Designer	Klaus Palesch
Artist	Franz Vohwinkel
Publisher	Goldsieber Rio Grande Games
Year Published	1998
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4 players (5 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	40 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
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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.

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Publisher: Rio Grande Games

Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 1998

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Artist: Franz Vohwinkel

Year: 1998

Product Code: 618 8016

Size: 11.50 x 8.88 x 2.45 inches

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German review - Spielphase	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2012-05-26
German review - FAIRspielt	http://www.fairspielt.de/Spiele/fossil.php	2012-05-26
German review - games we play	http://gamesweplay.de/fossil.html	2012-05-26
German review - Ausgepackt!	http://www.patde.de/ausgepackt/main_fr.htm?http://...	2012-05-26
German review - spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=493	2012-05-26
German review - bpk	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/luding/re...	2012-05-26
German review - Spieleteufel	http://www.spieleteufel.de/spiel.php?id=178	2012-05-26
Dutch rules	http://www.forummortsel.be/spelregels/Fossil.pdf	2012-04-16
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/f.html#fos...	2010-05-14
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