2020Phil Eklund, Justin Grey, Jon Manker, Dom Rougier
- Videos
- 99
- Creators
- 37
Mainly how-to-play
1 - 5 players30 - 240 minVery heavy weight
Bios: Genesis
2016Phil Eklund
1 - 4 players
60 - 120 min
Very heavy weight: Rules-dense, long sessions
From BoardGameGeek
Description from the publisher: In Bios: Genesis, one to four players start as organic compounds shortly after Earth's formation, represented by up to four Biont tokens. The Amino Acids command Metabolism, the lipids create cells, the pigments control energy absorption and storage, and the nucleic acids control templated replication. Their goal is a double origin of life: first as Autocatalytic Life (a metabolic cycle reproducing, yet not replicating, its own constituents), and the second as Darwinian Life (an Organism using a template to replicate in an RNA world). Players can play cooperative, competitive, or solitaire. Notes designer Phil Eklund, "This subject is the most difficult and ambitious I have ever attempted, and it has taken many years to get it to work right." With Bios: Genesis, Bios: Megafauna, and Bios: Origins (Second Edition), Eklund takes players through almost the whole breadth and scope of life on Earth. Living Rules Book 1 Living Rules Book 2
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Which Bios: Genesis video should I watch?
Bios: Genesis has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 review and 1 playthrough. They date from 2022 to October 2024.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "(803) Bios: Genesis - review (ENG)" by Wojennik TV - Gry Planszowe. To see it played, watch "Bios Genesis - Solo Playthrough" by Loud N Board Gaming.
If you like it, try High Frontier 4 All, Pax Renaissance: 2nd Edition, Pax Hispanica and Bios: Origins (Second Edition), also by Phil Eklund.
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About Bios: Genesis
From BoardGameGeek:
Description from the publisher: In Bios: Genesis, one to four players start as organic compounds shortly after Earth's formation, represented by up to four Biont tokens. The Amino Acids command Metabolism, the lipids create cells, the pigments control energy absorption and storage, and the nucleic acids control templated replication. Their goal is a double origin of life: first as Autocatalytic Life (a metabolic cycle reproducing, yet not replicating, its own constituents), and the second as Darwinian Life (an Organism using a template to replicate in an RNA world). Players can play cooperative, competitive, or solitaire. Notes designer Phil Eklund, "This subject is the most difficult and ambitious I have ever attempted, and it has taken many years to get it to work right." With Bios: Genesis, Bios: Megafauna, and Bios: Origins (Second Edition), Eklund takes players through almost the whole breadth and scope of life on Earth. Living Rules Book 1 Living Rules Book 2
Designer
Phil Eklund
Artist
Ron Miller
Publisher
Fox in the Box
Categories
EnvironmentalPrehistoric
Mechanics