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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+ |
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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 |
Ikaros88
The game definitely has some issues, like one of the worst rulebooks I have ever seen (Why are some keyword abilities explained before the general flow of the game? Also multiple questions that come up basically every game are left unanswered) and a high factor of randomness (both in the boss fights, were you have to win a random number of times in a row, and where it at least leads to an exiting finale where you can never be sure of your win, but also in the draw of wound cards which can completely cripple your game), it is very fast and in the end also really enjoyable solo deckbuilder.
AzureDeath
SOLO REVIEW: Beautiful. I'm really happy I didn't miss the Kickstarter. I love the buildup to the finale when battling the boss, and the sheer amount of variety that comes in this box. This one is a keeper.
Andromedos
Enthralling cards' art with few repetitions among the vast species array included. Pure deckbuilding.