Rounds are consisting of four phases in which players earn and spend resources, build attractions in their parks and manage visitors that have been attracted to the park.Īnd the game we’re looking at today, Dinosaur Island, is regarded as the closest thing we currently have to Jurassic Park: The Game.ĭinosaur Island is a 2-4 player game in which players compete over the course of a number of rounds to earn the most points. Before the game even starts, some fun twists are thrown into the mix. First, a number of objective cards are drawn at random, depending on the length of the game you’re wanting. These act as a source of bonus points to achieve, as well as an end game trigger. Once all but one of the objectives is met, the round finishes and end game scoring occurs. The other thing that happens is two plot twist cards are drawn. These add two additional rules to the game. These two aspects of setup make for constantly changing strategic landscapes each time you play Dinosaur Island, assuring that each time you play, you have to adjust how you react with every element. In the first phase of the game, the first player rolls a handful of chunky amber colored dice and place them on the board. Players alternate making decision on this specific board until each has has made three choices. DNA can be claimed and stored, storage space for DNA can be expanded, temporarily sending a scientist to work for you in phase three could happen, or you could get a recipe that will allow you to build dinosaur attractions in your park. Right off the bat, players are presented with a wide variety of options and strategic paths. Managing your park’s security compared to the current threat level is vitally important too, and dice that haven’t been claimed in this phase run a risk of being added to the threat level of all players parks. When the threat level is greater than your security, that’s when people start getting eaten.
Phase two commences, giving each player two chances to interact with the market board. Here players can hire specialists that give them abilities or extra workers, they can buy DNA, attractions or upgrades for their labs which they’ll use in the next phase.
Speaking of which Phase three is played simultaneously. Workers are placed onto the individual lab boards in front of each player, making a sort of custom worker placement game for each individual player. This is the phase when you actually spend DNA to make dinosaurs, adjust your security and a number of other things.
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