Haba 4087 Owner's manual

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ENGLISH

Dinosaur Expedition

A

n adventurous

g

ame of skill for 2 – 5 ea

g

er explorers a

g

es 4 – 99.

A

utho

r:

Gu

n

te

r B

aa

r

s

Illustrations

:

Cornelia Haas

Len

g

th of the

g

am: a

pp

rox. 15 minute

s

L

oud knocking resounds from the legendary “Dinosaur Valley”. Tim the dinosaur explorer is

l

ookin

g

for traces of the prehistoric

g

iant. Equipped with hammer and chisel he crushes rocks

a

nd discovers precious petri

ﬁ

ed bones. But a

g

i

g

antic dinosaur is hidin

g

in between the blocks

o

f rock waiting to be excavated. So watch out, as only the one with a bit of skill and some luck

with the die will collect the most bones before the dinosaur is revealed, to become the

g

reatest

dinosaur explorer o

f

all times and win the

g

ame

.

Contents

1

g

ame board “Dinosaur Valle

y

”

1 dinosaur ex

p

lorer Ti

m

1

d

in

osau

r

1 hamme

r

1

c

hi

se

l

24 boulders (in the sha

p

e of cubes

)

1 rock pedestal

1 green die

Set of

g

ame instructions

10

co

ll

ect

m

ost

bou

l

de

r

s

g

ame board and boulde

r

deposit in center o

f

table,

p

edestal in center of

g

ame board

s

tac

k

b

ou

ld

ers wit

h

d

in

osau

r in

t

h

e

mi

dd

l

e

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Game Idea

T

ogether with Tim you are on expedition in the legendary

“Valley of the Dinosaurs”. Whoever’s turn it is, takes a

hammer and chisel and tries to excavate a petri

ﬁ

ed bone

f

rom

the rocks. But watch out! I

f

more than one boulder tumbles

off, if Tim is hit or if the dinosaur topples over your turn is

over. The aim o

f

the

g

ame is to use

y

our luck and skill to

collect the most boulders.

Preparation of the Game

Be

f

ore startin

g

to pla

y

f

or the

ﬁ

rst time, care

f

ull

y

remove the

p

re-punched rectangle

f

rom the center o

f

the game board.

During the game it serves as a deposit for boulders.

Place the game board in the center o

f

the table and put the

d

eposit board a short distance away from the game board.

T

hen insert the rock pedestal into the hole le

f

t in the middle

o

f

the game board. Place Tim on any square o

f

the game

boa

r

d

.

Get t

h

e

h

ammer, c

h

ise

l

an

d

ie rea

dy

.

N

ow assemble the roc

k

1. Place any six boulders in two rows o

f

three on the

roc

k

p

e

d

esta

l

.

2

. Place the dinosaur upright between the ﬁ rst two rows

o

f

boulders

.

3

. Stack the 18 remainin

g

boulders in three further la

y

ers on

top o

f

each other. Now the dinosaur is completel

y

e

m

bedded

in

s

i

de

t

h

e

r

oc

k

.

p

la

y

ﬁ

g

ur

e

r

oc

k

pe

d

esta

l

roc

k

de

p

osi

t

11

knock one boulder ou

t

of

roc

k

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How to Play

Play in a clockwise direction. Whoever can name the most

dinosaurs may start. If you cannot agree the youngest player

s

tarts an

d

ro

ll

s t

h

e

d

ie

.

Move Tim the corresponding number of squares.

W

h

at is s

h

own on t

h

e s

q

uare Tim

h

as reac

h

e

d?

• The hammer

You

ca

n

e

xcava

te

(

see “actions”

)

u

sin

g

j

ust t

h

e

h

ammer

• Hammer an

d

c

h

ise

l

You can

e

xcava

te

(

see “actions”

)

u

sing t

h

e

h

ammer an

d

c

h

ise

l

.

• The magnifying glas

s

You ex

p

lore

(

see “actions”

).

C

arry out t

h

e correspon

d

ing action.

Then it’s the turn o

f

the next pla

y

er.

Actions

Excavation

J

ust like real dinosaur explorers you will need to use all your

s

kills. Tr

y

to knock a boulder out of the rock.

Take the tool(s) that

y

ou are allowed and care

f

ull

y

hit the rock

so

m

e

wh

e

r

e

su

i

tab

l

e

so

t

h

at

o

n

e

bou

l

de

r

ca

n

be

l

oose

n

ed

a

n

d

f

all down. You can have u

p

to three attem

p

ts.

The excavation stops as soon as ...

•

...

a

bou

l

de

r h

as

f

a

ll

e

n

o

ff.

Great! The excavation was success

f

ul. Now look and see i

f

on the u

pp

er side of the block there is a bone. Don’t move

the

boulde

r

.

