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Designer | Herschel Hoffmeyer |
Publisher | Die-Hard Games LLC |
Players | 1-8 |
Playtime | 45-290 mins |
Suggested Age | 12 and up |
Expansions |
Apex Theropod Deck-Building Game: Stomping Grounds Expansion Deck Apex Theropod Deck-Building Game: Saurophaganax Expansion Deck Apex Theropod Deck-Building Game: Therizinosaurus Expansion Deck Apex Theropod Deck-Building Game: Suchomimus Expansion Deck |
Additional Info |
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Apex is a deck-building game, played solo or with up to 5 friends. You play as a prehistoric predator competing for territory and resources against other predators. Each playable species has a unique deck to master. Each deck has different strengths, weaknesses, and strategies— creating a varied and constantly evolving experience.
Your species must overcome a very brutal environment including harsh climate changes, disease, attacks from predators, grievous wounds, infections, and deadly prey. The game incorporates many dinosaurs that behave in their own distinct way. The goal of the game is to endure the environment, build up the population and evolve your species, and become the apex predator.
Base Game includes:
• 17" Dinosaur size box
• 525 cards + 20 Card Dividers
• 24" x 16" Hunting Grounds game board
• Six 16" x 9" Nesting Grounds mats
• 80mm T.rex miniature Player Marker
• 40pg Rulebook
• 5 Foam Blocks to protect cards and fill empty spaces
Includes 7 Playable Apex Decks:
• Acrocanthosaurus
• Carnotaurus
• Giganotosaurus
• Spinosaurus
• Tyrannosaurus
• Utahraptor
• Velociraptor
The 525 cards includes 7 playable Apex Decks, 22 diverse animals to hunt, 11 dangerous carnivores, 8 opposing Boss cards with Minions (acts as artificial players for solo play), 11 environmental effects, 5 genetic evolution types, and 3 grievous wound types.
For those of us with a childhood dinosaur obsession, I can't imagine a better game. Apex Theropod shines as solo game, allowing you to relive all those childhood fantasies of stomping around, devastating anything that gets in your way; feasting on the weak before doing battle with another giant befitting of your strength. You're given only a limited number of rounds to grow your tribe before the boss shows up, and you need to put all those eggs you've hatched to good use. The game builds to an amazing crescendo, as you're put to the test against the boss - probably before you really feel ready to do so. As such, the final battle is tense as you struggle to build the attack strength necessary to inflict enough damage to allow the fight to continue. It's crushing when you fall short and exhilarating when you succeed. As a multiplayer game, the rules as written are a bit weak - but there are a number of decent variants available from fans on BGG.The history of Apex Theropod is unfortunate. The game feels a bit rough around the edges, but the core concepts and execution are really exceptional. Presently, it is out of print, with the current rights holder tight-lipped about any future plans. If youre a dinosaur fan, or youve got one in the family, grab yourself a copy now before theyre gone.
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