Succession Game!

Column 1

100

To start the game:

Oaks & Maples – 15 points

Insects – 10 points

Pines – 15 points

Lichens – 5 points

Grasses – 10 points

Mammals –  10 points

200

A glacier edges through the area scraping down to bare rock…

Oaks & Maples – Take away all points

Insects – take away all points

Pines – Take away all points

Lichens – Add 15

Grasses – take away all points

Mammals – take away all points

300

5 years after a glacier recedes…

Oaks & Maples – Add 1

Insects – add 2

Pines – none

Lichens – add 10

Grasses – add 5

Mammals – none

400

100 years have passed …

Oaks & Maples – add 25

Insects – add 15

Pines – ADD 5

Lichens – TAKE AWAY 2

Grasses – ADD10

Mammals – add 10

500

You stop cutting the grass in your yard…

Oaks & Maples – add 2

Insects – add 10

Pines – add 2

Lichens – none

Grasses – add 10

Mammals – add 5

Column 2

100

5 Years after the area is covered with ash from a volcano…

Oaks & Maples – None

Insects – add 7

Pines – none

Lichens – add 10

Grasses – add 5

Mammals – add 5

200

Your yard 10 years after you stopped cutting the grass…

Oaks & Maples – add 2

Insects – add 15

Pines – add 10

Lichens – none

Grasses – add 20

Mammals – add 10

300

Lightning strikes and starts a fire…

Oaks & Maples – Take away 15

Insects – take away 10

Pines – Take away 10

Lichens – take away 10

Grasses – take away 10

Mammals – take away 15

400

10 years after a glacier recedes…

Oaks & Maples – none

Insects – add 10

Pines – add 2

Lichens – take away 2

Grasses – add 10

Mammals – add 5

500

Your yard 50 years after you stopped cutting the grass…

Oaks & Maples – add 15

Insects – add 15

Pines – ADD 5

Lichens – add 5

Grasses –ADD 5

Mammals – add 10

Column 3

100

5 years after a forest fire…

Oaks & Maples – ADD 1

Insects – add 5

Pines – add 10

Lichens – add 1

Grasses – add 10

Mammals – add 2

200

A volcano covers the area with volcanic rock

Oaks & Maples – Take away all points

Insects – take away all points

Pines – Take away all points

Lichens – take away all points

Grasses – take away all points

Mammals – take away all points

300

50 years after a forest fire…

Oaks & Maples – add 20

Insects – add 15

Pines – add 10

Lichens – add 5

Grasses – add 5

Mammals – add 12

400

25 years after a volcano erupts…

Oaks & Maples – add 2

Insects – add 5

Pines – add 10

Lichens – add 2

Grasses – take away 5

Mammals – add 2