'Fauna' was originally inspired by the traditional Chinese 'Animal Game'. It is played on an 18 x 14 board. Both players have a set of 8 hierarchically ordered animal pieces (elephant, polar bear, tiger, lion, wolf, dog, cat, mouse) and 2 humans (woman and man). Bigger animals win against smaller animals, with two exceptions: The mouse beats the elephant, and the dog beats the polar bear. Humans are the weakest pieces they lose against any animal. To win, you have to either cross the board with one of your humans, or eliminate one of the opponent's humans. Play is card-driven. For each piece (animal or human) there are 9 cards with values 1,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,5. There's also an identical set of joker cards, which can be used for any of the pieces. Players choose their cards from a hand of 7, one per turn, to move the corresponding piece.There's a page dedicated to 'Fauna'http://www.terra.es/personal2/u.roth/fa-00.htmwhere, among other things, you can find the rules in English, German and Catalan, all graphics (board, pieces cards) for download and do-it-yourself instructions. - BoardGameGeek