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Apex Theropod Deck Building Game: Collected Edition (Kickstarter)
Apex is a deck-building game, played solo or with up to 3 friends (publisher recommends 2-4 players). You play as a prehistoric predator competing for territory and resources against other predators. Each playable species has a unique deck to master. Each deck has different strengths, weaknesses, and strategies—creating a varied and constantly evolving experience.
Your species must overcome a very brutal environment including harsh climate changes, disease, attacks from predators, grievous wounds, infections, and deadly prey. The game incorporates many dinosaurs that behave in their own distinct way. The goal of the game is to endure the environment, build up the population and evolve your species, and become the apex predator.
Base Game includes:
525 base cards + 20 Card Dividers
24" x 16" Hunting Grounds game board – folded
Six 16" x 9" Nesting Grounds mats – folded
Updated Rulebook
Foam Blocks to protect cards and fill empty spaces
Includes 7 Playable Base Apex Decks:
Acrocanthosaurus
Carnotaurus
Giganotosaurus
Spinosaurus
Tyrannosaurus
Utahraptor
Velociraptor
Plus ALL Available Expansion Decks with Dividers:
Stomping Grounds [70 cards]Suchomimus [70 cards]Saurophaganax [70 cards]Therizinosaurus [70 cards]Megalodon [70 cards]Exotic Predators – Quetzalcoatlus & Sarcosuchus [80 cards]The Promethean Wars [40 cards]The Stomping Dead [45 cards]
1st KS version Elite Hunter Tier 4 Exclusive Cards: Rexenator Boss, Minions, and Environment card.
These 1040 cards includes diverse animals to hunt, dangerous carnivores, opposing Boss cards with Minions (acts as artificial players for solo play), environmental effects, genetic evolution types, and grievous wound types.
—description from the publisher
| Ages | 14+ |
|---|---|
| Players | Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players, 5 Players, 6 Players |
| Play Time | 60m – 160m |
| Designer | Herschel Hoffmeyer |
| Mechanics | Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Solo / Solitaire Game |
| Theme | Animals, Card Game, Prehistoric |
| Publisher | Outland Entertainment |
Fencejummper
Tons of variety in the box, so no two games will ever be the same. The game does sort of feel on rails, but it's unique enough that I still enjoy it.
PaleHorseRider
Great for solo play. Lots of variability (14 player dinosaurs * 15 boss dinosaurs = 210 combos). The player and hunt decks are different every time so no two games the same even with the same player dinosaur and boss. Easy to set up but a PITA to sort all the cards and put away at the end. The game is hard but can mitigate with extra safe rounds at the start. Like how can make it easier to learn. Are allowed to customize the player deck by choosing the 20 cards to include. Better to do this than let it be random. Take out one type to maximize synergy between the cards.
Amekins
Kickstarter Edition Pledged Feb 6 2020 / Expected Aug 2020 Pledge Level - Ultimate APEX Collected Ed. $95 - Base Game - Stomping Grounds Expansion - Saurophaganax Expansion - Suchomimus Expansion - Therizinosaurus Expansion - Megalodon Expansion - Promethean Wars Expansion - The Stomping Dead Exclusive Deck - Exotic Predators Expansion