1

2

ta

k

e

bou

l

de

r wi

t

h

bo

n

e

m

ore than one boulder =

end o

f

turn,

boulders on de

p

osit

d

inosaur tum

bl

es

over = end o

f

game

roll boulder like die

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Does the boulder show a bon

e



Yes

?

T

h

at

r

oc

k

s

!

Co

ll

ect

t

h

e

bou

l

de

r.



No

?

Unfortunately you were unlucky. Place the boulder

on t

h

e

d

eposit

.

•

... more boulders have fallen off

.

W

atch out! Landslide! Place all the boulders that

have fallen off on the rock de

p

osit

.

•

... you ﬁ nished your third hit.

If still no boulder has fallen off unfortunatel

y

ou

w

ere unlucky

.

•

... a boulder has hit dinosaur explorer Tim

.

Ouc

h! Pl

ace

t

h

e

bou

l

de

r

s

t

h

at

h

a

v

e

f

a

ll

e

n

o

ff

o

n

t

h

e

d

eposit

.

•

... t

h

e

d

inosaur tum

bl

es over

.

T

he game ends immediately. Any boulders that have

fallen off are left where they are. They don’t belong

to an

y

p

l

a

y

er.

Exploration

T

his part of the expedition requires some luck. Maybe you will

d

iscover a bone. Take a boulder

f

rom the deposit and roll it as

i

f

it were a die.

Does it s

h

ow a

b

one on t

h

e upper si

d

e?

•

Yes

?

E

x

pl

orer’s

l

uc

k

! Ta

k

e t

h

e

b

ou

ld

er

.

•

N

o

?

Ba

d

l

uc

k

! Return t

h

e

b

ou

ld

er to t

h

e

d

eposit

.

I

f no boulder is left on the deposit you can roll the green die

an

d

move Tim.

13

d

inosaur topp

l

e

d

over

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End of the game

The game ends as soon as the dinosaur

f

alls over. Whoever

has

t

h

e

m

ost

bou

l

de

r

s

in fr

o

n

t

o

f him i

s

t

h

e

m

ost

success

f

u

l

d

inosaur exp

l

orer an

d

wins t

h

e

g

ame

.

Hint:

B

e

f

ore startin

g

to knock have a

g

ood look. Ideall

y

ou tr

y

to

k

nock out the boulders that show the most bones. As then it

i

s more likely that a bone will appear on the upper side of the

b

oulder when it

f

alls down.

Expedition for experts

Play according to the rules o

f

the basic game, except

f

or

t

he

f

ollowin

g

chan

g

es:

•

You

h

ave as man

y

tries at excavatin

g

as

d

ots are s

h

own

on the green die

.

•

T

h

e p

l

a

y

er w

h

o ma

d

e t

h

e

d

inosaur tum

bl

e

l

oses t

h

e

g

ame

.

So a pla

y

er ma

y

decide not to roll the die and renounce his

tu

rn.

•

The

g

ame ends as soon as one of the followin

g

two case

s

arise:

1. A

ll

p

l

ayers

h

ave renounce

d

t

h

eir tur

n

W

hoever has the most boulders in front of him

,

wins

t

h

e

g

ame

.

2. Th

e

d

in

osau

r h

as

tu

m

b

l

ed

o

v

e

r

?

T

he player who caused the dinosaur to tumble over

l

oses t

h

e game. T

h

e ot

h

er p

l

ayers count t

h

eir

b

ou

ld

ers.

Wh

oever

h

as t

h

e most

b

ou

ld

ers wins t

h

e

g

ame.

14

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The author

Gunter Baars was born in 1962 in Hamburg. After his University

entrance exam he worked

f

or man

y

ears as a

f

ree-lance cop

y

writer,

editor and scriptwriter,

f

or MAD Magazine and Ottos Otti

f

anten

(popular German cartoon series) amongst others, as well as for

television and radio. His ﬁ rst

g

ame was published in 1989, and since

then about 60 more.

E

xpedition Dino is a

f

ter Knuckling Knights - The

Due

l

and other games his 6th game to be published by Haba.

l

The illustrator

Cornelia Haas

bo

rn in 1972 in I

c

h

e

nh

ause

n in

t

h

e

a

r

ea

o

f

G

ünzbur

g

has been workin

g

now for over ten

y

ears now as a

f

ree-lance illustrator

f

or man

y

publishin

g

houses. In 2005 she was

awarded with the Stiftung Buchkunst (Book art foundation) prize

for the NICEST GERMAN BOOKS in the Children’s Book cate

g

or

y

.

She lives and creates in the “Ha

f

enstrasse 64” studio communit

y

in

Mü

n

ste

r.

E

xpe

d

ition Dinosa

u

r is her second game for HABA

.

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