{"title":"Dinosaur Island","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"dinosaur-island-totally-liquid-expansion","title":"Dinosaur Island: Totally Liquid Expansion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstyle type=\"text\/css\"\u003e\u003c!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--\u003e\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDinosaur Island: Totally Liquid adds components needed to play Dinosaur Island with up to five players, in addition to adding water dinosaurs to the base game, new parkboard extensions, executive worker meeples that give unique worker abilities to each player, a blueprints module that rewards players when they build certain park layouts, PR events that create hidden scoring opportunities, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Pandasaurus Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56049937023354,"sku":"ZBG-PAN201807","price":33.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Totally-Liquid-Dinosaur.jpg?v=1760984150"},{"product_id":"totally-liquid-dinosaur-island-exp-kickstarter-ed","title":"Dinosaur Island: Totally Liquid Exp - Kickstarter Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDinosaur Island: Totally Liquid\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e adds components needed to play \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/dinosaur-island\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDinosaur Island\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e with up to five players! \u003cem\u003eTotally Liquid\u003c\/em\u003e also adds lots of cool new mechanisms to the game on top of a 5th player setup. The Blueprint Module gives all players bonus points for following the plans laid out on the card! The Park extension gives players a new extension to the board that gives them a unique way to score points and unique mechanics to explore separately from all other players. The Executive Worker gives each player a unique worker to their corporation that acts completely differently from any other worker in the game. This is the Kickstarter Edition of the new expansion and will contain all stretch goals relevant to Totally Liquid, some of which are Kickstarter Exclusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is for the Kickstarter version and as such is subject to changes in delivery date, these dates are outside Zatu Games's control.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBLOG\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Review.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Review.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Island Totally Liquid Review\" width=\"940\" height=\"330\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDon’t go into the long grass!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlready, many of you are singing the famous bars of music from Speilberg’s classic; Jurassic Park. And let me ask you, how many of you don’t wish that you could really run and own your own dinosaur filled park? Wait, you’ve seen the films, all five? You’ve read the books? It didn’t go well… well, don’t worry, in true InGen style, dinosaurs have been recreated, but beware, BioSyn have done their work, and the secret is out, between one and four competing dinosaur parks are now in action (assuming that you already have Dinosaur Island) - you get to refine DNA, research and create dinosaurs, introduce rides and other attractions and organise the huge crowds of guests coming to your park and the money that they provide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat could possibly improve upon that experience?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/dinosaur-island-totally-liquid-expansion\/\"\u003eTotally Liquid\u003c\/a\u003e. That is what. This review is written based on the components found in the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/dinosaur-island-xtreme-edition\/\"\u003eXtreme Edition\u003c\/a\u003e, though these are simply physical additions rather than actual changes to the gameplay (though as a John Hammond wannabe, I definitely recommend you get the Xtreme Edition if you can stretch to it, more later!).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_220521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220521\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Review-Mega-Rex.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Review-Mega-Rex.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Island Totally Liquid Review - Mega Rex\" width=\"820\" height=\"500\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cfigcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003eDinosaur Island Totally Liquid Review - Mega Rex (Credit: Pandasaurus Games)\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eComponents\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWays to improve the turn-based, dinosaur park building experience of Dinosaur Island?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdd in components for a fifth player, more competition! Including park and lab boards, new purple workers, scientists and marker cubes as well as four extra dice.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNine new specialists to hire for your park, including the Lawyer who lets you turn your first eaten customer into money with that counter-suit!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven new plot twists to add more variety to your game, including VIP visitors.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new lab improvement letting you enhance your tool bench.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew dinosaur recipes to add to your existing stock.