Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar Review

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We review Jurassic World: Legacy of Isla Nublar, a legacy game published by Funko Games. In Jurassic World: Legacy of Isla Nublar players are embarking on a 10 mission campaign covering the span of the Jurassic Park/World movies.

I get it, you are confused. I assure you that’s not a typo in the byline. This is a review about a board game with a movie theme not written by our resident “Movie Guy” Chris Sacco. Unfortunately, he was busy working on his board game prototype for his latest design. It’s a themed mash-up of his two favorite movies: Battlefield Earth and Gigli. He’s pretty excited about it, so if you see him at a convention, ask to play it.

Anyway, yours truly offered to fill in for him with our latest movie-themed review. Today we will be taking a trip overseas as I review the newest legacy game to grace my tabletop: Jurassic World: The Legacy of Isla Nublar. Its designed by the team at Prospero Hall and published by Funko Games. Jurassic World Legacy (my shorthand name for this review) seeks to take players on a ten-game trip through the Jurassic Park/World movies. Will this be a memorable experience or should it be the next goat on the T-rex’s dinner plate? Time to find out.

I’m going to save any spoilers for a clearly marked spoiler section below. The rest of this review will only cover things found in the first game and tutorial game.

Every game of Jurassic World Legacy takes place over five rounds, each of which is broken up into a few phases. To start a game, each player will choose a character to control. Familiar faces are at your disposal in the form of John Hammond, Robert Muldoon, and Dr. Henry Wu (among others). Each character has a special ability and two more that are locked behind legacy