Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Each turn in Animal Upon Animal: Dinosaurs, a player rolls the die, then places either one or two animals on the stack of animals, passes one of their animals to another player for them to place, or places an animal on the table, extending the base for other players to build upon. If any pieces fall off while you are building, you must take up to two of them back.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Each turn in Animal Upon Animal: Dinosaurs, a player rolls the die, then places either one or two animals on the stack of animals, passes one of their animals to another player for them to place, or places an animal on the table, extending the base for other players to build upon. If any pieces fall off while you are building, you must take up to two of them back. The first player to have no animals in front of them wins.