Gigantosaurus: The Adventure Game
Gigantosaurus: The Adventure Game Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Goal of the Game
Be the first to find all the friends and objects in your Gigantopedia.
Contents
- 1 game board
- 4 Gigantopedias
- 4 player figures
- 1 Gigantosaurus
- 28 tokens
- 1 dice
Setup
Place the game board A on the table. Choose your player figure B and place it on the starting space. Place Gigantosaurus C on the game board, on the space shown.
Shuffle all the tokens D (keeping them face down) and place 2 tokens on each space on the game board. Do not place any tokens on the starting space for the player figures or on the starting space for Gigantosaurus.
Shuffle the Gigantopedias E and give one to each player. This shows all the friends and objects you need to find in Cretacia.
Give the dice to the player who can do the best Gigantosaurus impression. This player goes first.
The Game
Players take turns in clockwise order. On your turn, always roll the dice first.
If you roll a player footprint (paw print) face or a player footprint (paw print) face, move your player figure the number of footprints shown on the dice. You can also choose not to move, but you can't take fewer steps than shown. Each space on the board counts as 1 step and you can choose the direction in which you move.
Example: Bill rolls two player footprints and takes 2 steps.
If you roll a Gigantosaurus footprint, you must move Gigantosaurus 3 steps in a clockwise direction. In this case, you may not move your player figure.
Example: Mazu rolls a Gigantosaurus footprint and moves Gigantosaurus 3 steps in a clockwise direction.
Note on the dice icons: the rulebook shows the dice faces as icons only. The player-footprint faces are the paw-print symbols and the Gigantosaurus face is the green dinosaur foot; the number of steps is the number of footprints shown on the rolled face.
The Tokens
If you land on a space with tokens, you can look at as many tokens as you like. Turn over the tokens you want to look at, one after the other. If there is a picture of a friend or object (or even more than one) on your Gigantopedia, you can immediately place the token(s) on your Gigantopedia. If the token does not appear on your Gigantopedia, leave it face up on the space.
Bully Tokens
If you turn over a bully token, you must return to the starting space immediately. You can't turn over any other tokens on this space. Leave the bully face up. Every time someone lands on this space while the bully is still there, they must return to the starting space.
Please note: You are allowed to pass bullies.
Gigantosaurus
Gigantosaurus wanders around Cretacia minding his own business, but he might come in handy! You can hitch a ride with Gigantosaurus, but you can only climb on and off when it is your turn.
Climbing On
- You can climb onto Gigantosaurus and hitch a ride if he lands on or passes your space after rolling the Gigantosaurus footprint on the dice.
- You can also climb on if you are on the same space as Gigantosaurus after rolling the dice and taking (or not taking) steps.
- Only 1 player can ride on the back of Gigantosaurus, so if you wish to climb on when someone else is riding, this player must climb off.
Climbing Off
- If it's your turn and you are riding Gigantosaurus, you may choose to remain on his back. If you keep riding, you can only climb off again on your next turn.
- You can also choose to roll the dice first and then decide whether you wish to keep riding or climb off.
- If you choose to roll the dice and then take steps, first climb off Gigantosaurus and then take the number of steps shown. You can look at tokens after moving.
- If you have rolled the Gigantosaurus footprint, you can still decide whether to keep riding or climb off after Gigantosaurus has taken 3 steps. If you decide to climb off, do not take any steps. You can look at tokens after climbing off.
Scaring Away Bullies
Once Gigantosaurus has taken his 3 steps (with or without you on his back), remove all face-up bullies from the space he landed on. These tokens are out of the game.
End of the Game
The first person to find all the friends and objects in their Gigantopedia wins the game!
Advanced Variant
If you are familiar with the base game and would like more of a challenge, add this rule:
When you end your turn on a space, you can choose to flip tokens on that space face down again (note: bully tokens remain face up). Everyone must be given the opportunity to look at the tokens before they are flipped over.