{"product_id":"dominant-species","title":"Dominant Species","description":"\u003ctable padding=\"1\" margin=\"1\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDesigner\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/chad-jensen\"\u003e Chad Jensen \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/collections\/all\/gmt-games\"\u003e GMT Games \u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e4th Edition\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e2-6\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlaytime\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e120-240 mins\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSuggested Age\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e14 and up\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHonors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link3265563\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/20985\/2010-jogo-do-ano-nominee\"\u003e2010 Jogo do Ano Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link2442855\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/13901\/2011-golden-geek-best-innovative-board-game-nomine\"\u003e2011 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link2442895\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/13904\/2011-golden-geek-best-strategy-board-game-nominee\"\u003e2011 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link2553913\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/14826\/2011-golden-geek-best-strategy-board-game-winner\"\u003e2011 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Winner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"innerlinks_53589c35052ba\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link2442911\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/13905\/2011-golden-geek-best-thematic-board-game-nominee\"\u003e2011 Golden Geek Best Thematic Board Game Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link2553848\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/14818\/2011-golden-geek-board-game-of-the-year-winner\"\u003e2011 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Winner\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link2377408\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/12828\/2011-international-gamers-awards-general-strateg\"\u003e2011 International Gamers Awards - General Strategy; Multi-player Nominee\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"link2990043\"\u003e\n\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/18792\/2011-jota-best-heavy-board-game-nominee\"\u003e2011 JoTa Best Heavy Board Game Nominee \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003ca class=\"ng-binding\" href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/35446\/2015-lys-passione-finalist\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\" data-mce-href=\"https:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/boardgamehonor\/35446\/2015-lys-passione-finalist\" ng-href=\"\/boardgamehonor\/35446\/2015-lys-passione-finalist\"\u003e2015 Lys Passioné Finalist\u003c\/a\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"feature-title ng-binding\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReimplemented By\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/dominant-species-marine\"\u003eDominant Species: Marine\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr id=\"bgg-row\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column-info\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e62219\/dominant-species\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-forum-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003ehttp:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/forum\/631079\/dominant-species\/reviews\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr id=\"bgg-row\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column-info\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional Info\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd id=\"bgg-column\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003e62219\/dominant-species\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"bgg-forum-url\" style=\"display: none;\"\u003ehttp:\/\/boardgamegeek.com\/forum\/631079\/dominant-species\/reviews\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGame Overview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e90,000 B.C. -- A great ice age is fast approaching. Another titanic struggle for global supremacy has unwittingly commenced between the varying animal species. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eDominant Species is a game that abstractly recreates a tiny portion of ancient history: the ponderous encroachment of an ice age and what that entails for the living creatures trying to adapt to the slowly-changing earth. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach player will assume the role of one of six major animal classes -- mammal, reptile, bird, amphibian, arachnid or insect. Each begins the game more or less in a state of natural balance in relation to one another. But that won’t last: It is indeed \"survival of the fittest.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eThrough wily action pawn placement, players will strive to become dominant on as many different terrain tiles as possible in order to claim powerful card effects. Players will also want to propagate their individual species in order to earn victory points for their particular animal. Players will be aided in these endeavors via speciation, migration and adaptation actions, among others. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eAll of this eventually leads to the end game -- the final ascent of the ice age -- where the player having accumulated the most victory points will have his animal crowned the Dominant Species. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eBut somebody better become dominant quickly, because it’s getting mighty cold....\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eGame Play\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eThe large hexagonal tiles are used throughout the game to create an ever-expanding interpretation of earth as it might have appeared a thousand centuries ago. The smaller tundra tiles will be placed atop the larger tiles -- converting them into tundra in the process -- as the ice age encroaches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eThe cylindrical action pawns (or \"AP\"s) drive the game. Each AP will allow a player to perform the various actions that can be taken, such as speciation, environmental change, migration or glaciation. After being placed on the action display during the Planning Phase, an AP will trigger that particular action for the owning player during the Execution Phase.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eGenerally, players will be trying to enhance their own animals’ survivability while simultaneously trying to hinder that of their opponents’ -- hopefully collecting valuable victory points (or \"VP\"s) along the way. The various cards will aid in these efforts, giving players useful one-time abilities or an opportunity for recurring VP gains.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eThroughout the game, species cubes will be added to, moved about in, and removed from the tiles in play (the \"earth\"). Element disks will be added to and removed from both animals and earth. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eWhen the game ends, players will conduct a final scoring of each tile -- after which the player controlling the animal with the highest VP total wins the game.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cstrong style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eReimplemented by\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/dominant-species-the-card-game\"\u003eDominant Species: The Card Game\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"GMT Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":432382213,"sku":"1011-21","price":65.3,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0274\/9631\/products\/Dominant_Species.jpg?v=1578608852","url":"https:\/\/www.vaibhavhospital.com\/products\/dominant-species","provider":"vaibhavhospital","version":"1.0","type":"link"}