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Dinosaur Island

2017 · BGG
Avg rating
7.55
Bayes rating
7.26
Weight
3.04 (Medium Heavy)
Players
1-4
Playtime
2 hr
Ratings count
16,460

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Description

In Dinosaur Island, players will have to collect DNA, research the DNA sequences of extinct dinosaur species, and then combine the ancient DNA in the correct sequence to bring these prehistoric creatures back to life. Dino cooking! All players will compete to build the most thrilling park each season, and then work to attract (and keep alive!) the most visitors each season that the park opens. Do you go big and create a pack of Velociraptors? They'll definitely excite potential visitors, but you'd better make a large enough enclosure for them. And maybe hire some (read: a lot of) security. Or they WILL break out and start eating your visitors, and we all know how that ends. You could play it safe and grow a bunch of herbivores, but then you aren't going to have the most exciting park in the world (sad face). So maybe buy a roller coaster or two to attract visitors to your park the good old-fashioned way?

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Action selection / worker placement Dice rolling Resource & economic management
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Set collection & pattern building Tile, map & route building

Game type

Family / kids game Board game

What it’s about

Science fiction & space Nature, animals & the environment

Publishers

Angry Lion Games Arclight Games Asmodee Devir Feuerland Spiele Galakta Ghenos Games Hobby World MeepleBR Pandasaurus Games Rozum

Designers

Brian Lewis Jonathan Gilmour-Long