Sixty-Something Millions of Years Ago, a great Ice Age has ended. With massive warming altering the Globe, another titanic struggle for supremacy has unwittingly commenced between the varying Animal Species.
Dominant Species: Marine is a Game that abstractly recreates a small portion of Ancient History: the ending of an onerous Ice Age and what that entails for the living Creatures trying to adapt to the slowly-changing Earth. Each Player will assume the role of one of 4 major Aquatic-based Animal Classes: Reptiles, Fish, Cephalopod or Crustacean. Each begins the Game more or less in a state of natural balance in relation to one another. But that won’t last: It is indeed "survival of the fittest".
Through wily action pawn placement, you will attempt to thrive in as many different Habitats as possible in order to claim powerful card effects. You will also want to propagate your individual Species in order to earn victory points for your Animal. You will be aided in these endeavors via speciation, migration and adaptation actions, among others. But somebody better become dominant quickly, because there’s a large Asteroid heading this way...
Contents: 1 Rulebook, 1 Game Board, 4 Animal Displays, 54 Cards, 7 Sheets of Die-cut Tiles, 140 wood Cubes in 4 Player colors, 32 wood Cylinders in 4 Player colors, 6 white wood Cylinders, 2 Cloth Bags and 1 Sheet of Die-cut Stickers.
