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2015 Ranked #11,645

Dino Twist

Simultaneous dinosaur card game has players battle for creatures and build the strongest island for points. Random events alter every contest, while matching dinosaurs cancel attacks and can send cards to the cemetery.

Family Games Animals Math Set Collection Simultaneous Action Selection

Players

2-6

Play time

10-20 min

Age

7+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

6.25

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.1/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Sharp your claws and fangs, avoid disasters , meteors and gather the strongest dinosaurs! Dino Twist is a family game of cards , fast and smart, where players will have to fight the Dinos on the island of Twist, then recover them on their islands to score the most points.

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Sharp your claws and fangs, avoid disasters , meteors and gather the strongest dinosaurs! Dino Twist is a family game of cards , fast and smart, where players will have to fight the Dinos on the island of Twist, then recover them on their islands to score the most points. But beware to the events that will spice up the battles !!! The goal of the game is to have the strongest Dino on our island. How to play. At the begin chose randomly 10 events on the 25, it will give a 10-15 mn game. At the beginning of each turn, you reveal a event that apply for all players (except the first turn). All players together, choose Dino from their hand, place it face down and reveal simultaneously. If you play the same Dino (same species and same strength) you can't attack the Island of Twist and you discard your Dino in the cemetery. The smaller Dino strike first, attack the Dino on the Island of Twist, and take it back to is own Island. Each species can only attack their specie. To attack a Dino, your Dino must be strongest (look at the number of strength) At the end of the 10 events, the player with the most point on his island is the winner. There is bonus, for the player who finish the Island first, second and third, and the player with the most Dino with big claws). In the game, you have two different Island, one for children, initiation and one for adult more advanced game. In the advanced game you will have to respect the territories and species, whereas in the children game, you will be free to put any Dino of any species on your Island.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
3–5
Play time
10–20 min
Age
7+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Bertrand Arpino

Artists

2
Bertrand Arpino Stéphane Escapa

Publishers

4
Arclight Games AURUM, Inc. Bankiiiz Editions Blackrock Games

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