You have big chunky tiles with animal frames/bodies. And then you have lots of small tiles that you can connect to those bodies to “build” animals (in a Spore-like fashion).
On your turn, you draft the body parts you want from some randomized market/tiles.
Then, once done, you actually use the “pet” or “animal” you build for some common task in nature.
- Such as gathering food
- Surviving in the wild
- Finding a mate
- Etc