Updated Tuesday, 09-Feb-2010 08:27:16 CST
We want this game to be as good, and as scientifically accurate, as
possible . . . so we will maintain this file on the Web. There are three
categories.
Card Corrections represent changes which will
certainly be made, if and when the card is reprinted.
Scientific
Issues are questions where we think more research may be needed
before we make a change . . . feel free to comment if you think you can
help us out! And
Frequently Asked Questions will clarify rules
where needed.
Our thanks go to all the scientists and playtesters who helped make this
game what it is, and those who commented after it was completed. Any
remaining errors are the responsibility of the designer . . . who will do
his best to improve future editions!
Index:
As dinosaur science advances, we learn new things about our favorite
creatures . . . and, sometimes, the things we thought we knew turn out not
to be true. And as more dinosaur experts look at
Dino
Hunt, we will continue to learn more . . . so there is
always room for changes and clarifications.
This correction applies only to the boxed set. The gold-bordered
Limited Edition card is fine.
An error at the printers substituted one name and picture for
another. This card was supposed to be Triceratops, and
the text is right for Triceratops.
Acanthopholis was a nodosaur -- an ankylosaur without a
tail club. It is known only from incomplete remains; the fossils we have
tell us that it was small for its family, but very spiky!
We suggest that you either set this card aside, or ignore the art
and title and play it according to the text.
If you would like a replacement for this card, just return it to
us. You can either include it with a mail order, or just send the card
along with a stamped, self-addressed envelope. We will use your envelope
to send you TWO randomly selected Limited Edition cards.
The specimen in London is not the best of those with feathers --
merely the first one found. That's what gives it such historical value.
The dinosaur card in the "Demo Hunt" edition disagrees with the one in the
boxed set and the 1996 Limited Edition. That's because, after "Demo Hunt"
was printed, we got better information about the size of this dinosaur,
which is reflected in the newer cards. The Score 8 is the newer one. Feel
free to play with both cards, though . . . the Score 6 one just represents
a smaller specimen!
Update: Based on the discovery of a single ankylosaur tooth, South
America should now be added to the list of known habitats for this family.
The "manus," or forefoot, should be shown with only three claws,
not four.
The pronunciation should be "die-NON-uh-kus."
Update: Specimens of Deinonychus have now been reported
from Oklahoma.
Update: Brian Curtice tells us: "After examining USNM 10865 and CM
84 again, I have concluded that
Dystylosaurus edwini (the third
supergiant dinosaur named by Jensen) is 80% likely to belong to
Supersaurus. This change comes from havin g gained permission to
move the
Dystylosaurus holotype specimen out of storage, which
revealed a very exciting anterior face. These results are currently being
written up in our forthcoming "Osteology of
Supersaurus vivianae
Jensen, 1985 " manuscript . . . I did publish on this business in my
thesis . . . there is a citable reference (Curtice, Brian, 1996, Codex of
diplodocid caudal vertebrae from the Dry Mesa Dinosaur Quarry, MS thesis
at Brigham Young University)."
So, unless new information comes to light, Dystylosaurus
turns out to be just another name for Supersaurus, and there will
be no further cards for Dystylosaurus.
The numbers on the Hunt Table are wrong. The second entry should be
for die rolls 3 and 2.
The art on this card should be credited to Pat Ortega.
This correction applies only to the boxed set. The gold-bordered
Limited Edition card, and the special gold-foil Triceratops card,
are fine.
An error at the printers substituted one name and picture for
another. The Triceratops card in the boxed set got the name and
picture for Acanthopholis (see above). The text is right for
Triceratops.
Update: At the 1996 annual meeting of the Society for Vertebrate
Paleontology, a paper by Bell, Sheldon, Lamb and Martin presented the
first direct evidence that mosasaurs did, in fact, give birth to live
young! They have been studying a fossil of the mosasaur
Plioplatecarpus which contains two very small skeletons of the same
species, and the lack of acid-edching of the small bones seems to indicate
that the babies had not just been eaten by the adult.
When we
know something has changed, we'll post it above, as an
update. If we get less definite information that puts a card in question,
we'll post it in this section immediately. But we also invite feedback
from other scientists, to make sure we don't change a card based on just
one interpretation.
A single discovery in Australia indicates that Allosaurus survived
there into the Early Cretaceous. (Stephen Dedman)
John Schneiderman <dino@revelation.unomaha.edu> comments:
". . .I really do not believe you have anything to be worried about
Allosaurus in Australia. I have read the citation also plus the John Long
article on "The Enigmatic Dinosaur Faunas of Australia." To put it in a
nutshell, the Early Cretaceous Australian Allosaurus is based only on a
single foot bone (an astragulus) which is similar to Allosaurus of North
America. There are many "allosaur-like" theropods which lived into the
early Cretaceous, especially in China, East Africa, Australia, North
America, and maybe Europe. As for Allosaurus, its reign is restricted to
the latest of the Late Jurassic."
