Board Games: The Dinosaur Game

As a science teacher, I'm always on the lookout for fun games that reinforce concepts. This game is fun-- my 3rd graders love it (and older: former students remembered the game three years later and asked to borrow it to play on a 6th grade free day!). It also teaches good science concepts, unlike many board games that have a science title but then just have the "roll and move" approach that has nothing to do with the concepts. Herbivores, carnivores, habitat, reproduction rate, natural disasters, speed and strength all affect your survival in this game! It used to be available only at specialty toy stores-- I'm glad to see it available here.

Pros:- This game can be played even by young children at the pre-literate level.- There are alternate rules if no literate players are playing- The game is fun; i.e, I don't cringe when my son asks me to play- The die is for moving you dinosaur, but other events in the game and their outcome is determined by you dinosaurs characteristics.- There are 20 dinosaurs that a player can play, but it is determined randomly so that players don't fight over the same dinosaurCons:- The board is poor quality;, mine was coming apart out of the box- The figures you use look like leftovers from overstocked Sorry games (should have been dinos. I would have played extra for the game for some nice dino figures; luckily I had a bag full that I bought as party favors and had leftover)- The food chips are literally cut up pieces of red cardboard, no pictures- Because there only twenty cards from each category (attack, natural disaster, challenge), if you play more than once, the same cards pop up over and over.Many of the cons can be overlooked, because it is a charming game.

purchased for grandson and when it was delivered it looked like someone sent their old game. very disappointed.

Seemed like it would have been a good game, but unfortunately it must have been exposed to moisture or water at some point because there was mold on the inside of the box and game board seemed warped. Will return.

The box I received was showing signs of age. The rubber bands were disintegrating and the glue for the box bottom was discolored. In addition some of the cards had discoloration that appears to have been caused by the rubber bands. The dice had a layer of brown crusty stuff that must have come from the rubber bands or glue. I wiped all the parts down with clorox wipes and left them to dry. Couldn't completely get everything clean, but it's usable now.

Got this for my 5 year old son who is a Dinosaurs enthusiast. He loves it and keeps wanting to play the game. There are 2 version of the game, one for reader and the other is for non-reader. We played both version and liked the reader version better even though we have some non-reader players. The difference is the non reader is not using the different "colored cards" instead the players automatically lose 1 or 2 food tokens, depending on the rule, if they land on the colored space. We like using the cards because it makes the game more interesting. I'm not into dinosaurs but still enjoy this game.

My 4-year old isn't the best at sitting still for board games but he really gets into this one! He's dinosaur obsessed right now so he loves that he gets to play as a dinosaur and he does well remembering their different attributes. There are natural disasters, dinosaur attacks and challenges that seem to hold his interest.We've played it several times since getting it for Christmas & I can see that it will be a favorite for awhile.

My son's are 9 and 12 yrs old. This game couldn't hold their attention, nor mine. It's incredibly boring, slow and unimaginitive. Small pieces got lost and mangled. When we moved, I threw this game in the trash! Please don't buy this item. There are so many other choices for family fun time.