Board Games: The Dinosaur Game

by Latz Chance Games

Product Features

• The Dinosaur Game- Currently being enjoyed by hundreds of thousands WORLDWIDE!
• The Dinosaur Game that's won 11 Awards for quality, education, and value!
• Become a Dinosaur and struggle to survive! Overcome natural disasters, avoid famine and fend off attacks from your dinosaur opponents.
• Over 130 components including a DINO DIE!
• For ages 5 years and up.

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00000J1I4
• Item model number: DINOSAURGAME
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,768 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

As one of the winners of Dr. Toy's 10 Best Games award, the Survival/Extinction Dinosaur Game will be a hit with playful paleontologists everywhere. Players in the game learn about dinosaurs firsthand by themselves becoming the creatures. Each of the 16 player-dinosaurs must make his or her way through the prehistoric world in search of food and struggling for survival. Winning the game means getting to the finish with at least one food token. To do this, players must remember his or her dinosaur's habitat, sources of food, intelligence, speed, and size. Natural disaster cards also teach the hazards associated with everyday dinosaur life. Players will learn about these giant creatures with every fateful step of this creative board game. --Lee Strucker

Product Description

Winner of 11 Awards for quality and value including Oppenheim Gold, Parent's Choice Gold, and Dr. Toy's 10 Best Games. Become a Dinosaur and struggle to survive! Overcome natural disasters, avoid famine and fend off attacks from your dinosaur opponents. This game has it all! For ages 5 and up with 2 play versions. Over 130 components including a DINO DIE! The unique concept of this Dinosaur Game sets it apart from other board games. It's NOT a trivia game! The Dinosaur Game requires no previous knowledge of dinosaurs. Instead, players learn as they play. Players choose one of 16 different dinosaurs and receive a description card that tells scientifically accurate information about your prehistoric self, such as whether you are a carnivore or herbivore, what habitat you live in and how you rate on various characteristics from intelligence to defenses. Your goal as a dinosaur is to SURVIVE by reaching the finish square first. To do this you must overcome obstacles such as Natural Disasters, Attacks from your dinosaur opponents and food shortages. The game uses an indirect learning style, which means that it is primarily fun and educational too. The game includes over 130 exciting playing pieces and now is packaged with a DINO DIE. Also, two versions of the game are included in the instructions allowing different play for readers and non-readers. For ages 5 and up.

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86 of 86 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A personal opinion, December 3, 1999

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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Board Games: The Dinosaur Game (Toy)

I bought 'survival or extinction' the dinosaur game on a trip to the USA for my kids. My daughter is 6 years old and my son is 9, both are fascinated with dinosaurs. My wife and I played the game with our children, and i must say, that was one of the best activities we shared with our kids. I thought the game had an interesting angle of each one of us becoming a different dinosaur, and competing with each other, we definitely had our unique personalities and virtues. we were kidding each other for days later. The children remembered so much about different kinds of dinosaurs, their eating habits, their natural habitats and the challenges they faced to survive. It is rare to see a game which is so much fun and educational at the same time.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars highly educational and fun at the same time!, November 4, 1999

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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Board Games: The Dinosaur Game (Toy)

My students of 2nd through 4th grades loved this game.Survival And Extinction is a very unique game which gives the child the perspective of being a dinosaur who faces so many challenges for his survival. The child has to make intelligent decisions and understand the characteristics of the dinosaur he represent at the time. I found this game to be highly educational and fun at the same time It is one of the few games my students ask to play over and over again. Highly recommended for teachers and parents alike!.

28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun and more!, April 25, 2002

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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Board Games: The Dinosaur Game (Toy)

As a science teacher, I'm always on the lookout for fun games that reinforce concepts. This game is fun-- my 3rd graders love it (and older: former students remembered the game three years later and asked to borrow it to play on a 6th grade free day!). It also teaches good science concepts, unlike many board games that have a science title but then just have the "roll and move" approach that has nothing to do with the concepts. Herbivores, carnivores, habitat, reproduction rate, natural disasters, speed and strength all affect your survival in this game! It used to be available only at specialty toy stores-- I'm glad to see it available here.