Gods Love Dinosaurs

Build a hex ecosystem, keep the food chain alive and feed your dinosaurs for points.

Designer: Kasper Lapp
Published by: Pandasaurus Games
Editions by: Galápagos Jogos, Evrikus, Catch Up Games, Quality Beast

Gods Love Dinosaurs (2020) hands you the job of a god who has to build a food chain, and who secretly just wants as many dinosaurs as possible. Each turn you add one hexagonal tile to your ecosystem, which brings new animals and gives them room to grow. Every so often your dinosaurs tromp around and eat everything in reach: the more they eat, the more eggs they lay, and the more points you score. The catch is that resources are scarce, animals can go extinct, and everyone must eat to survive, so you cannot just breed dinosaurs and ignore the rest of the chain. About 45 minutes of cheeky ecosystem puzzling.

Hex tiles build a living food chainAnimals grow, starve or go extinctDinosaurs eat, lay eggs, score

Who it's for

You enjoy puzzly tile-laying with a funny theme and like seeing a plan pay off in big eating rounds.

Not for you if…

You want direct conflict or deep strategy. It is mostly a solo puzzle in parallel, and extinctions can feel harsh.

Vibe's take

Cheeky, spatial and a little tense. You balance prey and predators like a nature documentary, then watch your dinosaurs gobble the neighborhood.