A rainstorm has caused Cretaceous Creek to spill its banks, washing away rock and exposing a bed of beautifully-preserved Late Cretaceous fossils. But with continuing poor weather, the window of opportunity to collect these fossils, before they are lost to erosion, is closing!
In a race against the weather, a coalition of leading natural history museums dispatches a team of their top paleontologists and their crews to cooperatively mine the site for its scientific riches.
Cretaceous Creek is the 1-4 player cooperative/solo variant of Fossil Canyon which features action points, grid movement, pick up and deliver, and increasing tension due to accelerating erosion. You can download the rulebook (and a supplement illustrating the fossil erosion process) or watch the 11-minute video rules, embedded below.
Pictured above is the Kickstarter-exclusive map for Cretaceous Creek. For an even more immersive experience playing Cretaceous Creek, you can purchase a custom rubber-backed playmat from Inked Gaming! (Neither the map nor playmat is required to play Cretaceous Creek.)
Other Games
The Fossil Canyon cards can be used for other games. Here are just a few!
Go Dig!
Some set-collection card games can be adapted to use the skeletal fossil cards. One of our favorites for young children is based on “Go Fish”—with a few unique twists!
Memory Game
“Guess Who?” travels back in time to the Mesozoic Era! Can you remember where all the fossils are that make a complete skeleton?
20 Questions
Test your knowledge of the genera! “Did it live during the Cretaceous?” … “Is it a carnivore?” … “Is its length less than eight meters?” … “Is it Coelophysis?”
Suggest your own game!
Do you have an idea for new “house rules” for Fossil Canyon, or even a whole new game using the Fossil Canyon cards, player tokens, and scoring pieces that you think others would enjoy? Let us know!
