Rating: 8.4 Very Good
Popularity:22
Difficulty:Easy
Year:2017
Players: 1-4 players
Playing time: 90-120 minutes
Age:8+

Official Site: Dinosaur Island on Pandasaurus Games


Created by: Jonathan Gilmour, Brian Lewis, Kwanchai Moriya, Peter Wocken, Anthony Wocken

Published by: Pandasaurus Games

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?

Prices:
Retail Price:$199
Ebay:$199
Expansions:
Dinosaur Island: Totally Liquid
Awards:
Meeples' Choice Nominee 2017
Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2017
Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee 2017
Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2017
Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee 2017


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