Fossil (game)
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| Game data | |
| author | Klaus Palesch |
| graphic | Franz Vohwinkel |
| publishing company |
Goldsieber , Rio Grande Games |
| Publishing year | 1998 |
| Art | Board game |
| Teammates | 2 to 6 |
| Duration | 30-45 minutes |
| Age | from 10 years on
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| Awards | |
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Games Magazine : Game of the Year 1999 |
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Fossil is a family game by game designer Klaus Palesch . The game for two to six players, ages ten and up, takes about 30-45 minutes and was published in 1998 by Goldsieber- Verlag. The English language version of Rio Grande Games received the US Game of the Year award from Games Magazine in 1999 .
Theme and equipment
In addition to the instructions, the contents of the game box consist of a game board, 81 treasure cards, 2 jewelery stones, 6 counting stones, 6 tokens, 6 color markers.
The players try their hand at collecting paleontology . It is important to lay out as many parts of the nine paleo graphics as possible. You play against time and try to outdo your competitors.
Game mechanics
The two semi-precious stones are placed on any two fields. The other players each receive 30 starting credit points with which they can invest and pay for their movements.
In your turn you can move one of the stones along the line. You have to give up one credit point for each field. The fossil piece on which the marker is placed can be sacked and laid face up.
If a fossil picture is completely collected, i.e. no part of it is left on the game board, there is a scoring. Of course, the more points you get if you can show more pieces of this fossil. If you don't have a card of the rated type at all, you have to pay penalty points.
The game ends as soon as you can no longer move any of the two gems. The remaining fossils are still scored. Whoever has the most points wins the game.
criticism
Fossil is graphically very nicely designed, quickly explained and uncomplicated to play. The incentive to play lies in competition and tactics. Critics complained, however, that there was something wrong with the long-term incentive.
In the Spielbox, the reviewer criticized the fact that the train movement costs tempt brooding players to give the game unreasonably long windedness, which was not actually intended. Basically, Fossil is a quiet, original placement game, but depending on the players, it can be extended between 20 and 60 minutes.
At Fairspielt.de you can find the appropriate comment that Fossil also works for two players. According to the BoardgameGeek community, it's best to play in a threesome.
Web links
- Fossil in the Luding games database
- Fossil in the game database BoardGameGeek (English)
- Game Review at fairspielt.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ spieletest.at of September 4, 2004: Game review by Arno Steinwender
- ↑ Spielbox 4/98: Review by Wieland Herold