The Great Dinosaur Rush

the bone wars were never this much fun!

The Great Dinosaur Rush

The Great Dinosaur Rush, or the Bone Wars as they’re otherwise called, were a period of incredible advancement in paleontology (discovery of fossils).

Players take the roles of paleontologists in the late 1800’s, competing to find the most lucrative dig sites, find the best bones and build the most unique dinosaurs for the world’s most prestigious museums.

Gain notoriety by stealing bones, sabotaging dig sites and otherwise impeding the other paleontologists. You’ll need to play dirty if you want to win – just not TOO dirty!

The Great Dinosaur Rush contains everything you need to dig up bones and build awesome dinosaurs, including:

	1	Rulebook Full-color, easy-to-read rulebook. You can download the rules here.
	1	Player Board Players move across the board setting up dig sites and collecting bones. The board also tracks museum categories and the game round/phase.
	5	Player Screens Players build dinosaurs secretly behind their screens. The inside of the screen also gives helpful info on game actions and how to build dinosuars.
	210	Dinosaur Bones Bones are different colors for different body parts – green for head, ribs and spine, yellow for neck and tail and red for limbs. White bones are wilds and blues are ‘uniques’ that add decorative features to the dinosaur.
	2	Bags One bag is used to secretly draw bones to populate dig sites on the board. The other is used to draw notoriety tokens randomly.
	45	Notoriety Tokens Many actions in the game cause players to draw notoriety. Values range from 1-3. Players add notoriety to their score at the end of the game. But the player with the most notoriety SUBTRACTS it from their score.
	5	Paleontologist Tokens and Score Cubes Paleontologist tokens mark movement between dig sites on the board. The matching cube tracks score. Buy The Great Dinosaur Rush from our store and get a pith helmet paleontologist meeple upgrade for free!
	6	Museum & Round Markers These tokens mark the various museum categories and game round. Buy The Great Dinosaur Rush from our store and upgrade to dinosaur tokens for free!
	21	Dinosaur Bonus Cards Build dinosaurs to match the dino parts shown on these cards and score bonus points!
	15	Personality Cards Players get a personality card at the beginning of the game that provides them some advantage in the game. Each card represents a real paleontologist, museum curator, artist, etc. from history.

Description

Players are paleontologists collecting bones and building dinosaurs for the most prestigious museums. Each turn, in addition to collecting bones, players will select various actions to perform. Some actions will gain players notoriety – secret tokens ranging in value from 1-3. Notoriety is revealed and added to players’ scores at the end of the game. But the player with the most notoriety is called out and their notoriety is subtracted from their score!

Building dinosaurs using the discovered bones gives players a chance to unleash their creative side. The size and shape of your creations are limited only by your imagination!

Rahdo Runs Through It

Richard Ham (Rahdo) has a lot of nice things to say about The Great Dinosaur Rush.

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It's a really, really clever game and that notoriety thing is so brilliant!
Rahdo

Edo Barafu Review

I met up with Edo at BGG Con 2016 and he was over the moon about the game!

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This is without a doubt one of my favorite games this year and in some time. This game is stellar! It is stellar!
Edo Barafu

Ant Lab Games Review

Anthony and Frances from Ant Lab Games got a copy of The Great Dinosaur Rush and really enjoyed it, too!

Previews of The Great Dinosaur Rush

Cardboard Republic gave The Great Dinosaur Rush its Seal of the Republic.

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and Father Geek says it’s Gamer Geek, Child Geek and Parent Geek approved!

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Make no bones about it: The Great Dinosaur Rush is a splendid example of game design that is familiar enough to be easily learned while still finding ways to tread into new territory.
Cardboard Republic

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If you enjoy games where creativity and critical thinking are blended together, where an opponent is but one more aspect of the game to manipulate, and dinosaurs, then do sit down and play The Great Dinosaur Rush.
Father Geek

Watch Daniel Solis Create the Dino Rush Rulebook

Daniel Solis is second to none when it comes to rulebook layout, and his work on The Great Dinosaur Rush is no exception. See him fast-forward through his layout process in this 10-minute Twitch video.

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Designer Scott Almes

Hello everybody! My name is Scott Almes, your friendly neighborhood designer of APE Games’ title, The Great Dinosaur Rush.

The Great Dinosaur Rush is a very personal game for me, as when I was a kid I had a strong desire to be a paleontologist. Although I later decided on engineering (and game design!) I never stopped being fascinated with dinosaurs. However, as I grew older, I started to learn not only about the dinosaurs themselves, but also the people who discovered them. It didn’t take me long to discover one of the most fascinating periods in scientific history: The Great Dinosaur Rush.

Buy The Great Dinosaur Rush from our store and get exclusive paleontologist and dinosaur meeples!

Players, Ages & Time

The Great Dinosaur Rush can be played by 2-5 players, ages 10+ in about 60 minutes. Buy the game from APE Games and get exclusive pith helmet meeples and dinosaur tokens for free!

2-5 players
ages 10+
60 minutes

Player Screen – Outside and Inside

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