Trias (2002)

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Designer	Ralf Lehmkuhl
Artist	Doris Matthäus
Publisher	Gecko Games Rio Grande Games Tilsit
Year Published	2002
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players (28 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	10 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (9 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (10 voters) [vote]
Category	Animals Prehistoric
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Area Control / Area Influence Modular Board
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Family	Animals: Dinosaurs
Primary Name	Trias
Alternate Names	Ciao Dino!
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Dinosaurs reside on the modular hexagons of the super-continent Pangaea. Each hex can only support a certain number of animals. Not only that, the continent is splitting up with parts of the land disappearing and new lands emerging elsewhere. Players try to disperse as widely as is wise while still dominating each continent where they exist. The game ends as the meteorite strikes, ending the age of the great dinosaurs.

Artwork: Doris Matthäus
Premiere: Essen 2002

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Publisher: Gecko Games, Rio Grande Games

Artist: Doris Matthäus

Year: 2003

Size: 11.00 x 7.75 x 1.75 inches

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0	Rules Scoring without dinos	2012-03-19	amajig	9
2	Sessions A Game of Trias	2011-12-07	big_buddha	7
2	Strategy Degenerate Strategy?	2011-06-24	ElZappo	7
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8	Reviews Dude, Brontosauruses Aren't Real : Focus on Trias	2010-06-07	Focuscoene	3
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German rules

Bernd13

2012-03-06

Résumé des règles

Organigramme des règles sur une page A4.

Patrice_jps

2011-11-09

Regras traduzidas para Português

Rules translation to portuguese - Tradução das regras para português - Version 1.0

Romir

2011-05-09

Hoja de Ayuda (spa)

Hoja de ayuda en español 2xA4

Oberonblood

2009-05-24

Trias rules - English

The English PDF file from the site is corrupt and doesn't seem to be corrected, I decided to have this in .doc format for those unable to get the file.

herman_the_german

2008-09-19

Trias Cyberboard files

A game and 5 player scenario file set for playing Trias using Cyberboard. No copyrighted scans or images were used. All images in the game are original drawings. Version 1.

apblank

2008-09-16

Trias Tuckbox

This is a tuckbox with minimal graphics to hold all the cards for the game. I used the generator at http://tuckbox.gameupdates.com to create the template.

Verkisto

2008-09-08

ConciseRefSheet03 - Trias.ppt

Concise reference sheet for teaching the game and easy reference

hecose

2007-02-23

trias-dutch.tif

Dutch Player Aid: print on sticker and stick on (French Ciao Dino) player aid cards.

vekoma

2007-02-21

trias_hu.pdf

hungarian translation

szoffi

2006-05-11

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Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/4101.pdf	2012-03-04
Polish review at GamesFanatic.pl	http://www.gamesfanatic.pl/2007/06/17/trias/	2011-04-14
French review and pictures on "Jeux de NIM"	http://www.jeuxdenim.be/jeu-CiaoDino	2009-10-03
Wikipedia Entry	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trias	2009-01-01
Rules page (multiple languages) on Gecko's site	http://geckogames.spieleck.de/de/trias/download.ht...	2008-09-18
German Review on spielbar.com	http://www.spielbar.com/wordpress/rezensionen/tria...	2008-03-24
Danish review on GermanGames.dk	http://www.germangames.dk/Beskrivelser/Trias.htm	2006-11-13
RPGnet Review by Shannon Appelcline	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10296.phtml	2004-05-05
French review for two players on JeuxADeux.com	http://www.jeuxadeux.com/jeux/trias.php	2003-11-04
French review on Jeux2Rody	http://jeux2rody.free.fr/jeux/t/trias.php	2003-06-04