This is a really awesome, really deep game. Awesome theme, great components. It's a bit long, but well worth the investment
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This is a really awesome, really deep game. Awesome theme, great components. It's a bit long, but well worth the investment
Dominant species is a complex game and takes a while to learn, however the rule book is excellent and the game has a tremendous array of strategic options, giving it much replay value. It flows quite quickly once everyone has the hang of it. Games take 2–3 hours. The theme is also interesting for those with some interest in biology. Definitely worth it!
90,000 B.C. A great Ice Age is fast approaching. Another titanic struggle
for global supremacy has unwittingly commenced between the varying animal
species.
Dominant Species abstractly recreates a tiny portion of ancient history: the
ponderous encroachment of an Ice Age and what that entails for the living
creatures trying to adapt to the slowly-changing Earth.
Each player will assume the role of one of six major Animal groups: Mammal,
Reptile, Bird, Amphibian, Arachnid or Insect. Each begins the game in a state of
natural balance with regards to one another. But that won’t last: It is indeed
survival of the fittest.
Through wily Action Pawn placement, players will strive to become Dominant on as
many different Terrain tiles as possible in order to draw beneficial Dominance
Cards. Players will also want to propagate their individual Species in order to
earn Victory Points for his particular Animal. Players will be aided in these
endeavors via Growth, Migration and Domination actions, among others.
All of this eventually leads to the end game – the final ascent of the Ice
Age – where the player with the most Victory Points will have his Animal
crowned the Dominant Species.
But somebody better become dominant quickly, because it’s getting mighty
cold…
Contents:
22 × 34 inch map board
full-colour rule book
330 wooden cubes
60 wooden cones
60 wooden cylinders
6 Animal displays
7 tile sheets
27 playing cards
1 cloth bag
2–6 players
Ages 12+