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Paleovet

Paleovet

2023·William Thompson

1 - 4 players
30 - 60 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

We've brought dinosaurs back to life, but who will care for these magnificent and dangerous beasts? In Paleovet, you take the role of a paleo-veterinarian, drafting dinosaur cards from a central river, then rolling dice and spending icons for various effects, most notably curing sick and injured dinosaurs. At the start of each turn, you remove a sleep token from each dinosaur in your hospital, which is bad, of course, as these patients need forced rest! If you have an empty bed of the four in your hospital, draft a dino from the five available, then roll your dice. You start with three dice that show the three treatments needed to cure dinosaurs, a tranquilizer dart, and a wild icon. Spend treatment icons to heal your dinos; each one needs 1-5 treatments as depicted on their card. Any two matching icons can be used to acquire a single-use wild token or an upgrade card that provides a permanent beneficial effect; spend three matching icons to acquire more dice. If you have tranquilizers and bed space to spare, you can take more dino cards into your hospital. However, if a dinosaur isn't fully cured and has no sleep tokens on it, it wakes up and leaves the hospital - and if it's a carnivore, it takes another dinosaur with it when it goes! Cured dinosaurs move from the hospital to your victory pile, netting you the point value on the card. When one of the three card stacks is empty, complete the round, then see who's scored the most from their veterinary efforts.

Paleovet

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Learn to play

How to play Paleovet2:58

How to play Paleovet

Absurdist Productions

Absurdist Productions

Review

Paleo-Vet - Coming to Kickstarter / Love 2 Hate15:40

Paleo-Vet - Coming to Kickstarter / Love 2 Hate

Love 2 Hate

Love 2 Hate

Which Paleovet video should I watch?

Paleovet has 4 videos from 4 creators: 3 reviews and 1 how-to-play guide. They date from September 2021.

To learn the rules, start with "How to play Paleovet" by Absurdist Productions, which runs 3 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Paleo-Vet - Coming to Kickstarter / Love 2 Hate" by Love 2 Hate. 3 creators have reviewed it.

If you like it, try Winter Rabbit, also by William Thompson, or Sausage Sizzle!, Dice Realms and DC Deck-Building Game, which share several of its mechanics.

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Paleo-Vet - Coming to Kickstarter / Love 2 HateReview15:40

Paleo-Vet - Coming to Kickstarter / Love 2 Hate

Love 2 Hate

Love 2 Hate

How to play PaleovetHow to play2:58

How to play Paleovet

Absurdist Productions

Absurdist Productions

PaleoVet Board Game - Stella's Short and Sweet. A Kickstarter PreviewReview3:55

PaleoVet Board Game - Stella's Short and Sweet. A Kickstarter Preview

Meeple University

Meeple University

Edo's Paleovet Review (KS Preview)Review4:29

Edo's Paleovet Review (KS Preview)

Gaming with Edo & Jessica

Gaming with Edo & Jessica

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Absurdist Productions
Absurdist Productions
1 video of this game
Gaming with Edo & Jessica
Gaming with Edo & Jessica
1 video of this game
Love 2 Hate
Love 2 Hate
1 video of this game
Meeple University
Meeple University
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About Paleovet

From BoardGameGeek:

We've brought dinosaurs back to life, but who will care for these magnificent and dangerous beasts? In Paleovet, you take the role of a paleo-veterinarian, drafting dinosaur cards from a central river, then rolling dice and spending icons for various effects, most notably curing sick and injured dinosaurs. At the start of each turn, you remove a sleep token from each dinosaur in your hospital, which is bad, of course, as these patients need forced rest! If you have an empty bed of the four in your hospital, draft a dino from the five available, then roll your dice. You start with three dice that show the three treatments needed to cure dinosaurs, a tranquilizer dart, and a wild icon. Spend treatment icons to heal your dinos; each one needs 1-5 treatments as depicted on their card. Any two matching icons can be used to acquire a single-use wild token or an upgrade card that provides a permanent beneficial effect; spend three matching icons to acquire more dice. If you have tranquilizers and bed space to spare, you can take more dino cards into your hospital. However, if a dinosaur isn't fully cured and has no sleep tokens on it, it wakes up and leaves the hospital - and if it's a carnivore, it takes another dinosaur with it when it goes! Cured dinosaurs move from the hospital to your victory pile, netting you the point value on the card. When one of the three card stacks is empty, complete the round, then see who's scored the most from their veterinary efforts.

Designer

William Thompson

Artist

Zuzana Randáková

Publisher

Absurdist Productions

Categories

Card GameDiceMedicalScience Fiction

Mechanics

Deck BuildingDice RollingDraftingDice Manipulation
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