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2012 Ranked #11,551

Dino Hunt Dice

Push-your-luck dice game has zookeepers roll to capture dinosaurs and build a haul. Footprints risk losing the whole round, so players must stop before being stomped three times.

Family Games Animals Children's Game Push Your Luck Re-rolling and Locking

Players

2-8

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1.06/5

Rating

5.81

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.5/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.7/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.6/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.9/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Game description from the publisher: How many dinosaurs can you catch? Roll the Dino Hunt Dice and see!

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Push Your Luck

Choose whether to secure current gains or risk them for a larger reward.
Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Re-rolling and Locking

Keep selected dice and reroll the remainder to pursue a desired result.
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Game description from the publisher: How many dinosaurs can you catch? Roll the Dino Hunt Dice and see! In this quick game for parents and kids, you're capturing dinosaurs for your zoo. Roll the dinosaur picture, and you caught him! If you get the leaf picture, the dino is hiding, and you can try again. If you get a footprint . . . you're STOMPED! Push your luck to catch as many as you can, but stop rolling before you're stomped three times or else you'll lose them all. Dino Hunt Dice is a game for 3 to 8 players. Each game takes 10 to 20 minutes and can be taught in a single round.

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Type

1
Family Games

Category

5
Animals Children's Game Dice Party Game Prehistoric

Mechanism

3
Dice Rolling Push Your Luck Re-rolling and Locking

Family

2
Animals: Dinosaurs Theme: Time Travel

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–8
Best with
2–5
Play time
10 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Steve Jackson (I)

Artists

2
Pat Ortega Ben Williams

Publishers

1
Steve Jackson Games

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