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DinoGenics is a competitive game for two to five players, in which each player attempts to build and run their own successful dinosaur park.
Each player is the head of their own corporation with access to their own private island resort. Each season, players assign agents to the mainland to compete over DNA and other limited resources. Once collected, players can build fences, various park facilities and populate their parks with dinosaurs. Parks with the most prestigious dinosaurs will attract the most visitors. But beware; if dinosaurs are neglected or improperly penned, they will attempt to escape and spread havoc through the entire park.
Use all the tools at your disposal; DNA splice mutant dinosaurs, exploit the Black Market or just try to run an honest park, the choices are yours.
Do you have what it takes to lead your corporation to victory?
- deep, heavy mechanics
- strong thematic integration
- less accessible to casual players
- genetic manipulation and park development
- dinosaurs with genetic engineering in a dystopian frame
- thematic card-driven progression
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — tight turn-by-turn choices on which actions to take
- engine-building and resource management — upgrading genetics, cages, and staff to gain points
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- this game is a great two-player game
- it's Jurassic Park the board game
- I've only played it twice and I'm not sure yet, it hasn't stood the test of time
- the tongue and cheek aspect of building this dystopian world
- it's Sim City the board game
- best time you can have playing this game is when you're drunk