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Dominant Species: Second Edition (Fourth Printing)
120m - 240m
2 - 5 Players
Ages 14+
Card drafting games are games in which players pick cards from a limited subset, such as a common pool, to gain some advantage (immediate or longterm) or to assemble hands of cards that are used to meet objectives within the game.
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Play occurs upon a modular board that is composed of multiple pieces, often tiles or cards. In many games, board placement is randomized, leading to different possibilities for strategy and exploration.Some games in this category have multiple boards which are not used simultaneously, preserving table space. Unused boards remain out of play until they are required.
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Maneuvers that directly attack an opposing player's strength, level, life points or do something else to impede their progress.
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Tile Placement games feature placing a piece to score VPs, with the amount often based on adjacent pieces or pieces in the same group/cluster, and keying off non-spatial properties like color, "feature completion", cluster size etc.
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Variable Player Powers is a mechanic that grants different abilities and/or paths to victory to the players.
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This mechanism requires players to select individual actions from a set of actions available to all players. Players generally select actions one-at-a-time and in turn order. There is usually(*) a limit on the number of times a single action may be taken. Actions are commonly selected by the placement of game pieces or tokens on the selected actions. Each player usually has a limited number of pieces with which to participate in the process.
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adebisi
2010/10 After 1st play: At Dominant Species you twist and twist and twist and then do a little tweak and finish with a somersault. There are so many ways to affect the situation on the board that you easily tie your brain into a neat knot. The heart of the game is pure area control. What makes it more complicated than any other similar game is that each area can be controlled in two different ways. Before scoring there are several phases each turn and every single one of these phases can affect the situation considerably. Therefore, it's really hard to plan ahead. But still I enjoyed the game more and more as it went longer. The art of the game is functional, but there's no way you could call it beautiful. 2013/01 8->9 If I just had time, I'd play Dominant Species any time. Unfortunately 3-5 hours is not something you always have at your disposal. 2015-11-04 To my big surprise I sold this in an auction. Might be that I'll regret it later, but at this point of my life I just felt like getting rid of games that haven't seen any or very little play in the past 3-4 years. It seems that nowadays the games hitting the table are action packed sub 90 minute games instead of longer ones like Dominant Species. And the fact that you essentially get the same experience from El Grande but in much simpler and more forgiving format, made the decision easier. I might get the iOS app of Dominant Species, which should make the game run faster since less time will be spent on calculating who's in control and who's dominating each area. If I only had more space to store my games...
AdamCurtis
Was fun but just too long. There is no reason for the game to go on so long. Having more species on the board doesn't allow you to do anything else other than score more points. Next time we play we will shorten the domination deck.
ajax013
+ Such weighty decisions with every action taken and decision made, both in the short-term and long-term for your species; The theme comes through loud and clear on this one despite being very streamlined and simplified for simplicity's sake. - So very cut-throat amongst the players... this one can end leaving some players longing for a nicer, friendlier time for sure.