Everyone likes dinosaurs, whether it be the lowliest Compsognathus or the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex. The question is, how can this be implimented into a board game? I would like to hear everyone's oppinions on a few ideas and which they would like most to see in production.
1) Evolution, Baby! You start the game on the continent of Pangea, a tiny saurian creature. Each turn represents a different epoch in Earth's time. Your goal is to evolve into a bigger, more efficient member of your species. If you start out as a proto-therapod you could work you way towards becoming a Tyrannosaurus or a Velociraptor, depending on what conditions are met. Cards represent environmental conditions such as natural disasters, food availability, droughts/floods, and mating. Meet the requirements listed on your current form to evolve into the next great predator or an intimidating herbivore. Hurry though, the meteor is coming (end of the game).
2) Lords of the Cretacious. The Cretacious era is the period of time in Earth's history where the most famous dinosaurs roamed. Each player represents a different dinosaur in this time period and their goal is simply to be the last one around. Random events are drawn from a deck while the players try to acquire basic materials for survival each round. Food and water are primary considerations for your own life, but eliminating these sources from the map are also viable options in your quest to become the Lord of the Cretacious.
3) Build a Beast. Dinosaurs are the most varies species this planet has ever seen. While we have a wide range of fossilised examples, these are likely only the tip of the ice-berg. In this game, you take attributes of different known species and attempt to build a new dinosaur while balancing considerations such as speed, weight, food consumption, size, etc... When your creature is finished, you battle other creations that your opponents have made. Last one standing wins.
4) Dinosaurs in the Amazon. You take the role of a member of cyptozoologist team in an attempt to scour the amazon rain forest, examining the reports of a creature whose description is troubling. In a Clue-like search you begin to piece together evidence and get a picture of what the creature may be and where it is hiding...only while you are hunting it, you feel that it may also be hunting you.
