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Bone Wars: The Game of Ruthless Paleontology

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How can you not love a game that encourages you to talk like snide British people and cheerfully insult your friends while looking at pictures of dinosaurs?

To really like this game, you have to get into the schtick. Otherwise, the gameplay is good, but not amazing. Also, some paleontologist cards are clearly better to start with than others, which is kind of disappointing. Still, a great game for dinosaur lovers.

The rules and game play are a little confusing at first, but once you have the rules down you'll want to play again. The game is based on the fact that in the past, palentologists sometimes made false claims about their discoveries in order to increase their prestige - and the goal, therefore, of this game is to win the most prestige points. Each player gets a "paleontologist" card that defines some additional aspect of game play for the game. For example, you might get an extra "bone" card each turn, or you might get an extra "event" card. Then, each player gets four bone cards and four event cards. You begin with the "field" phase, move on to the "museum" phase where you actually build your own skeletons, and then the "controversy" phase where you challenge others' skeletons. Games are neither too short nor too long, and once you understand all the various "sections" of game play, it's really pretty easy and fun. Also, easy to play with people you don't know well.