Marion Anderson <
avimort@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au>
replies:
"I'd take strong argument with (John Schniederman) over that, as we have
more than a single astragalus. We also have the base of a large claw, and
a number of vertebrae that appear to fit well within the shape and size
categories for the genus Allosaurus. While as yet we do not have, and are
unlikely to find, a full skeleton, there is more evidence to say that the
large theropod we are finding pieces of is a species in the genus
Allosaurus, than to be a member of another large theropod genus. Yes, I
know this puts it way out of time, but this appears to fit in with the
patterns shown by the survival of the Labyrinthodonts in the same rock
sequences, and the "early" finds of Protoceratopsids and Ornithomimids in
the same rock sequences. Australia is, and will continue to be a very
interesting place for dinosaur digging!"
It's highly speculative to say that it is the ancestor of
hadrosaurs; anything more specific than "Cretaceous ornithopods" is a
guess. (Dr. Michael Brett-Surman)
Update: At the 1996 annual meeting of the Society for Vertebrate
Paleontology, a paper by Bell, Sheldon, Lamb and Martin presented the
first direct evidence that mosasaurs did, in fact, give birth to live
young! They have been studying a fossil of the mosasaur
Plioplatecarpus which contains two very small fossils of the same
species, and the lack of acid-etching of the small bones seems to indicate
that the babies had not simply been eaten by the adult.
This was the last of the
crested hadrosaurs - Anatotitan
and Edmontosaurus, which were flat-headed hadrosaurs, survived longer. (Dr.
Michael Brett-Surman)
Will there be a 1997 card set?
Answer: No, but there might be one for 1998. Some interesting new creatures have been discovered! No, we don't yet know what format the 1998 set might be in . . . collectable, noncollectable, whatever.
What is "one hunt"?
Answer: A "hunt" is a single roll of the die.
If I hunt a creature and miss, can I hunt again?
Answer: Absolutely. You can keep hunting the same creature until it
escapes (or does something worse to you) or until you no longer have
enough Energy to send it home.
Do I have to show other people what dinosaurs I have caught?
Answer: Yes. The cards in your "zoo" should be visible to the other
players. They are allowed to know what you have captured and what your
current point score is. It's easy to set them on the table so just the
names and points show -- that way, the cards don't take up much space.
However, if you have Special cards like "High Feeding," which give a point
bonus for capturing certain kinds of dinosaurs, you may keep them in your
hand until the end of the game and let the bonuses come as a surprise to
your rivals.
On my daughter's turn I played the Extinction special card, removing the
last of the dinos on the table. In my hand I have the "Follow the Tracks"
card. Can I play this card or is the game over?
Answer: A strict reading of the rules might say the game is over. That
wasn't the intent, though. When the last dinosaur is gone, if any player
has a card which can immediately bring back dinosaurs from the
discard stack, the game continues.
How about the "Good Luck" card? Can I use it after the game is over to
cancel a "Midnight Snack" card?
Answer: Yes.
Why did you use dinosaurs for game markers, when we're playing hunters?
Answer: Grin. Because the toy dinosaurs were so much neater than
little toy hunters!
I have the Super Stunner special card. If I hunt and miss, can I then pay
the 2 points to use the Super Stunner to improve my roll?
Answer: No, because you've already fired. You need to announce that you
are using the Super Stunner before you fire.
This card affects "baby dinosaurs." I don't see any baby dinosaur cards in
my game box . . . ?
Answer: Right. The technical term here is "Steve goofed." This Special was
supposed to appear only in the booster packs. There are several different
kinds of baby dinosaur in the boosters. If you don't plan to get any
booster packs, you should set this Special aside, or swap it with someone
who does have booster packs and baby dinos.
If I use this card to steal the last dinosaur in a period from the person who captured it, who gets the special card?
Answer: The person who captures the dinosaur always gets the special card. You didn't capture it . . . you stole it. You get the dino, they keep the card.
Can I play Good Luck to prevent someone using the Chronojacker on me? Do they lose the Chronojacker as specified on the Good Luck card, or is it retained as specified on the Chronojacker gadget card?
Answer: When someone Chronojacks your dinosaur they are not playing a Special card against you, so you cannot use Good Luck. They are using a gadget against you.
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