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Welcome to Isla Nublar, where you and other scientists, dreamers, and schemers will build an attraction like no other. Take on the role of visionaries John Hammond and Simon Masrani, visiting scientists Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler and Dr. Ian Malcolm, sharp-minded park personnel Claire Dearing and Dr. Henry Wu, and many more, each playing a vital part in the island's legacy.
Together, you will transform Isla Nublar into an astonishing paradise where awe-struck visitors encounter creatures never before seen by human eyes. Decide where to build park facilities, dinosaur enclosures, and guest attractions — and keep employees and visitors safe from the mighty Tyrannosaurus Rex, colossal Brachiosaurus, clever Velociraptor, and other threats.
In Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar, you play through twelve adventures in which you customize an entirely unique game board and breed new dinosaurs you cannot unmake. Your team's fateful choices will have a lasting impact, creating your own Isla Nublar story. Your experience will culminate in an endlessly replayable game of your own creation.
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Year Published
2022
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positive
Pros
- Delightful components: thick, high-quality cards and vibrant colors
- Dynamic dinosaur minis with strong sculpting
- Rich art design: Jurassic Park-inspired visuals and 1920s Grand Adventure aesthetic
- Cooperative legacy framework with meaningful decisions and discussion
- Tremendously exciting surprises and antici-pation through unlocks and scratch-offs
- Solid foundation for gameplay; action economy is satisfying and tense
- Best enjoyed with 2–3 players for maximum impact and narrative focus
- 12 Adventures offer substantial content; each session runs about three hours
- Replay value persists after the campaign via legacy content that remains usable
- IP respect and thematic cohesion make the experience feel authentic
Cons
- Price is high (around 90 pounds or equivalent) and may be hard to justify for some
- Rules are spread across multiple places and can take time to learn and reference
- Weighty design; could be intimidating for casual players or non-legacy fans
- Four-player games can reduce per-player impact due to shared action opportunities
- Some may find the theme/mechanics feel abstract in places despite strong visuals
- Significant upfront and wrapping-up time required (start/end-of-session folio tasks)
Thematic elements
- adventure, discovery, risk management, and evolving narrative through legacy-style progression; thematic emphasis on theme-park creation and dinosaur management.
- Isla Nubla, a Jurassic Park–inspired island/theme park where players collaboratively build and run a dinosaur-filled park across a long-running legacy campaign.
- cooperative legacy progression with ongoing story arcs, unlocks, and evolving rules across 12 Adventures.
Comparison games
- Gloomhaven: Jaws of the Lion
- Eldritch Horror
- Pandemic
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point System — Players have a limited number of actions per turn to move, herd dinosaurs, manage guests, and perform building actions.
- Action points — Players have a limited number of actions per turn to move, herd dinosaurs, manage guests, and perform building actions.
- adventure-specific rules — Each Adventure adds its own special rules, objectives, and sub-conditions that shape play and long-term strategy.
- building actions as mini-games — Actions tied to buildings (lab, Welcome Center, maintenance shed, etc.) trigger time-sync mini-games that stretch the action economy.
- Cooperative Game — There are multiple losses, but victory hinges on completing all Adventure objectives before the final round.
- cooperative win condition — There are multiple losses, but victory hinges on completing all Adventure objectives before the final round.
- dinosaur management and park events — Players herd dinosaurs to control threats, while outbreaks and dinosaur interactions can wreak havoc across the park.
- legacy/folio tracking — A linked folio tracks decisions and resources across adventures, unlocking content and permanently altering the game state.
- mini-games — Actions tied to buildings (lab, Welcome Center, maintenance shed, etc.) trigger time-sync mini-games that stretch the action economy.
- player count and action economy scaling — Supports up to four players; 2–3 players tend to be optimal; more players can dilute individual impact and pacing.
- replayability and post-campaign replay — Once the 12 Adventures are completed, content remains that can be replayed, offering lasting value.
- resolution phase — After actions, a resolution phase determines outcomes; events adjust difficulty and determine if the park stabilizes or descends into chaos.
- scratch-off/ unlock mechanics — Unlockable scratch-off content and other legacy alterations create tangible moments of discovery.
- thematic art and IP integration — Strong art and IP tie-ins reinforce the Jurassic Park atmosphere, enhancing immersion and narrative feel.
- Variable Phase Order — After actions, a resolution phase determines outcomes; events adjust difficulty and determine if the park stabilizes or descends into chaos.
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- The Legacy of Isla Nubla is a Cooperative Legacy game in the same vein as Eldritch Horror or Pandemic.
- The Legacy systems in this game are very involved and you'll spend a significant amount of time at the start and end of each game completing various tasks on your folio.
- Open the door get on the floor and walk that dinosaur.
- The art design in general is absolutely magic with Dinosaur boards looking like a hammer horror movie posters.
- There are loads of secret things to unlock, stick on or scratch off and this is all tremendously exciting.
- The board is generously proportioned... blooming huge but is beautifully presented with this sort of 1920s Grand Adventure aesthetic.
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