Jeff said if you were into "Roller Coaster or zoo builders". But let us not forget about Zoo Tycoon with the Dinosaur Digs expansion pack. What an absolute masterpiece.
I played Dinosaur World a few weeks ago after going all in on the KS. It was fine but fell a little flat. Kind of a table hog and very mechanical. Dinosaur Island Rawr n’ Write on the other hand is my surprise hit of the year! Did everything for me that Dinosaur World did only faster and better in a crunchy roll and write. Loved it!
This was a great look over the series. Plus, I love comparison videos. Do you guys do comparison videos for other series or other similar/ often compared games?
This was great, thank you! I just bought Dino World on impulse. We only had the Dino Island base game previously (with fun printed little dino dudes) and I was wondering if I'd regret my impulsiveness. This helps my spirits.
Team Jamie for the pronounciation of Rawr n Write! Otherwise it would be spelled "roar". You can trust me, I'm a professional writer and therefore completely infallible of course ;) (I kid, I kid) We own all of them except Dino Island - Dino World is definitely the best, but the massiveness of it is tough. We are in a small living space right now and play on a fairly small table: to play Dino World, we have to pull up an Ikea laptop table and we roll the dice on our cat tree! And so we own Duelosaur Island for when we just want less set up time, and then Rawr n Write scratches more of a roll and write itch.
Rawr and Write and Dinosaur World are both so good. Dinosaur Island will be a little hard to get back to after playing the other two but it is still a great game. I still think I will keep it.
I've played all four with my wife and no worries about table space - Rawr was our all time winner. In World, I missed the specialists, the building powers were underwhelming, and it was a bit too long. Rawr boils down the best parts from all the games and adds a better polyomino park design to the mix. If they had made Rawr with an Ark Nova sort of board giving it the big game shine - I think it would be topping charts right now.
We played dino island first & then rawr and write. I want to try world as well, personally i am not interested in duelosaur because i think both of the other island games are fine at 2 players as you mentioned. Honestly we managed to play dino island 2 players on our smaller coffee table. Both justin and i are huge roll & write fans so we def had to pick rawr and write up & its the reason im ok with not buying island. The hexagon style of world is kind of a turn of for me & honestly i feel like its a similar enough gane to island, so again im in no rush to buy it. I loved hearing your comparisons for sure! - Rachael
Fantastic comparison video! And all beautiful games with great potential... but sadly, they were all more or less duds for me. Rawr 'n Write was my first experience, played at a friend's house and enjoyed it, but I generally gravitate away from games that involve drawing, so not a keeper for us. Then I tried Duelosaur Island, followed by Dinosaur Island, and I found them both to be kind of hollow feeling? I think it's the euro-ness of the games, despite the beautiful theming, and the end game triggers felt kind of abrupt and anticlimactic. Given all that, I'll probably give World a pass, especially with the extra ding against it being such a table hog. Really wanted to like these more!
it has to be dinosaur island Roar and write. Because a) the if you remove the r it would be Raw. and cleary they are making a play on the word Roar. So it's raw'r and write. Besides that I have no idea what Rour even means. is that even a word?
Jeff said if you were into "Roller Coaster or zoo builders". But let us not forget about Zoo Tycoon with the Dinosaur Digs expansion pack. What an absolute masterpiece.
HARD AGREE
I’M SORRY THERE WAS A DINO EXPANSION? HOW DID I NOT KNOW THIS 😭
I played Dinosaur World a few weeks ago after going all in on the KS. It was fine but fell a little flat. Kind of a table hog and very mechanical. Dinosaur Island Rawr n’ Write on the other hand is my surprise hit of the year! Did everything for me that Dinosaur World did only faster and better in a crunchy roll and write. Loved it!
Love to hear it!! Glad you’re loving rawr n write!
This was a great look over the series. Plus, I love comparison videos. Do you guys do comparison videos for other series or other similar/ often compared games?
