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Dinosaur World from Brian Lewis, David McGregor, and Marissa Misura has the look of 2017's Dinosaur Island — which was co-designed by Lewis and Jonathan Gilmour — but the similarities end once you get past the "collect DNA and make dinosaurs" setting of both games. Here's an overview of this 2-4 player game that bears a 60-120 minute playing time:
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The triumph of science that led to dinosaurs returning to the world once more has become public knowledge. New parks spring up regularly, often beginning operations even before everything has been finalized. There is no shortage of patrons eager to be entertained by these returned species in new and exciting ways. However, as with any form of entertainment, elements of triumph are often accompanied by elements of tragedy. This means it is of the utmost importance that you take every precaution by ensuring each visitor signs the safety waiver before enjoying the wonders of Dinosaur World!
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Each round in Dinosaur World, you draft a new résumé card to acquire new workers; spend workers to take public actions building your park and acquiring DNA; spend further workers to take private actions improving that park; then drive your jeep around experiencing the wonder and excitement of what you have built! Throughout the game you acquire victory points through a variety of means — and possibly a few visitor deaths as a natural consequence of overly enthusiastic dinosaur encounters. At the end of the game, you lose points if you accumulated too many deaths, then the player with the most points wins!
Dinosaur World will be released in 2021 following a Kickstarter funding campaign starting September 22, 2020 that will include another dino-game from the same trio of designers: Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n Write. As you might guess from the title, you imitate dinosaur shrieks at one another, then attempt to interpret on paper what others said to you.Each round in Dinosaur World, you draft a new résumé card to acquire new workers; spend workers to take public actions building your park and acquiring DNA; spend further workers to take private actions improving that park; then drive your jeep around experiencing the wonder and excitement of what you have built! Throughout the game you acquire victory points through a variety of means — and possibly a few visitor deaths as a natural consequence of overly enthusiastic dinosaur encounters. At the end of the game, you lose points if you accumulated too many deaths, then the player with the most points wins!
No, wait, that is not accurate! Dinosaur Island: Rawr 'n Write is a roll-and-write version of Dinosaur Island, with players drafting dice, then using those dice as workers in a worker-placement phase. After that, "a fun polyomino puzzle ensues as you try to fit all your attractions and dinosaurs into your park while building roads and routes to the exits for bonus points. At the end of the game, have more victory points than your opponents to win!"
The dinosaur screaming game must wait for another day...
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