Welcome to Jurassico new hires! I was told you were all top notch scientists in the field of genetics. It will be your job to finish genetic codes for our dinosaurs so we can sell them for profit. We can get a little competitive here, the boss has promised extra money to the scientist that finishes each dinosaur first. Oh and try to ignore those people across the way at Embryonic Inc, they are always bribing our employees trying to get our secrets, you aren't that type of person are you?
Jurassico is a roll-and-write game heavily inspired by the process of reconstructing dinosaur DNA as seen in Jurassic Park. To do this, the players share a common pool of dice and take turns selecting pairs of dice to utilize, crossing off their sum from their scoring sheet (representing different dinosaur genomes, with six sets of genes needed to complete each), then re-roll the used pair for the next player.
Much as in Jurassic Park, it is possible to take shortcuts by splicing your DNA with that of modern reptiles and amphibians, modifying dice values and/or colors, but the uses of this ability are limited only do this a limited number of times for each die. It is also (again inspired by the events of the book and the movie) possible to sell samples to a competitor (Embryonic, Inc) to earn additional points.
The game continues until a player reaches five points based on the genomes they have completed and/or sold to the competition. There is also a solo mode where the player tries to reach a set points goal before Embryonic does.