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Sugarrr: Review Information: Mechanics:  Set Collection, Hand management,  Player Age: 8 +   Player Count:  2 - 4 Players Time to Play:  30 - 45  Minutes  Game Designer:  Eris Alar Game Artist:   Josh Huf Publisher: Delta Phase Games Year Published:  2025 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Sugarrr is a rummy/hand management game where players are trying to feed these cute but enormous dinosaur creatures. Players will score fruit cards during the game by having the last card on a pile equal to the amount of cards in that pile. These fruits will count as nothing unless the player can gain some Fruit-O-Saur cards making different fruit score.  Game Anatomy: Fruit Cards: There are six fruits in the game, grapes, pineapples, pears, apricots, strawberries, and blueberries.  These fruits will appear twice in the deck numbered 2 - 8. Fruit Salad...

Cretaceous Rails: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:   Engine Builder, Resource Management, Worker Placement, Route Builder Player Age:   14+  Player Count:   1  - 4  Players Time to Play:   30   Minutes Per Player Game Designer:   Ann Journey Game Artist:  Graham Burkum Publisher :  Spielcraft Games Year Published:   2025 BGG Weight:   2.88 Disclaimer:   A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: Cretaceous Rails is an interesting combination of route building, worker placement, engine building and variable scoring that is all mixed into the vibrant theme of a dinosaur park. Ultimately, players are trying to create a train network that allows them to clear jungles, help tourists go on safari, and capture dinosaurs. These resources (jungles/tourists/dinosaurs) will be used once they are unloaded from the train to pay for resort cards. The resort cards will amplify actions, add tra...

Paleovet: Review Information: Mechanics:  Dice/ Engine Building, Drafting, Set Collection Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 4  Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:  William Thompson   Publisher : Absurdist Productions Year Published:  2023 BGG Weight:  1.8 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: Scientists have achieved the impossible and created a dinosaur park. That park inevitably fell, however the dinosaurs remain. With the amount of diseases that have progressed since the dinosaur age, these prehistoric ancients have begun to fall sick and only the paleovets can cure them. The goal of the game is to gain the most points by curing the most dinosaurs. If you fail to cure them while they are asleep, they will escape and the carnivores will take another out in the process. Dinosaurs are cured through correct dice arrangements. Players may also spend pairs ...

Tiny Epic Dinosaurs: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Resource Management, Worker Placement Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1 - 4   Players Time to Play:  30 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer:   Scott Almes Game Artist:  Nikoletta Vaszi Publisher : Gamelyn Games Year Published:  2020 BGG Weight:  2.62 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Rundown: In the age when dinosaurs live among humans dino parks are a thriving business but where do the dinosaurs come from? There is a lucrative business in dinosaurs ranching where you breed and care for the dinosaurs until the highest bidder comes along to grow their park. In this game, you are a dino rancher who must maintain your ranch. This is a worker placement game with a spatial and resource puzzle to do with maintaining your ranch. Every game has six rounds then players score. Each round consists of 6 phases, a lot of which can occur simul...

Dinoverse: Review Information: Mechanics:  Point Salad, Line Manipulation, Modular Setup Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  2 - 5  Players Time to Play:  30 - 45   Minutes  Game Designer:   Steve Ng Wen Xi Publisher : Capital Gains Studio Year Published:  2022 Disclaimer:  A preview/review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Objective: Capital Gains has launched their latest kickstarter which does not focus on financial aspects, but instead on dinosaurs. Dinoverse is a point salad game with a shared pool of cards that is manipulated throughout the game.  Game Anatomy: Dinosaur Cards: Dinosaurs come in two types; carnivores and herbivores. Each dinosaur has abilities that will activate when they enter the play area (herd) or when they are targeted in the middle of the herd. There is also a scoring ability that will be activated for the two cards in front of each player at the end of the game. There are 5 carnivo...