News
New from the workshop
Guardians arriving, cards learning another language, stories joining the shelf.
Here we share what we publish, in order of arrival: the newest at the top.
November 4, 2026 · Illustrated stories
The Wanha' stories are on the shelf
Five illustrated adventures from the mangroves, wetlands, rivers and rainforest of Tabasco, one for each Guardian of Wanha'. An oyster buried in the middle of the jungle, a mural that refuses to lie, a ghost under the pier, a roar that scares a whole village and a queen who has never seen a flower.
RIZELA · What the Sea Left BehindKena arrives from the coast, sure there is no sea here.
XIKNAL · The Missing PinkAbril won't paint the spoonbills a pink they no longer have.
CENTOR · The Ghost of the PoolSomething under the old pier steals fish and cuts lines.
BRAMOR · Something Roars in the ForestThe whole village swears it is a wild beast.
MELITA · The Queen Who Never Saw a FlowerA queen knows the world only from what her daughters tell her.
24 pages each, for ages 10 and up, in Spanish. Read them free on screen or print them at home; they also travel in print with their Guardian Pack.
November 3, 2026 · Naming contest
The Guardians of Wanha' now have names
The Wanha' collection — the one from the mangroves, wetlands, rivers and rainforest of Tabasco — now has five names: BRAMOR, XIKNAL, MELITA, RIZELA and CENTOR. They came from the naming contest for the Guardians of Wanha'. Thank you to everyone who took part.
BRAMOR, the black howler monkeyFrom “bramido,” the Spanish word for a deep roar. Proposed by Erick Yair Vidal Mandujano.
XIKNAL, the roseate spoonbillFrom the Maya word xik'nal, “to fly with flapping wings.” Proposed by José Darwin Alejandro Hernández.
MELITA, the Melipona beeFrom Melipona, and it sounds like “miel,” the Spanish word for honey. Proposed by Alexander Priego Valles.
RIZELA, the red mangroveFrom Rhizophora: it begins at the root. Proposed by Alexander Priego Valles.
CENTOR, the snookFrom Centropomus: it sounds like “sentinel.” Proposed by Erick Yair Vidal Mandujano.
Each one now shows its name on its own page, in the card explorer, in the console and in the shop.
Want to hang it up? Here is the print-shop version, in 11 × 17 inch tabloid size (PDF · 7.5 MB · in Spanish).
Logbook
What has come out of the workshop in recent weeks
- November 4Rulebook
The rulebook, now in English
All 16 pages, with the same illustrations and design, now in English. There is also a booklet version to print double-sided and staple in the middle.
- November 3Play
The Wanha' board is ready to download
In high resolution, on four A3+ sheets to print in color and put together at home.
- November 3Guardians
ÁMBAR, BALEY, CIMA, INIA and CRUM now have their own pages
The five newest Guardians join “All fifteen” in The game, each with its territory, three of its cards, an encounter, two challenges and its story. You can also choose them now for the First Game and the Guardian Pack.
- November 3The site
The site is now in English
Every page now has an English version, including the shop and the card explorer. To switch languages, use the language button next to the menu.
- November 3Stories
The stories are back in their original quality
The ten stories, the rulebook and the printable board can be downloaded again with their high-resolution illustrations, ready to print at home.
- On videoInterview
The interview with Valentina
A conversation about FAUNA Guardianes, in full on YouTube.
- November 1Cards
The five newest now speak eight languages
The 400 cards of ÁMBAR, BALEY, CIMA, INIA and CRUM can be read in Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Nahuatl and Maya. In the explorer, you choose one or more languages, and the card appears in that order.
- Español
- English
- Français
- Italiano
- Português
- 中文
- Náhuatl
- Maya
We explain what has been reviewed, and what has not, in Behind every card.
- October 31Guardians
Five new Guardians arrive
ÁMBAR, the monarch butterfly; BALEY, the Mexican wolf; CIMA, the golden eagle; INIA, the pink river dolphin; and CRUM, the Galápagos penguin. With them, the deck reaches 1,200 cards and fifteen Guardians, and each one can now be ordered in the shop.
- October 31Stories
Five new stories on the shelf
ÁMBAR's “Those Who Return”; BALEY's “New Blood”; CIMA's “The One No One Sees”; INIA's “The Enchanted One”; and CRUM's “The New Fear.” Biblioteca UC now holds ten illustrated adventures to read aloud (in Spanish).
- October 31Shop
The shop now builds your order
You choose the board and the Guardians you want, fill in your details, and the order is sent by WhatsApp. We send you back a purchase order to confirm; nothing is charged on the site.
- September–OctoberIn the press
Ganar-Ganar gives FAUNA Guardianes a full page
Ganar-Ganar, a magazine about corporate social responsibility, published “Fauna Guardianes: niños que defienden a México” (“Fauna Guardianes: children who defend Mexico”) in its September–October 2026 issue, in its Education for Sustainability section.
- October 13The workshop
The workshop opens its album
Who makes each piece, which machines we work with and how an order is made, with photos of the family and of Mika on the day she arrived.
“She already had the jungle drawn on her.” - October 13Play
Mika is roaming free around the site
She left eight paw prints hidden on different pages. Whoever finds them all gets a gift to print.
- October 13Schools
A teacher pack and the sources behind every card
A guide for a 45-minute session with questions, turns and a conversation at the end, on screen or as a four-page PDF (in Spanish). And “Behind every card,” with the sources we consulted and the review status of each language.
- October 12The site
La Fábrica Inventiva is born
FAUNA Guardianes now lives inside our family workshop, together with the cause, the library, the atelier of signature pieces, the commissions and the allies. Each Guardian got a new page of its own.
- October 12Guardians
VITA, the tenth Guardian
The vaquita porpoise of the Upper Gulf of California arrived with her 80 cards in Spanish, English and French, her story “The Edge of Silence” and her figure.
- October 2Stories
CORAL gets a second edition
“Who Makes the Sand” has a new plot: now the conflict belongs to Coral, who has not stopped scraping since Grandfather lost his color. It comes with fifteen new illustrations.
- September 20–21Stories
The Guardians' first stories
The first ones arrived: BALAM's “The Broken Trail”; VITA's “The Edge of Silence”; AXO's “Twelve Under the Root”; LUMA's “The Voice from the Other Side”; and the first edition of CORAL's “Who Makes the Sand.” You can read them on screen or print them at home (in Spanish).
- September 13Rulebook
A new rulebook, also as a booklet
The 16-page rulebook got a new design and a version to print double-sided and staple in the middle. A one-page invitation with two QR codes also arrived, for anyone who wants to join as a beta tester.
“Whatever comes out of the workshop next, we will tell you about it here.”