Tiny Epic Dinosaurs

About this board game

Tiny Epic Dinosaurs is a 1–4 player dinosaur-ranching game with a 60-minute play time, combining worker placement and resource management in a competitive prehistoric farming adventure.

In a world where modern science has brought dinosaurs and humans together, players operate independent ranches supplying animals to high-thrill theme parks. Over six rounds, you will acquire, breed, and sell dinosaurs while developing a farm capable of safely housing these powerful creatures.

Each round follows a sequence of focused phases that guide the work of your ranchers and the daily challenges of your farm:

• Harvest resources that are not being consumed by your dinosaurs.
• Place ranchers to obtain dinosaurs, improve security and supplies, pursue valuable contracts, and research technologies and unique breeds.
• Return ranchers to the farm and arrange your ranch to suit its dinosaurs.
• Feed every dinosaur, or risk escapes that threaten your enclosures and other animals.
• Breed properly enclosed matching pairs to grow your herd.

The ranching system demands careful planning. Dinosaurs require food, suitable enclosures, and adequate security, while special dinosaur breeds provide varied benefits that can help distinguish your strategy from the competition. Deciding where to send your ranchers and how to spend your resources is central to building an efficient operation.

At the end of the game, victory points come from the dinosaurs on your farm, the public and private contracts you acquired, and your research developments. In Tiny Epic Dinosaurs, the most successful rancher is the player who manages these competing priorities and finishes with the most points.