Happy Little Dinosaurs
Happy Little Dinosaurs is a board game by Unstable Games. It’s an adorable little game with cute characters and art, and a handful of expansions too! Here though, I’ll explore what the base game contains and its rules.
Contents
Disaster Deck
The Disaster Deck contains 28 cards, each (with the exception of the meteor type) representing their own disaster with a name and flavor text.
| Disaster Type | Amount |
|---|---|
| Emotional | 8 |
| Predatory | 8 |
| Environment | 8 |
| Meteor (All) | 4 |
Main Deck
The main deck contains 53 point cards and 16 instant cards.
Point Cards
| Amount | Value | Name | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9 | Flaming Chainsaw | During this round, all other point card effects are ignored |
| 3 | 9 | Meteor Cannon | |
| 1 | 8 | Hungry Plant | You may swap the point cards of any two players. |
| 3 | 8 | Iced Ptea | |
| 2 | 7 | Treenoculars | You may look at the top two cards in the deck. Choose a card and add it to your hand. Discard the other card. |
| 3 | 7 | Sting Stabber | |
| 2 | 6 | Special Star Fruit | During scoring this round, double the effects of Score Booster and Score Sapper cards. |
| 4 | 6 | Bow and Dino | |
| 2 | 5 | Mouth Trap | During scoring this round, switch the score of the highest-scoring player with the score of the lowest-scoring player after scores have been calculated |
| 4 | 5 | Run Home Bat | |
| 2 | 4 | Fire Spray | You may discard up to 3 cards from your hand |
| 4 | 4 | Bonehead | |
| 2 | 3 | Delicious Smoothie | You may discard a point card with an effect from your hand, then add its point value to your score this round. |
| 4 | 3 | Grave Maker | |
| 2 | 2 | Grappling Snake | You may swap this card with the point card of the player to your right or left. You cannot swap for a card that has an effect. |
| 4 | 2 | Hand Pan | |
| 2 | 1 | Dino Grabber | You may look at another player’s hand. Choose a card and add it to your hand. |
| 4 | 1 | Cool Stick | |
| 4 | 0 | Pet Rock | You may discard a Point card from your hand, then add its point value to your score this round. |
Instant Cards
| Amount | Name | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Disaster Redirect | Play this card if you would add a Disaster card to your Disaster Area this round. Add that Disaster card to another player’s Disaster Area instead. |
| 5 | Score Booster | Play this card during scoring. Add 2 points to any player’s score this round |
| 2 | Score Inversion | Play this card during scoring. Switch the score of the highest-scoring player with the score of the lowest-scoring player after scores have been calculated |
| 5 | Score Sapper | Play this card during scoring. Subtract 2 points from any player’s score this round. |
| 3 | Disaster Insurance | Play this card if you would add a Disaster card to your Disaster Area this round. Move that Disaster card to the bottom of the Disaster Deck instead. |