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModule selectors, allowing you to select from the additional game components to add to your game, choose from any or all of:\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExecutives and facilities expanding your options as well as giving each park a unique way to play, from a Goat Pen to a Hotel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlueprints - offering extra victory points for building your park in a certain way.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePR Events that offer extra Victory Points at certain moments of the story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarine Creatures- what is better than a park with dinosaurs? One with dinosaurs, plesiosaurs and mosasaurs of course!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRules clarifications and streamlinings enhancing the original experience.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you pick up the Xtreme Edition of the Game, you will find yourself with a plethora of upgrades that barely fit in the box:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo more plot twists.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA new ‘dinosaur’ (Pandasaurus, the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamepublisher\/21847\/pandasaurus-games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003emanufacturer’s\u003c\/a\u003e mascot).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTemporary Security and Threat Markers.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn enhanced board for both Marine Creature research.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA five-player marketplace.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCustomary plastic upgrades to cardboard components - a Mega Rex model, 96 new dinosaur models in 12 varieties, baby dinos and dino eggs, upgraded executives and fifth player scientists. None are vital to the game, but they do enhance the experience in a visceral way.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_220523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-220523\" style=\"width: 820px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Review-Bliueprints.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Review-Bliueprints.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Island Totally Liquid Review - Bliueprints\" width=\"820\" height=\"500\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cfigcaption id=\"caption-attachment-220523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"\u003eDinosaur Island Totally Liquid Review - Bliueprints (Credit: Pandasaurus Games)\u003c\/figcaption\u003e\u003c\/figure\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eGameplay\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDinosaur Island plays in a similar way to most worker placement games; players begin by making hard choices about where to assign their three scientists, gain recipes, gain DNA, improve DNA storage or even consign your scientists to worker drudgery. This is then followed by a purchasing phase, where again, in player order, players purchase up to two lab upgrades, attractions, specialists or even DNA.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOnce these two turn-based steps have been performed, as in many of these games, there is a free-for-all moment when players are able to allocate their workers (and unlucky scientists) to a whole host of activities, from enhancing security in the park, to building larger enclosures and creating dinosaurs, or simply heading out and attracting more funds. Once everyone is done, phase four returns once again to turn-based play.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVisitors are attracted based on the excitement level of your park, raised by having dinosaurs and then assigning these to attraction spaces. Each visitor earns you one money, whilst each surviving attraction visitor earns a victory point. Sadly, not all will make it if the threat level is above your security level; too many dinos, not enough fences? People will be eaten! Finally, the game resets for the next turn, visitors leave (unless staying in the Executive Hotel), workers return to your pool and the turn order resets, giving privilege to the last-place player.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eFinal Thoughts on Totally Liquid\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTotally Liquid does not change the aforementioned gameplay, it only enhances it with extra options and choices to make. Do you want to make Safety Park® with huge hand-rails, safety glass and docile herbivores or truly rake it in with three huge carnivores that may, or may not, eat at least one visitor every season? Both are viable options in the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThough not a necessary expansion to your Dinosaur Island \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/dinosaur-island\/#\"\u003eexperience\u003c\/a\u003e, can you really call it a Dinosaur Island if it doesn’t have an Elasmosaurus and the Clever Grill? No, exactly, go \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/dinosaur-island-totally-liquid-expansion\/\"\u003eLiquid forthwith\u003c\/a\u003e!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Review-Rating.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Review-Rating.jpg\" alt=\"Dinosaur Island Totally Liquid Review Rating - 82%\" width=\"550\" height=\"170\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eYou Might Like\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e• More dinosaurs and extinct marine animals.\u003cbr\u003e• Fifth player addition.\u003cbr\u003e• New ways to earn victory points.