On the Hunt for Dinos
On the Hunt for Dinos Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- 4 dinos in 4 colors
- 26 search cards
- 5 dino cards
- 1 blank card
- 4 dinosaur track cards
- 1 game guide
Game Idea
Dinos have been spotted in the jungle! You make hasty tracks after them to experience this excitement with your own eyes. But it's not very easy to catch sight of these massive ancient creatures. Whoever manages to uncover the sought after dinos and reach the end of the dinosaur footprint path first wins the game.
Game Preparation
Every player receives a dinosaur. Return any extra dinos to the game box. Place the track cards in a row to form a game path for all of the dinosaurs. Place your dinos at the first footprint on the first card.
Shuffle the five dino cards and place each in a row face down in the middle of the table. Also shuffle the search cards and stack the 26 cards face down in a pile. The blank card is not used in this game. It is needed only for the next variation of the game.
How to Play
Play in a clockwise direction. The player who last saw a T-rex begins and turns over the top search card.
What is on the search card?
- The trade symbol (= two arrows). Without looking at the dino cards take two and make them trade places. Then turn over another search card.
- Two or three dinos. Turn over as many dino cards in a row as are pictured on the search card.
- If the dino cards you turned over picture the exact same dinos as on the search card, you can move your dino forward on the game path one footprint.
- If one or more of the dinos are different from those on the search card, you are out of luck and your dino remains where it is.
After all the players have seen the flipped over dino cards, turn each over again and place the search card in the discard pile.
It is then the next player's turn to turn over a new search card. When you run out of search cards, shuffle the discard pile again.
End of the Game
The game is over as soon as a player reaches the end of the game path, thus winning the game.
Variations for Dino Experts
Follow the basic rules, but with the following change:
Shuffle the blank card into the dino cards and place all six cards in a row. If a player turns over the blank card, his turn is immediately over.