Duelosaur Island – Kickstarter Edition

Duelosaur Island, by Pandasaurus Games, is more than just a quicker-playing cut-down version of their smash hit worker placement game, - it is a re-implementation of the theme into a two-player game of card drafting and hand management.

At the start of a round you will draft park cards, which can be used in one of two ways - you need to decide whether you want to spend DNA to create the dinosaur at the top of the card to entice visitors to your park, or whether you construct the attraction at the bottom of the card which can give you an increase in your hand-limit, income, or an immediate bonus. Both dinosaurs and collections of attractions will gain you end-of-game points.

Central to the game are the chunky translucent amber dice (which are also compatible with Dinosaur Island) - five of which are drawn from the bag at the start of the draft phase and in an "I split you choose" mechanism, you will have to pair the dice with the pre-drawn plot twist upgrades... But your opponent gets to draft first, so you will need to give thought to the pairings you make. In the draft phase you will take turns choosing whether to draft the dice or one of the specialists who will give you in-game or end-of-game bonuses and special abilities. But be aware, there will always be one undrafted item that may increase the threat level.

Players will need to keep an eye on the threat level and spend their hard-earned cash on increasing their security otherwise their visitors might end up getting eaten and they might incur a dreaded lawsuit.

You can set the length of the game and once a player passes the chosen number of visitors you will tally up your final score. Players will then receive additional scoring for dinosaurs and attractions in their park, attraction sets, specialists and a deduction for any lawsuits they have.

The game includes a solo mode where you can take on one of six "Artificial Intelligence CEOs" of various difficulty levels. Each AI CEO has its own reference card and they all play differently from each other to give you a different challenge each time you play.

This edition of the game contains some rare Kickstarter extras, including eight extra specialist cards, two unique amber DNA dice, two temporary threat makers and a 3D moulded PR tracker.

Player Count: 2
Time: 30-45 Minutes
Age: 10+