\u003cbr\u003e• Solo play mode included.\u003cbr\u003e• Short play takes about 60 minutes.\u003cbr\u003e• Truly is a game for 8+ and possibly younger. \u003cstrong\u003eYou Might Not Like\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e• Extra components to a game that already has plenty.\u003cbr\u003e• Short games (one of the three game lengths you can choose) stop you from seeing most of the original components let alone new ones.\u003cbr\u003e• Hoarding money is sadly a way to win so long as you make average VP progress\u003cbr\u003e• Somebody else might get the dino you really want.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Buy-Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Expansion.jpg\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Buy-Dinosaur-Island-Totally-Liquid-Expansion.jpg\" alt=\"Buy Dinosaur Island Totally Liquid Expansion\" width=\"327\" height=\"140\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead More \u0026gt;\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Pandasaurus Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050087362938,"sku":"ZKICK-TLDINO","price":55.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Totally-Liquid-Dinosaur-Island-Exp-Kickstarter-Ed.jpg?v=1760984745"},{"product_id":"dinosaur-island-xtreme-edition","title":"Dinosaur Island: Xtreme Edition - Kickstarter Exclusive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDinosaur Island: Xtreme Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003eis a chance for Team Pandasaurus to add some really fun stuff to \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.board-game.co.uk\/product\/dinosaur-island\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eDinosaur Island\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e that they couldn't afford to include at retail. For the base game, that means bringing back almost all of the stretch goals from Dinosaur Island 1.0.  The Dino Meeples, new slimmer metal coins, researcher Beaker Meeples and all of the Kickstarter exclusive plot twists (Purple Die, VIP Meeples, Extra Hooligans) that weren't able to include in the retail edition of the game for cost reasons.  Oh, and a brand new slap-bracelet first player marker that is exclusive to the X-Treme edition.  And of course, spot UV and metallic ink on the box lid!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eVIDEO\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Pandasaurus Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050089787770,"sku":"ZKICK-DINOXE","price":102.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/dinosaur-island-extreem-edition.jpg?v=1760984749"},{"product_id":"dinosaur-island-kickstarter-component-kit","title":"Dinosaur Island Kickstarter Component Kit","description":"\u003cp\u003eAlready own Dinosaur Island and want all the exlusive content? Then this product is for you, containing custom dinosaur meeples, metal coins, beaker meeples, the purple die and the arm strap.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Pandasaurus Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050091229562,"sku":"ZKICK-DINOXEKCK","price":33.46,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Dinosaur-Island-Kickstarter-Component-Kit.jpg?v=1760984751"},{"product_id":"dinosaur-island","title":"Dinosaur Island","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDinosaur Island\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is a game by designers Jon Gilmour (\u003cem\u003eDead of Winter\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWasteland Express Delivery Service\u003c\/em\u003e) and Brian Lewis (\u003cem\u003eTitans of Industry\u003c\/em\u003e) and published by Pandasaurus Games (\u003cem\u003eMachi Koro\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eYedo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWasteland Express Delivery Service\u003c\/em\u003e) with amazing technicolor, ridiculously '90s artwork from Kwanchai Moriya and Peter Wocken.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDinosaur Island\u003c\/em\u003e, players will have to collect DNA, research the DNA sequences of extinct dinosaur species, and then combine the ancient DNA in the correct sequence to bring these prehistoric creatures back to life. Dino cooking! All players will compete to build the most thrilling park each season, and then work to attract (and keep alive!) the most visitors each season that the park opens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDo you go big and create a pack of Velociraptors? They'll definitely excite potential visitors, but you'd better make a large enough enclosure for them. And maybe hire some (read: a lot of) security. Or they WILL break out and start eating your visitors, and we all know how that ends. You could play it safe and grow a bunch of herbivores, but then you aren't going to have the most exciting park in the world (sad face). So maybe buy a roller coaster or two to attract visitors to your park the good old-fashioned way?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAge 10+\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1-4 players\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e60-150 minutes playing time\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- \/wp:fl-builder\/layout --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Pandasaurus Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56050149917050,"sku":"ZBG-PAN201703","price":47.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0916\/9970\/8282\/files\/Dinosaur-Island.jpg?v=1760985039"}],"url":"https:\/\/zatu.com\/en-ie\/collections\/dinosaur-island.oembed","provider":"Zatu Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}