Resources are plenty- there’s food from the plains, ore from the depths of the mountains, and mana floating through the forests. You can patrol, quest, build, research, expand or trade as the leader of your own faction! Each faction in Tiny Epic Kingdoms has its own advantages and disadvantages. You go up against other players in a game of three card poker! Whoever wins the hand wins the whole pot- prompting lots of fun player interaction along the way.

Thanks for reading, and be sure to let us know how you would rank the Tiny Epic games as well! I won't make fun of you! lol. But today we’re reviewing the pretty tiny and very epic dinosaurs you’ll encounter in Tiny Epic Dinosaurs from Gamelyn Games. What is Tiny Epic Dinosaurs?The zombie content is going to be a turn-off for many, as the artwork isn’t appropriate for younger audiences. That’s a big reason why Tiny Epic Zombies ranks lower on our list of best tiny epic games, but we do enjoy the mechanics of the game itself. Players who love semi-cooperative or cooperative games like Pandemic or dungeon-crawlers like Gloomhaven will likely enjoy this game. The resources visible on each ranch mat are the same for all players and are collected in the first phase of each round, creating a balancing act of placing enough dinosaurs to sell – more on that later – and leaving enough resources available to actually play the game and feed your dinosaurs. There are four spots to earn the base dinos. (Herbivores Stegosaurus and Brachiosaurus, and carnivores Velociraptor and Allosaurus.) These animals are colour coordinated, in respective yellow, blue, green and red. Visit one of these spots to ‘capture’ said species using the Wrangler die. Dinos, dinos, dinos. In all shapes, but not all sizes. These dinos are small. Tiny, but epic, just like the box itself and everything else within. This is a true and pure worker placement game with resource management. The art is colorful and cute, but the game is tight, and can sometimes be unforgiving. When you place your rancher you need to plan two steps ahead and there are plenty of different options every turn. The rancher placement reminds me of Honey Buzz, where you can occupy the same spot by paying additional ranchers. This is a nice, strategic element in the game. There’s also a big rancher that counts as two ranchers, that you can use to occupy already taken action spots. It’s a tiny epic game, and as I mentioned everything is tiny and demands some gentle fingers. I had sometimes difficulty organizing everything in my ranch, due to my inherited clumsiness. Everything about this game is high quality and offers tons of strategy and high replayability. - Beautiful components Tiny Epic Dinosaurs plays like a much bigger game than it physically is. There’s a lot of options per turn, and you really need to think ahead to do well in the game.

Tiny Epic Dinosaurs is a 45 minute, 1-4 player game of dinosaur ranching, worker-placement and resource management. It features classic euro game mechanics with unique twists that portray the dangers of farming these prehistoric beasts. In our two-player playthroughs, we felt like there were some decidedly overpowered tribes. For instance, the Shapeshifters were too random in their characteristics, making it difficult to win with their faction. We did enjoy playing as Satyrs and Lizardfolk, though. The variety in faction selection makes this game immensely replayable. Oh, and watch where you tread. Entering a territory occupied by another player will initiate a clash you’ll need to resolve somehow!One interesting facet of the Free Range Dino section is the Wrangler Die. Whenever a normal dinosaur is gained from there, players roll the die and get one of three effects: nothing additional, an egg with a second dinosaur of the same species, or a wound that puts both the rancher meeple and the dino meeple in Medical Leave. It’s always a joy to see how much Gamelyn Games fit into their boxes. There’s an impressive 75 DinoMeeples in here! The standard dinos are Stegosaurus, Velociraptor, Brachiosaurus and Allosaurus. Then there’s another 15 custom shaped purple dino meeples, each a unique breed! You can earn these by collecting research cards. You’ve got all your favourites: Dilophosaurus, Gallimimus, and of course the king of them all, the T-Rex.