Dominant Species - The Card Game

Dominant Species: The Card Game consists of ten rounds of competition, each round occuring at one of the twelve different Biome cards. The player who starts a competition must choose to either play one Action card or pass. Action cards consist of animals played to the table as well as events. Animals contribute their Food Chain values towards gaining valuable victory points at the various Biomes, and use their element icons to fight for control of the six Element resource cards. Animals can also sometimes suppress other animals, turning them from Healthy to Endangered, or Endangered to Extinct. Play proceeds clockwise around the table in like fashion until every player has passed consecutively or when any one player has passed with an empty hand. At that point Element cards and the current Biome card are scored, with victorious players recording their gains on the Victory Point Track. If the competition is at a Tundra, one or more dominant players will advance one space on the Survival Track. The current Biome card as well as all played Action cards are then discarded, and a new Biome card brought into play. Finally, each player draws (and perhaps discards) new Action cards based on his position on the Survival Track, and a new competition round begins.

Game Components:
130 cards                                       
12 wooden cubes in six player colors
6 wooden discs in six player colors
1 wooden pawn
1 8.5" x 5.5" full-color cardstock play aid
1 8.5" x 5.5" full-color rulebook

Game Design: Chad Jensen
Game Development: Kai Jensen
Players: 2-6 (best with 3-6)Play
Time: 30-90 minutes (about 15 minutes per player)
Age: 13+
Complexity: Low