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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
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
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
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.
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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
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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