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How did dinosaurs become extinct? Nobody knows for sure... But you can try to save your species from extinction, running as fast as possible through plains, deserts, swamps and jungles while avoiding the nasty tricks of your opponents!

Components

• 12 terrain tiles (3 for each tile) with lava tiles on the back
• 1 volcano tile
• 40 movement cards (8 for each terrain type + 8 wildcards)
• 12 special cards (4 for each type of special action)
• 8 dinosaurs (2 for each species)
• 1 dinosaur egg
• 1 event die
• 4 egg counters
• 12 prize counters
• 22 lava drops

Object of the Game

Each player must bring his dinosaur couple to the end of the race track. When one of your dinos finishes the race, you receive a prize counter, scoring points. You also score points if you bring the egg to safety. The player with most points wins. …

Try the following variations, even combining some together! Introduce the storm clouds (with light blue star on the front), the land- scape tiles, and the amulets, as well as the back of the board, into play.

The Storm Clouds

... can be used on both sides of the board. At game start, mix the storm clouds with the heavy weather clouds. Then, as usual, place a random cloud tile on each of the corresponding areas. Return the remaining cloud tiles to the box. …

Components

• 1 game board
• 10 score displays
• 40 action cards
• 10 warlord cards
• 5 event cards
• 21 red soldiers
• 21 blue soldiers
• 1 Sun Tzu miniature
• 1 King of Chu miniature
• Rulebook

Object of the Game

The game is played over a maximum of 9 rounds. The winner will be either the player to reach the maximum score at the end of the 3rd or 6th round or whoever has the most points at the end of the 9th round.

Setup

• 'The game board 1 is placed in the center of the table. …

Score points by meeting or exceeding the number of dots you predicted that you would roll on your turn. At the same time, bet on the number of dots opponents will roll on their turns and earn points if you're correct. The player with the highest score wins.

Components

• 4 identical Zoinx dice (combination of 2 dots and 4 squares on each die)
• 4 different colored betting dice (featuring 0, 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10)
• 1 score pad
• Rulebook

Setup

Each player takes one colored betting die. Place the Zoinx dice in the middle of the playing area. Designate one player as score keeper and write each player's name at the top of a column on the score pad. …

Age: Composed of five Turns for each Player.

Board: Space on the table where Land tiles are placed.

Build: Paying Knowledge points to place a City token or contribute to a Monument.

Camp: Large colored space on each Land tile.

Campfire card: Starting card for a player's Civilization Tree.

City: Represented by players' City tokens, Cities can be built on Land tiles.

Cities (adjacent): Adjacent Cities are Cities built on Land tiles that are directly adjacent to one another.

Cities (non-adjacent): Non-adjacent Cities are Cities built on Land tiles which are not directly adjacent to one another. …

Components

• 70 donut cards
• 42 selection cards
• 7 donut row indicators

Object of the Game

A massive tray of fresh donuts has just rolled out of the bakery.

You and your fellow donut lovers want to eat as many as you can, but there is no sharing in this game!

If two or more players pick the same donut, nobody gets it. Pick your donuts wisely and see if you can get the most points by the time all the donuts are gone!

Setup

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   Give each player a set of selection cards equal to the number of players plus one. For example, if there are three players, each player should receive the 1, 2, 3, and 4 selection cards. Place any extras back in the box. …

Components

• 48 cookie cards
• 4 half-eaten cookie cards
• 3 wild cards
• 1 milk card
• 2 custom dice

Object of the Game

Be the first player to collect five of a cookie plus the milk by passing, swapping, and tossing cards according to the dice rolls.

Setup

Prepare the deck by sorting all of the cards into separate face up piles according to cookie. Choose one full set of cookie cards for each player. Place unused sets back in the box. Then add the milk card, and a combination of wild and half-eaten cookie cards according to the number of players: …

Components

• 8 wood apple halves
• 10 half apple tokens
• 75 whole apple tokens Granny's apple basket

Object of the Game

Collect apple tokens by correctly counting the total number of apples scattered in play. Be the player with the most apple tokens when Granny's Basket has 12 apples.

Setup

Look over the 8 wood apple halves. Notice that four show apple halves on the flat side and the others feature respectively a worm, a bird, an apple pie and a picture of Granny. Each apple counts for a different amount depending on how it lands. …

Components

• 1 Map of Britain
• 2 Draw bag
• 3 4 sets of Action Cards, each consisting of 8 cards
• 4 8 Region Cards
• 5 54 Follower cubes in 3 colors
• 6 24 Control Tokens (8 for each faction)
• 7 4 Saxon Control Tokens
• 8 4 Crown Tokens
• 9 9 black Follower cubes (used only in the Mordred Variant)

Object of the Game

In The King is Dead players do not play as the Scots, Welsh or Romano-British factions. Instead, they play as powerful members of the late King Arthur's court, vying to be declared ruler over all three groups. …

You now have a basic understanding of how to resolve turns. However, there are other rules you need to know before you can play the game, including how to resolve skill tests, combat, bounties, and jobs.

Skill Tests

Characters and crew can have training in a variety of different skills, from Piloting to Tech. A character's skills define the sorts of things that the character is experienced in doing. For example, a character with the Piloting skill is a veteran pilot who can usually outmaneuver their enemies. …