Jurassic Wars - The Dinosaur Combat Game
Players: 2 - 5
Ages: 7 - adult
Children as young as 4 years can play the basic game with the timeline and combat cards removed.
Duration: 30 mins
Price: £9.99
"This card and dice game features some of the best known dinos, presented with stunning computer-generated imagery."
David Smith, editor ToyTalk.
"This family entertainment game is both fun and educational. Beautifully designed and professionally packaged."
Prehistoric Times
"There is nothing quite like rolling a T-rex against a Stegosaurus. Unlike Top Trumps this game will end. All round good fun game, one for kids and adults alike."
R. Faires, America. Amazon comment.
An example dinocard. The Apatosaurus uses 3 green combat dice during battle. See more dinocards.
They fought for 160 million years... let the battles begin again
Do you like Jurassic Park or Walking With Dinosaurs? Then you'll love Jurassic Wars® - the award-winning dinosaur combat game from Dice Maestro.
Jurassic Wars features 20 different dinosaurs: ten herbivores on green Dinocards and ten carnivores coloured red. During combat herbivores use green dice and carnivores use red. A red die is more likely to score a hit against an opponent than a green die.
Each player is dealt a hand of dinocards and some combat cards. During the game players must carefully play dinocards from their hand and must judge when to play a combat card, which can alter the outcome of the combat. Play consists of combats between pairs of players. During combat players take the appropriate combat dice for their dinosaur, which vary according to a few conditions, and start rolling. The aim is to score hits against the opposing dinosaur. Jurassic Wars uses a unique game mechanism where the combat dice also serve as the number of hit points that each dinosaur can sustain in combat. After a series of rolls between the two players one will be left with no dice to throw and his or her dinosaur has been defeated and is removed from play.
With every combat another dinosaur is taken out of the game. As the game progresses some players will lose all their dinocards and be eliminated until one player is left standing and is the winner.
Colossal Variation In Game Play
The versatile game mechanism also lends itself to many variations, such as Jurassic Wars Whist, a points scoring game that involves more skill and judgement. Players from around the world are inventing different rule variations and game versions all the time. For example, internationally-renowned game reviewer Tom Vasel suggested a rule variation that changes the deal. Rule variations for the standard game and rules for different Jurassic Wars versions can be downloaded from the resources page.
Contents
A game of Jurassic Wars comprises the following:
1 dice arena (box bottom)
1 game book (including rules)
10 herbivore dinocards (green)
10 carnivore dinocards (red)
10 combat cards
(3 types - first blood, extreme aggression, surprise attack)
3 timeline cards
(Jurassic, Early Cretaceous, Late Cretaceous)
4 green combat dice
3 red combat dice