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Escaping Extinction: Based on a True Story

Escaping Extinction: Based on a True Story

2024·Chris Armstrong, Jen Armstrong

1 - 4 players
45 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

In Escaping Extinction, you take on the role of super-smart Dinos trying to build a rocket and survive extinction! Work together as a team to travel the world, searching for rocket parts described by your friend Dr. Velo C. Raptor. With a tile-based game board, you'll face a different layout every time you play – with special Earthquake cards changing it up mid-game! Can you make it to the safety of space before the Meteor touches down? HOW TO PLAY Lay down the terrain tiles following the setup, set up each Dino's card and shuffle the different decks of cards. Remember the Meteor cards have a special way to shuffle! Flip over the first Rocket Docket card, where Dr Raptor reveals where the next Rocket Part can be found. Each time you bring a Part back to the Oasis, the next card is flipped. Taking turns, each Dino spends their 2 actions per round to move around the world, revealing tiles and collecting resources while searching for the Rocket Part. Once each Dino has taken a turn, draw a Meteor card. These can help or hinder your mission. This is also how the Meteor gets closer to Earth, so don't waste time! If an Earthquake gets drawn, it's time to shuffle the board around. These cards refresh the terrain tiles and change the world layout, so keep exploring -description from the publisher

Escaping Extinction: Based on a True Story

Which Escaping Extinction: Based on a True Story video should I watch?

Escaping Extinction: Based on a True Story has 2 videos from 2 creators: 2 how-to-play guides. They date from 2024 to April 2025.

If you like it, try Secrets of the Lost Tomb, Forbidden Jungle, Castellion or Chronicles of Avel, which share several of its mechanics.

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Escaping Extinction Play Through | The Game HausHow to play50:52

Escaping Extinction Play Through | The Game Haus

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About Escaping Extinction: Based on a True Story

From BoardGameGeek:

In Escaping Extinction, you take on the role of super-smart Dinos trying to build a rocket and survive extinction! Work together as a team to travel the world, searching for rocket parts described by your friend Dr. Velo C. Raptor. With a tile-based game board, you'll face a different layout every time you play – with special Earthquake cards changing it up mid-game! Can you make it to the safety of space before the Meteor touches down? HOW TO PLAY Lay down the terrain tiles following the setup, set up each Dino's card and shuffle the different decks of cards. Remember the Meteor cards have a special way to shuffle! Flip over the first Rocket Docket card, where Dr Raptor reveals where the next Rocket Part can be found. Each time you bring a Part back to the Oasis, the next card is flipped. Taking turns, each Dino spends their 2 actions per round to move around the world, revealing tiles and collecting resources while searching for the Rocket Part. Once each Dino has taken a turn, draw a Meteor card. These can help or hinder your mission. This is also how the Meteor gets closer to Earth, so don't waste time! If an Earthquake gets drawn, it's time to shuffle the board around. These cards refresh the terrain tiles and change the world layout, so keep exploring -description from the publisher

Designers

Chris Armstrong, Jen Armstrong

Publisher

Solid Roots, LLC

Categories

AnimalsExplorationPrehistoricScience Fiction

Mechanics

Action PointsCooperative GameModular Board & Variable SetupSolo / Solitaire Game
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