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1998 · 2-6 players · 40min · weight 1.75 · 688 ratings
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ID
61
Name
Fossil
Year
1998
Rank
28759
Min players
2
Max players
6
Playing time
40
Min playtime
40
Max playtime
40
Avg weight
1.75
Num weights
52
Bayes avg
5.48136
Average
5.43312
Users rated
688
Num owned
1043
Wanting
8
Wishing
45
Num comments
265
Fetched at
Wed Apr 29 2026 05:47:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (1)
Set Collection
Categories (2)
Abstract StrategyAncient
Description (491 chars)
On the hunt for petrified treasures, players are competing paleontologists trying to make as complete a set as possible of several fossils. The board is laid out with a random bunch of fossil pieces and players have to take turns moving a stone about the field to a location where they want to pick up a fossil piece. However, every movement costs them prestige points so they have to weigh carefully if the fossil is worth the effort. Won Games Magazine Game of the Year award in 1999.
LLM v2 (wide)
Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).
LLM v3 (deep)
Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).