Hi Marco. That looks like an interesting game. Seems to be vaguely similar to Dominant Species, except you can play this game solo. By the way, the correct pronunciation for Koolasuchus is "Koo-la-soo-kus". It is a giant "amphibian" that lived in Gondwana (at that time Australia and Antartica were connected) some 115 million years ago. The holotype (the first fossil) is the animal's jaws and it is named as Koolasuchas Cleelandii (named after the scientist who prepared the fossil, Lesley Kool, and the geologist who discovered the jaw, Mike Cleeland). The environment at the time was cool to warm and extremely wet and humid. The animal lived in ponds or lakes and possibly preyed on small (or juvenile) dinosaurs, mammals, fish and marine reptiles.
There is a _little_ player interaction: the Race Goals are, well, a race; and the discard pile should be considered carefully. But yes, mostly a multiplayer solo. Easier than Bios: Megafauna, at any rate :)
Thanks for this review. I was wondering if this would be good to play with my dino-loving kid, but "multi-player solo" would bore him. Very useful info!
There is more interactivity than I believe Marco is giving the game credit for. Players when drawing cards can draw from the discard or draw pile, so what you discard and when has a good deal of effect for other players. You have to be aware of what others need for their ecosystem. However, Marco is right in that there is no "screw factor" to where you can effect other players ecosystem. Any in game effects do apply to all players but not necessarily equally---certain effects can affect certain lands and either herbivores or carnivores, so depending on who has what on their ecosystem it will affect everyone differently.
