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Fossilis

Dig through layers of sand, clay and stone to unearth dinosaur bones, and bury your rivals' finds if you must.

A dinosaur graveyard has turned up, and you are a paleontologist with a shovel, a whisk broom and a chisel, hoping for the find of a career. Each round you get two actions to dig at the site or make an extraction. As you remove sand, clay and stone layers, trace fossils come to light and can be traded in for tools, plaster and discovery points. Deeper down, bones appear, and a careful extraction needs the right amount of plaster. Sometimes the cleverest move is to shift earth over a find and slow down the competition. A three-dimensional dig site, a bit of take-that and sets of bones to collect, from age eight.

3-D dig site with layers to removePlaster needed for careful extractionCover up finds to slow rivals

Who it's for

You like a hands-on theme with a dash of take-that, and you want a game that works for kids from eight alongside adults.

Not for you if…

You want zero interference. The dig site changes under everyone's hands, and a rival can bury your favorite bone.

Vibe's take

Tactile and a little mischievous. Every dig changes the landscape for everybody, so you constantly weigh grabbing a find now against covering the best one for later.

#2,969 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2020 Β· 6 years ago

newer than 59% of games

In 3,939 collections

collected more than 49% of games

2–5 players Β· ages 8+

Best with 3

45–60 min

longer than 62% of games Β· typical 30–90 min

Complexity: medium

One warm-up round Β· 2.3 out of 5 Β· heavier than 62%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: little text

A few terms, easy to look up

Play style: competitive