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Dinosaur Island

Dinosaur Island is simple, cute, and pleasantly chunky: a good gateway to medium-weight production-based euros, though it does not yet give me the burn I want.

WhiteColarGamer · 22 January 2018
Dinosaur Island

Dinosaur Island

Published
2017
Designer
Jonathan Gilmour-Long, Brian Lewis
Publisher
Pandasaurus Games, Angry Lion Games
Players
1–4
Playing time
120 min

I found Dinosaur Island simple, cute, and nicely chunky. We had a good time with it, and on the table it has that entertaining, slightly over-the-top presence that suits its theme.

As a production-based euro, it works neatly as a gateway to something of medium weight. It does not try to drown you from the first play and, in that respect, it does a perfectly respectable job.

What I am missing is depth and a little more burn. For now I consider it merely good; I hope the expansion gives it the extra substance I am looking for.

And, to wash away the saltiness and cardboard completely, we then played a perfectly respectable heavy euro as well.

Source: BoardGameGeek

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