Beskrivning
Throughout a game of Dominant Species large hexagonal tiles are placed on the board to create an ever-expanding interpretation of Earth as it might have appeared a thousand centuries ago. These tiles represent the various terrain such as desert, mountain, forest and sea. The smaller Tundra tiles will be placed atop these larger tilesconverting them into Tundra in the processas the Ice Age encroaches.
The cylindrical Action Pawns (or APs) drive the game. Each AP will allow a player to perform the various actions that can be takenactions such as growth, environmental change, migration, competition or glaciation. During each turns opening Planning Phase players will take turns placing their Available APs onto the Action Display, indicating a specific action that player wishes to perform that turn. During the following Execution Phase these APs will be removed in a prescribed order and their indicated action executed.
Generally, players will be trying to enhance their own Animals survivability while simultaneously trying to hinder that of their opponentshopefully collecting valuable victory points along the way. The various cards will aid in these efforts, giving players useful one-time abilities or an opportunity for recurring victory point gains.
Throughout the game Speciesrepresented by colored wooden cubeswill be added to, moved about in, and removed from the terrain tiles in play (the Earth). Element markers will be added to and removed from both Animals (need) and Earth (supply).
When the Ice Age card triggers the end of the game, players will conduct a final scoring of each tileafter which the player controlling the Animal with the highest VP total wins the game.
a 20-page full-color rulebook
one 22 x 34 mounted game board
six Animal Displays
27 cards
31 large and 12 small hexagonal tiles used to create Earth
330 wooden cubes in six colors representing the Species belonging to the six Animal groups
60 wooden cylinders used for the Animals Action Pawns
60 wooden cones used as the Animals Domination markers
120 round markers representing the Earths resources, called Elements
6 square markers used to show each Animals Initiative (turn order)
one cloth bag