We will be doing more!! I believe we have one other video in this series so far
I've only played Dinosaur Island. Love it. I just picked up Dinosaur World for $35, and that's sitting on my shelf begging me to play it.
That’s a deal!!
The only one I am keeping is Rawr n Write. Like it the best.
This was great, thank you! I just bought Dino World on impulse. We only had the Dino Island base game previously (with fun printed little dino dudes) and I was wondering if I'd regret my impulsiveness. This helps my spirits.
Team Jamie for the pronounciation of Rawr n Write! Otherwise it would be spelled "roar". You can trust me, I'm a professional writer and therefore completely infallible of course ;) (I kid, I kid)
We own all of them except Dino Island - Dino World is definitely the best, but the massiveness of it is tough. We are in a small living space right now and play on a fairly small table: to play Dino World, we have to pull up an Ikea laptop table and we roll the dice on our cat tree! And so we own Duelosaur Island for when we just want less set up time, and then Rawr n Write scratches more of a roll and write itch.
All fair points for sure! I won’t judge you for taking Jamie’s side. Happy to hear you like Roar n Write so much!!! ;)
I have no table space - but I want Dinosaur World - it looks Amazing!
It requires a LOT of space haha
Rawr and Write and Dinosaur World are both so good. Dinosaur Island will be a little hard to get back to after playing the other two but it is still a great game. I still think I will keep it.
We agree 100%!!
Great overview! Really got me narrowed down on which one to get!
Thanks Michelle!!!
I've played all four with my wife and no worries about table space - Rawr was our all time winner. In World, I missed the specialists, the building powers were underwhelming, and it was a bit too long. Rawr boils down the best parts from all the games and adds a better polyomino park design to the mix. If they had made Rawr with an Ark Nova sort of board giving it the big game shine - I think it would be topping charts right now.
Thank you guys i was not sure which one to get to my wife. She loves Jurassic Park.
Saludos de Mexico 🇲🇽
Which one did you decide on?
Dinosaur World ftw!
My husband recently commented on those dice that it would be even cooler if they would have put little dino bones inside each of them 🤯!!!
Ahhh yes!!! That would be awesome
We found that having the insert for Dinosaur World really reduced the set up time.
I bet that helps a ton yea. Might look into that
Rawwwrrr. Apparently I played way too little dino games so far.
More Dinos!!!
We played dino island first & then rawr and write. I want to try world as well, personally i am not interested in duelosaur because i think both of the other island games are fine at 2 players as you mentioned. Honestly we managed to play dino island 2 players on our smaller coffee table. Both justin and i are huge roll & write fans so we def had to pick rawr and write up & its the reason im ok with not buying island. The hexagon style of world is kind of a turn of for me & honestly i feel like its a similar enough gane to island, so again im in no rush to buy it. I loved hearing your comparisons for sure! - Rachael
Yea fair enough! If you get a chance to try out a copy of world, I do think it’s a good one. Albeit the setup / space is a barrier
I really enjoyed Dinosaur Island - probably the best first player token of any board game!
It’s a good one!
Great comparison. Thanks a lot.
You’re welcome!
Fantastic comparison video! And all beautiful games with great potential... but sadly, they were all more or less duds for me. Rawr 'n Write was my first experience, played at a friend's house and enjoyed it, but I generally gravitate away from games that involve drawing, so not a keeper for us. Then I tried Duelosaur Island, followed by Dinosaur Island, and I found them both to be kind of hollow feeling? I think it's the euro-ness of the games, despite the beautiful theming, and the end game triggers felt kind of abrupt and anticlimactic. Given all that, I'll probably give World a pass, especially with the extra ding against it being such a table hog. Really wanted to like these more!
Hey fair enough! Not every game is gonna be a hit for everyone
it has to be dinosaur island Roar and write. Because a) the if you remove the r it would be Raw. and cleary they are making a play on the word Roar. So it's raw'r and write. Besides that I have no idea what Rour even means. is that even a word?