SOS Dino
2018
Game info
Players
1–4
Playtime
25 min
Complexity
1.26/5
Light
Freddy, the red Tyrannosaurus, Louis, the yellow Stegosaurus, Marie, the blue Triceratops and Nessie, the pink Diplodocus, grew up together in the amazing Valley of Fire. They meet regularly around the lake to play together.
But one day, DISASTER! The four dormant volcanoes began to erupt at the same time! Hurry, find safety in the tall mountains to avoid the lava flows and save as many dinosaur eggs as possible.
In this game for 7 years old and more, you need to react, anticipate, and work together as a team to save the four dinosaurs in SOS Dino! Draw a tile, place it on the board, then move one of the dinosaurs closer to the safety of the mountains. Pay attention to the lava and avoid the meteor showers!
—description from the publisher
Play cooperatively as the four dinosaurs to save the eggs from four erupting volcanoes. You take turns drawing tiles from a bag to discover which volcano extends their lava flow or, if you can't add the tile, explodes to release yet more lava-chaos onto the map and make it harder for you to reach the eggs.
Each tile can move one or two of the dinosaurs in a direction of your choosing, may spawn meteors which offer two movement to a single dinosaur, but prohibit you to move a specific dinosaur. You need to think ahead to collect all eggs, outmaneuver the lava flows, and get to the safety of one of the four mountains placed at the four corners of the map. If you can save all eggs and your four dinosaurs you'll obtain the best score and if not, you can always play again to improve.