SOS Dino

Watch out little dinos! The volcanoes are about to blow! SOS Dinos is a children’s co-operative game for 1-4 players. You have to work together to save four dinosaurs from peril. Four volcanoes on the board are about to spew dangerous lava! While kids can play this solo, it’s more fun working with your friends and family!

SOS Dino is a tile placement game, with elements of point-to-point movement. On your turn you draw a lava tile from the bag. Its colour tells you which volcano lava flow you have to add it on to. In doing so, you’re filling up the board with scary lava! Once you’ve done that, you do the action on the tile. It’s either move one dinosaur, move two dinosaurs once, or move one dinosaur twice. There are some restrictions about moving certain dinosaurs at certain times.

Your aim is to move the four dinos away from the incoming lava. At the same time you want to rescue eggs, and get your prehistoric pals to safety. (That’s the four mountain tops in the four corners of the board!) You’ll have to weave the dinos around the obstacles (rocks and bushes). You’ll try to encourage the lava flow away from them with your tile placement. There’s also some meteor tiles in the bag. Draw one of these when a dinosaur sits on the matching meteor space? That’s curtains for that dino! Oh no!

SOS Dino is a charming game that children will love. It gained a nomination for the 2018 Kinderspiel des Jahres (Children’s Game of the Year) Award. That’s one of the highest accolades within the board game world! It’s easy to see why. It’s simple to play, and only takes 20 minutes. The volcanoes and mountains themselves are 3D cardboard objects, bringing a real sense of table presence. And as for the dinos themselves? They’re adorable chunky models. Your kids will fall in love with SOS Dinos!

Player Count: 1-4 Players
Time: 20 minutes
Age: 7+