Comments on: Jurassic Park Danger! board game review

By: Trent

Trent — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 02:44:59 +0000

In reply to Nazir.

Nazir – That’s a good move to look around first and see what’s out there. Good luck with your next idea!

By: Joe

Joe — Sun, 28 Mar 2021 01:02:22 +0000

In reply to Nazir. if you can’t play without limiting the number of dinos you don’t need to be playing it at all.

By: Nazir

Nazir — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 23:55:19 +0000

I’m creating a game room and today I was getting some board games so I decided to create one. I love Jurassic Park so I just said “.. something like a game about…I don’t know, the dinosaurs and the characters chasing and running around and the end is getting to the helicopter…” and I thought of making the board Nublar shaped instead of only square…I had the full concept and the design even the 3 dinosaurs and all and I just searched online to be sure there’s no other similar game…..and well…that’s how I got here. I’m very sad my idea was “stolen” by the original creator but happy to know I can have good ideas…I’m not sure how to feel tho.

By: Trent

Trent — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 18:49:27 +0000

In reply to Roland.

Roland – Those can be some tough choices. You mention that you’ve played, Pandemic but didn’t mention that you own it. You should note that On The Brink is a Pandemic expansion and you need the base game in order to play it. It’s not a standalone game.

If you like Pandemic though and are considering buying a Pandemic game, I’d highly recommend Pandemic Legacy. It’s a great game and experience to go along with it. That’s because it’s Pandemic but with new elements that get revealed with certain events and decisions you make in one game carry over to the next game. It’s fantastic.

The catch with Jurassic Park Danger is that it’s one against many. So not a full cooperative game like the others you’ve mentioned. If you like the idea of 1 vs. many (semi-cooperative), you may also want to consider Star Wars: Imperial Assault. And if downtime between turns is an issue to address, Escape The Curse of the Temple has no downtime whatsoever because everyone is frantically rolling their dice simultaneously to work together to get out.

By: Roland

Roland — Sat, 16 Feb 2019 06:38:19 +0000

I’m having a tough time deciding between Jurassic Park Danger! and Pandemic: On the brink as the semi-cooperative game.

I like the theme of Jurassic but hard for me to tell which game mechanic I would prefer of the two games

How would you differentiate the two and what would you recommend?

I have played Pandemic and currently own Forbidden Desert and Star Trek Panic after reading your reviews! Thanks so much as they were so helpful

I enjoy them both but had to find a way to modify Star Trek Panic to reduce its run time it can go on for a while especially since there can be substantial downtime waiting for your turn. Personally I don’t mind as I’m invested but some of my friends feel that way after playing it.

By: Ross McDonagh

Ross McDonagh — Mon, 08 Oct 2018 07:30:30 +0000

Great review, although you’re more forgiving than I am! I too love the source material, and the look and quality of the game and it’s pieces is very attractive. But it is a poorly balanced game, dinosaurs are WAY overpowered. They move every turn AND get an optional extra move… Dinos are attacking twice per turn usually, and there’s virtually no way to defend or outrun them. Even activating the fences only serves to corner the humans, since they are far less mobile. My friends quit during our first game in annoyance! They are not in a hurry to play again, sadly.

PS re question below, I’m pretty sure Trex only gets to attack a second time as his power, as in 2 attacks total

By: Trent

Trent — Sun, 10 Jun 2018 21:31:54 +0000

In reply to Jay. Jay - We understand the T-Rex ability to be in addition to the normal action. So that would mean it could do 3 damage. Very devastating.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 06 Jun 2018 16:34:19 +0000

Bought the game for my son’s 12th birthday after reading this review. He and I and my parents played it. He was the dinosaurs (of course) and completely obliterated us humans. We did get all three locations activated, and several goals were achieved, but no one got to safety. I’d forgotten the recommendation to play with 4 humans – that would definitely have made some difference. Definitely want to play again, but I’m not sure if my son will ever yield control of the dinosaurs. 😉

I do think the dinosaur player is slightly overpowered. Since (s)he knows what the characters’ goals are (including activating the locations), it’s really easy to cut people off. We’ll see how we feel after a few more plays.

I’m going to check BGG for the answer to this, but wondered if you’d run into some of the questions we had about the rules. For instance, if the T-Rex attacks someone during the card phase of the dinosaur turn, then the player uses the T-Rex ability to do 2 damage, it wasn’t clear whether it was 2 additional damage (over the 1 they inflicted when they entered the space) or just 1 more, for a total of 2. We played the latter. I think we had a couple more moments of uncertainty, but that was the biggest one.