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Objective
Draft dinosaurs and place them in different zones to get the most points.
Gameplay
- The game consists of 2 rounds.
- Each player draw 6 dinosaurs from the bag.
- The player with the placement dice rolls it.
- All player chooses a dinosaur and place them in their zoos at the same time, following the rules on the placement dice (except the roller).
- Each player passes their dinosaurs and dice (if any) to their left.
- Repeat until all dinosaurs are placed.
- After 2 rounds, proceed to scoring.
Placement Dice
- Grasslands/Woodlands: You must place the dinosaur in a grassland(brown)/woodland(green) area.
- Food court/Coffee: You must place the dinosaur in an area on the left/right.
- Empty pen: You must place the dinosaur in an empty pen.
- Watch out for T-Rex: You must place the dinosaur in a pen without a T-Rex (red).
Pens
- Each zoo has 6 pens and a river.
- River: It is not treated as a pen. Each dinosaur in it provides 1 point.
- T-Rex: Each pen with at least 1 T-Rex in it scores 1 extra point.
Summer
- The Forest of Sameness: This pen can only hold dinosaurs of the same species. It provides 2/4/8/12/18/24 points depends on the number.
- The Meadow of Differences: This pen can only hold dinosaurs of different species. It provides 1/3/6/10/15/21 points depends on the number.
- The Prairie of Love: This pen can hold dinosaurs of any species. It provides 5 points for each pair of dinosaurs of the same species (couple).
- The Woody Trio: This pen can only hold up to 3 dinosaurs of any species. It provides 7 points if there are exactly 3 dinosaurs.
- King of the Jungle: This pen can only hold 1 dinosaur. It provides 7 points if your zoo contains the most dinosaurs of that species. Ties are broken in your favour.
- Solitary Island: This pen can only hold 1 dinosaur. It provides 7 points if your zoo contains only 1 of that species (Solitary Island).
Winter
- A Well-Ordered Wood: This pen can only hold two different species of dinosaurs in an alternating order, from left to right. It provides 2/4/8/12/18/24 points depends on the number.
- Lovers' Bridge (left and right): This pen is divided into 2 sub-pens, each can hold dinosaurs of any species. It provides 6 points for each pair of dinosaurs couples with one member in each sub-pen.