Dinosaurs Unearthed Jurassic Deck
2017 – (See Cards/Deck Info | Download cards and rules | Purchase)…
This deck uses images and information from media provided by Dinosaurs Unearthed, a company which creates life like animatronic dinosaurs for museum and science learning facilities. The game consists of a 54 card deck with 29 different cards from the Jurassic Period, includes “extinct” organisms, and utilizes a simplified version of the game to compensate for unavailable facts.
Allosaurus
Allosaurus8 POINTS
Play: Allosaurus had a MOVE of 2.
Fact: With powerful arms with large hands and claws to attack prey, it could strip flesh from the bone with a tugging motion that is similar to modern falcons.
Apatosaurus
Apatosaurus4 POINTS
Play: Apatosaurus had a MOVE of 2.
Fact: This dinosaur couldn’t chew, and had to swallow all of its plant food whole, feeding on ferns and conifer branches. It is/was also one of the largest animals ever to walk the Earth.
Angustinaripterus
Angustinaripterus7 POINTS
Play: Angustinaripterus had a FLIGHT of 2.
Fact: This pterosaur had an unusual long snout studded with about two dozen forward-curving teeth. It may have fed on fish.
Brachyphyllum
Brachyphyllum3 POINTS
Fact: These coniferous trees lived all over the globe during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Stegosaurus
Stegosaurus4 POINTS
Play: Stegosaurus had a MOVE of 2.
Fact: When threatened, Stegosaurus would turn its head back to look over its shoulder: this way to better aim the swing of its dangerous tail.
Seas Rising
Event CardPlay: Place this card on any terrestrial SPECIES card.
Effect: The SPECIES card, as well as any other horizontally adjacent SPECIES cards (that cannot live in the water), are immediately discarded.