Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar received positive reception from several reviewers who played it prior to release. [11] Charlie Hall of Polygon played the first three sessions and called the game a "meaty cooperative experience with a confident pace, one that seems to expertly toe the line between the unexpected and the familiar". He considered it "more than just a movie tie-in", writing, "This could be the crossover success that brings the legacy genre of board games into the mainstream". He praised the mini-games, finding them to be "engaging" yet "simple without being dumbed down". [1] William Cennamo of Screen Rant called the game "a fantastic entry into the world of legacy-style games, easy enough for the whole family yet filled with enough strategic decisions for veteran board gamers". [9] When measuring if a player is successful in their chosen task, Jurassic World is all about the dice. Rolling is how all actions are completed; the character sheets show the number of dice rolled by each character to attempt a task. But over the last decade, the best legacy games have all taken popular board games or board game genres and sort of draped a larger storyline on top of them. Design studio Prospero Hall is approaching things from a slightly different angle. It’s next title, Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar, will be the first legacy-style board game ever based on a major motion picture — five major motion pictures, to be exact, as it spans the entire Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment film franchise. That leaves developers with plenty of memorable narratives, characters, and critters to go around. Jurassic World is a game where players work together to manage a dinosaur park. Each player chooses an employee to help them look after the park. Employees have various skills, which allow them to place buildings and create dinosaurs for example. You spread word about the park by entertaining your visitors. However, be careful! The more dinosaurs the park contains, the greater the chance of break outs with gruesome consequences.

Jurassic World is a cooperative, dice-based worker placement style game for 2–6 players, but we feel works best with 4-5. The game is themed around the first Jurassic World movie (the one where Chris Pratt & Bryce Dallas Howard’s characters are not arrested at the end, despite being responsible for most of the deaths in the movie) and places you in the control room to manage and develop the park. Isla Nublar’s greatest strength is how far it leans into the evolving nature of legacy games. In the first adventure, the board is totally empty. A grid of 18 squares represents the different sectors of the island, there’s a few landmarks like mountains and lakes, and you have a couple predetermined habitats for some dinosaurs, but that’s it. Early on, you’ll start adding structures, roads, and fences to the island, organizing it in a way that’s safe for your dinosaurs, your staff, and eventually, your guests. The transformation the island goes through from adventure to adventure is quite remarkable, and even more impressive, it’s entirely unique to your group. No two Isla Nublars will look the same in the end. You have a lot of control over how you design the island, but as you might expect, there’s a lot that’s outside of your control too. Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar is a legacy board game for two to four players, ages 10 and up. [1] [2] The game follows the plots of the first five Jurassic Park films. [1] It is set on Isla Nublar, the fictional island featured in several films. As in the first Jurassic Park film, the players' goal is to build a dinosaur theme park on the island and achieve a lasting legacy. [3] [4] Gameplay takes place across 12 sessions spanning the events of the five films. [1] Players choose from several playable characters, including Dr. Alan Grant, Dr. Ellie Sattler, Dr. Ian Malcolm, John Hammond, Dr. Henry Wu, and Robert Muldoon. [1] [5] The game also introduces several original characters and scenarios not seen in the films. [6] [7]Once the board has been set up, Jurassic World begins with each player either choosing a character or being given one at random. Each character has their own strengths & weaknesses, making them better suited to certain roles in the park. The playable characters are:

Jurassic World is a cooperative, dice-based worker placement style game for 2-6 players, but we feel works best with 4-5. The game is themed around the first Jurassic World movie (the one where Chris Pratt & Bryce Dallas Howard’s characters are not arrested at the end, despite being responsible for most of the deaths in the movie) and places you in the control room to manage and develop the park. a b Sheehan, Gavin (March 25, 2022). "We Tried Out Jurassic World: The Legacy Of Isla Nublar". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved April 17, 2022. The best board games tell a good story, and traditionally that story has always started over again each time you open the game box. Rob Daviau’s Risk Legacy changed that paradigm when it launched in 2011, adding supplemental rules and an evolving narrative that progressed over the course of more than a dozen playthroughs. Its success created an entire genre of board games, with hits ranging from his own Pandemic Legacy Season 1, to the sterling dungeon crawler Gloomhaven, to the charming, reusable Charterstone. The variation in playable characters is interesting, but we found you basically have to have certain characters to win. For example, most starting actions are finance based, so you are not going to get far without The Director. Placing & capturing dinosaurs is much, much easier if you bring The Ranger. Even the Mascot, chief entertainment manager, is arguably a critical role.a b Ratcliffe, Amy (April 7, 2022). "Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar Takes Players on a Fun Dino Romp". Nerdist . Retrieved April 17, 2022. Like us on Facebook for fan giveaways, the latest news and updates! (facebook.com/jurassicworldthegame) INTERACT with characters from the film as you navigate exciting new storylines & thrilling missions!