2024Julia Thiemann, Christoph Waage
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1 - 4 players90 - 120 minVery heavy weight

2025Julia Thiemann, Christoph Waage
Some reviews. Fossilium is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Fossilium is a strategic and interactive set collection and tile placement game. As the director of a natural history museum specializing in paleontology, it's your mission to turn your establishment into the most sought-after destination for fossil enthusiasts. To achieve this, you will send your paleontologists on promising excavations, carefully assemble fossil pieces, and strategically display them in your grand hall. By expanding your museum with facilities like restaurants and auditoriums, you can unlock additional income and powerful bonuses. Always keep an eye on visitor trends, as this can allow you to sell season tickets and gain a crucial advantage over your competitors. The game features a unique blend of competition and cooperation: while you may compete for valuable action spaces, there's also room for collaboration. In the spirit of scientific discovery, you can assist your rivals in completing iconic fossils like the T-Rex or Stegosaurus, allowing both players to score points. You have 5 rounds to fill your exhibition rooms. Each round consists of four phases : receive income , build and fill your museums, open the doors to your museums and gain prestige, finally, you unearth new fossils and attract returning patrons. After five rounds, the game ends and whoever has collected the most prestige has built the most impressive museum and wins! Fossilium is a science-based game developed in collaboration with the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (Natural History Museum). -description from the designer
Fossilium has 6 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 2 other videos. They date from 2025 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "FOSSILIUM How to Play" by Board Games in a Minute, which runs 1 h.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "FOSSILIUM is the heaviest paleontology/museum game ever!" by Rahdo Runs Through. To see it played, watch "Fossilium 3 Player Playthrough" by Board Gaymes James.
If you like it, try Algae, Inc., also by Julia Thiemann, or Orchard: 9 card solitaire game, Grove: 9 card solitaire game and Forage: A 9 card solitaire game, which share several of its mechanics.
2024Julia Thiemann, Christoph Waage
1 - 4 players90 - 120 minVery heavy weight
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From BoardGameGeek:
Fossilium is a strategic and interactive set collection and tile placement game. As the director of a natural history museum specializing in paleontology, it's your mission to turn your establishment into the most sought-after destination for fossil enthusiasts. To achieve this, you will send your paleontologists on promising excavations, carefully assemble fossil pieces, and strategically display them in your grand hall. By expanding your museum with facilities like restaurants and auditoriums, you can unlock additional income and powerful bonuses. Always keep an eye on visitor trends, as this can allow you to sell season tickets and gain a crucial advantage over your competitors. The game features a unique blend of competition and cooperation: while you may compete for valuable action spaces, there's also room for collaboration. In the spirit of scientific discovery, you can assist your rivals in completing iconic fossils like the T-Rex or Stegosaurus, allowing both players to score points. You have 5 rounds to fill your exhibition rooms. Each round consists of four phases : receive income , build and fill your museums, open the doors to your museums and gain prestige, finally, you unearth new fossils and attract returning patrons. After five rounds, the game ends and whoever has collected the most prestige has built the most impressive museum and wins! Fossilium is a science-based game developed in collaboration with the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin (Natural History Museum). -description from the designer
Designers
Julia Thiemann, Christoph Waage
Artists
April Borchelt, Gastón Santibáñez Engemann, Dennis Lohausen
Publisher
Giant Roc
Categories
Mechanics