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Draftosaurus

Fill your park with dinosaurs to score the most points in your enclosures.

players
2–5
minutes
15

You’ll need the game box. Marquoir sums up the rules and keeps score.

Setup

  • Each player takes a park board.
  • At the start of each round, each player draws six dinosaurs from the bag.

How to play

  • The game has two rounds of six turns.
  • Each turn, the active player rolls the placement die: its restriction applies to everyone else, not to them.
  • Everyone places one dinosaur from their hand in an enclosure, then passes the rest to their neighbour.
  • The river always accepts a dinosaur you cannot or do not want to place elsewhere.

Scoring

  • Forest of Sameness: a single species, placed from left to right; 2, 4, 8, 12, 18 or 24 points.
  • Meadow of Differences: all different species, from left to right; 1, 3, 6, 10, 15 or 21 points.
  • Prairie of Love: 5 points per pair of the same species.
  • Woody Trio: 7 points if it holds exactly three dinosaurs.
  • King of the Jungle: 7 points if no opponent has more dinosaurs of that species in their park.
  • Solitary Island: 7 points if this dinosaur is the only one of its species in the park.
  • River: 1 point per dinosaur.
  • +1 point per enclosure containing at least one T-Rex.

End of the game

  • After the second round, score the parks. The highest total wins.
  • In case of a tie: the fewest T-Rexes.

Frequently asked questions

Is the player who rolls the die affected by its restriction?

No. The restriction applies to all the other players; the roller places freely.

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