Steven Ridings 🦖🦕 🔜 Origins
cretaceousgame.bsky.social
Steven Ridings 🦖🦕 🔜 Origins
@cretaceousgame.bsky.social
- 3D Modeler
- Designer of Cretaceous : A Dinosaur Hunting Adventure
- Fossil Collector / Learning Fossil Prep
Really looking forward to trying that. Rainforest wasn't available during the steam demo. Looked like a fun combo.
December 26, 2024 at 10:34 PM
Nah, just had time to chat at the booth for a few minutes. But I played that module a lot during the Kickstarter on steam. Enjoyed the flexibility it gave predators.
December 25, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Free games is really showing some holiday spirit. Enjoyed meeting you at PAX and looking forward to Nature!
December 24, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Thankfully we will all assume it was deliberate until you tell us otherwise haha.
December 10, 2024 at 1:12 PM
That raptor has a fun style to it regardless!
December 10, 2024 at 3:32 AM
Hmm good point. Hadn't considered breaking it down as a selling point. Thanks! I was planning on printing a few more before PAX Unplugged.
November 26, 2024 at 6:20 PM
Thanks! It supports up to 4 players. I feel like a standard game is about 15-20 minutes per player. So 30-40 minutes for 2, around an hour for a full group of 4. But end of game begins when a player hits a certain threshold, so there are shorter and longer options if needed.
November 26, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Cretaceous - Targeting people who want an easy to learn game that still has enough different components to make each game different.

What makes it unique is the playerboards acting like a video game inventory and the traits of the real dinosaurs it is based on effecting gameplay.
November 26, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Oh that's a slippery slope! A good one is while Oviraptor was named "egg thief" due to the initial fossil looking like it died stealing eggs, it is now proven to have died defending its own nest. So it is actually a good parent stuck with a bad name!
November 15, 2024 at 9:28 PM
In my opinion, it is Deinonychus. It upended the long held thinking that all Therapod dinosaurs were lumbering carnivores. The thinner bones and and overall composition proved it was an agile hunter.

The raptors in Jurassic Park are essentially Deinonychus, but that's not why they are the coolest!
November 14, 2024 at 6:56 PM
How can we go about being added to the community and this list? Thanks for putting it together, as someone who just joined BlueSky it makes it a lot easier to find other creators.
November 13, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Yeah, the age of dinosaurs is great, all 3 periods. The cretaceous period just had the biggest so it made for the best choice between them!
November 13, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Hello! I'm Steven and designer for the Cretaceous Board Game. First Bluesky Post as I try to move away from other platforms.

I play probably more CLANK! than half of what is on my shelves.

I will take any excuse to go fossil hunting. Favorite place is Penn Dixie Fossil Park in NY.
November 13, 2024 at 3:50 PM