- BGG rating
- 9.5
Rules assistance for ILAN: Expansión 2025
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–5 players
- 20–40 min
- 10+
Rules assistant for ILAN: Expansión 2025
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ILAN: Expansión 2025 is an expansion for ILAN: Discovering Antarctic Life released in 2025 for 2–5 players, 20–40 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Chilo Varela and Dany Varela and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Take That, and Set Collection.
About the game
ILAN: Exploring Antarctic Life puts players in charge of a scientific expedition through the Antarctic ecosystem. On each turn, you play a Biodiversity card and may also play a Factor card, using species abilities and environmental effects to interact with your own ecosystem, other players, and the shared Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Your goal is to build food webs of four or five different colors and use card abilities to reach 40 Victory Points before anyone else. This expansion shakes up that ecosystem with 32 new Biodiversity cards, introducing new species and strategic possibilities without adding complicated rules. Cards such as the Orca Pod can devour other organisms while costing your opponents points, while the seemingly harmless Weddell Seal Pup can help you draw additional Biodiversity cards. It also introduces three new Natural Factors, including Rafting, which lets you attract a macroalgae at just the right moment. These new effects integrate directly into ILAN’s existing mechanics, creating new interactions and giving you more ways to develop your ecosystem and complete food webs. The result is more variety, more surprises, and an ecosystem that feels even more alive. If you already enjoy ILAN’s mix of strategy, interaction, and Antarctic wildlife, this expansion gives you new ways to explore the food web and outsmart your fellow scientists.
Designers
Publishers
- Within Play
Questions and answers
ILAN: Expansión 2025 supports 2–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for ILAN: Expansión 2025 is 20–40 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists ILAN: Expansión 2025 for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
ILAN: Expansión 2025 belongs to these categories: Card Game, Real-time, and Educational. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Take That, and Set Collection. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of ILAN: Expansión 2025 are: Chilo Varela and Dany Varela. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists ILAN: Expansión 2025 as an expansion for ILAN: Discovering Antarctic Life. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need ILAN: Discovering Antarctic Life to use it. Check that your edition of ILAN: Discovering Antarctic Life is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.