time durations, depending on the age and knowledge of the players. The players (with the roll of a die) travel around a trail consisting of staggering stones on a forest-illustrated background, answering trivia based multiple choice questions from five different categories. The five categories are World Forestry and Parks, Forest Sciences, General Forestry, Forest Trees and Plants, and Forest Wildlife. There are 192 questions in each category for a total of 960 questions. Each correct answer earns the player a marker that corresponds with each category that is placed in a special seedling tray. The categories, trivia cards and trees are color coded to match the game board’s path stones. The game also includes 96 specially marked elementary cards in each category.
The players can also obtain a tree by properly guessing one of the 96 picture cards. These are special black colored trees and only one is allowed per category. This adds variety to the approach of asking questions.
There are also miss-a-turn, free seedling and lose-a-seedling stones and one forest fi re stone where a player loses a tree from each category. A player can also challenge a question but only if they have one marker remaining in a category to complete that category. These special path stones make the game more entertaining, challenging and competitive.
The player who fi lls the seedling tray fi rst to the required number of trees or has the
most trees at the end of predetermined time duration wins the game. The maximum
number of trees is 20, four in each category.
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Components
Game Board, 480 Multiple Choice Question Cards, 96 Picture Cards, 5 Seedling
Trays, 5 Game Pieces, 1 Die, 120 Tree Seedlings (20 of each color), Picture Card
Glossary and Instructions.
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Conclusion
Forestry is everyone’s concern around the world and as our populations increase more demand is placed on our forest ecosystems. We must protect forest species for future generations and become better stewards of our forests. Through more awareness and proper education we can still learn more about the state of our forests so we can participate in better management.
Remember extinct means “gone forever”.
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