TeeTurtle | Happy Little Dinosaurs Base Game | Board Game | Ages 8+ | 2 to 4 Players | 30 to 60 Minutes Playing Time

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After all players have placed a Point card facedown, all players will reveal their Point cards simultaneously. For each Disaster card in your Disaster Area, move your Dinosaur meeple forward 1 space on your Escape Route at the end of each round. Your player board includes your Dinosaur character, your Escape Route (which you’ll use to collect your points), and your Disaster Area (in which you will collect Disaster cards throughout the game). If you collect three Disaster cards of the same type or three different types of Disaster cards, you are eliminated from the game and must immediately discard your hand. If two players play a Point card with the same value, the player with the fewest total collected points on their Escape Route may use their Point card’s effect first.

If a card states “During this round,” its effect occurs before the effects of any other Point cards in the round, regardless of those cards’ point values. If an Instant card states “Play this card during scoring,” you may play that card when scores are being calculated after all Point card effects have been used. For each Disaster card in your Disaster Area, move your Dinosaur meeple forward 1 space on your Escape Route at the end of the round. These exceptions are card effects that specify when the effect occurs by stating “During this round” or “During scoring this round.If you have 5 Instant cards in your hand and no Point cards, discard your hand and draw 5 new cards. These card effects may allow players to draw or discard cards, swap Point cards with another player, or even alter the round’s scoring rules. The advantages and disadvantages of your Dinosaur Traits are added to or subtracted from your Point card’s value each round.

A player’s base score equals the point value of the face-up Point card in front of them, but that score can go up or down based on bonuses from Dinosaur Traits, Point card effects, and Instant card effects (which will be explained in the subsequent sections). The player with the lowest point value during Sudden Death adds the face-up Disaster card to their Disaster Area. If scores are inverted in a round when multiple players tie for the highest or lowest score, the scores of all players involved are inverted. If a card states “During scoring this round,” its effect occurs when you calculate scores after all other Point card effects have been used.Unless otherwise specified, players may use their Point card’s effect after revealing their Point card, but before scoring occurs in the round. Note: inversion effects do not apply to Sudden Death; during Sudden Death, you always want to play the higher card than your opponent(s) to avoid adding a Disaster card to your Disaster area.