Card Game - Extinction Game

Just imagine: dinosaurs survived, hiding in the legendary Lost World. But due to volcanic activity, they are once again on the brink of extinction! Quickly gear up a rescue operation and transport the poor reptiles to safe territories — here they are under no threat. Wait, what is puffing smoke on the horizon?

The Extinction Game is a fast-paced game featuring cute dinosaurs on cards, where you will feed the inhabitants of your camp, catch lizards with bait, steal them from under the noses of opponents, and of course, save them from extinction.

The Extinction Game: a bit more about the game

The Extinction Game is charmingly simple and simply charming card game, where you will save dinosaurs from demise and suffer the consequences of your decisions. Gather dinosaurs in your camp, use their special abilities, and send the prepared herds and flocks to meteorite-protected lands. But beware: opponents may allow their predators to snack on your lizards, or even steal your most valuable ichthyovenator!

The winner is the one who saves the most dinosaurs. However, each rescue comes with consequences: after sending the next batch of dinosaurs to a beautiful new world, you will have to nervously flip over the territory card. And there could be anything: from earthquakes to a meteorite fall that will instantly destroy your camp and require spending a whole turn to get back in the game. The game will end when you reveal the last meteorite in the deck — it will destroy all remaining dinosaurs, and only those you have managed to save will remain alive.

The Extinction Game will be enjoyed by both children, who traditionally love dinosaurs, and adults who want to have fun slapping cards on the table without spending time on long deliberations. However, you won't be able to relax completely! The gameplay, though not complicated, keeps you in constant tension — regardless of whether you love hardcore strategies or became the yard champion in Crocodile last year. Breath-taking surprises lurk at every turn: one moment an opponent will lure your dilophosaurus with a fragrant bone, the next your T-Rex will swallow your own stegosaurus out of hunger, or you will find that the needed location card just won’t show up from the deck. You can only accept that you cannot save EVERYONE AT ALL — and start enjoying each successful move or successful attack on the opponent's camp.

Yes, in The Extinction Game there is much randomness, but there is still room for strategy. Sometimes it is very important to choose the right victim for a special ability, or to select an opponent for stealing a pet, or even to stop just in time while playing your cards in the camp. Try different tactics! Play aggressively or benevolently, gather a large camp, or send rescue teams one by one — by the end of the game, you will find out who was right.

And if during breaks between games you want to learn a little more about dinosaurs — a small informational booklet that comes with the game is at your service. There you will find colorful illustrations and interesting facts about the dinosaurs featured in the game. For example, how to neutralize an ankylosaurus, where carnotaurs lived, and what baryonyx resembled. Perhaps this knowledge will help you win the next game or impress your school biology teacher. By the way, all 23 species depicted on the cards in a slightly cartoonish and cute drawing are real creatures that existed 65 million years ago! Additionally, in the box, you will find a blank card on which you can draw any dinosaur and include it in the game.

Game duration: 15 to 30 minutes
Number of players: 2 to 6