Review of Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game, A solid worker placement game that's also educational

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Don’t let the fact that it’s an educational game fool you, Cytosis: A Cell Biology Game is a very solid worker-placement board game that will appeal to many hobby game fans. This is a great example of what Genius Games does, making educational fun by tying science to engaging gameplay mechanics. 🔸 This review is one segment of Episode 245 of The Tabletop Bellhop Gaming Podcast, What Makes A Game, A Game? Watch that here: https://youtu.be/2SGGw-jbrkk 🔸 Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/tabletopbellhop?sub_confirmation=1 🔸 Join Our Patreon! Support everything we do and get access to cool bonus content over at: https://www.patreon.com/tabletopbellhop Disclosure: Thanks to Genius Games for hooking us up with a review copy of Cytosis and Genotype. ******************** 🛎️ Timestamps: 00:00 A BIT ABOUT CYTOSIS AND GENIUS GAMES 01:43 THE COMPONENTS IN CYTOSIS 02:22 HOW CYTOSIS IS PLAYED 06:11 WHAT WE THOUGHT OF CYTOSIS 12:48 WHO SHOULD PICK UP CYTOSIS? 15:44 CLOSING ******************** 🛎️ From the Publisher: Type of Game: worker placement, resource management, set collection Ages: 10+ Players: 2 - 5 Time: 60 - 90 mins Science Concepts: cell biology, nucleus, free ribosomes, smooth ER, rough ER, Golgi apparatus, plasma membrane, mitochondria, enzymes, hormones, receptors, cell detoxification, antibodies and viruses Description: Cytosis: A Cell Biology Game, is a worker placement game that takes place inside a human cell! Players take turns placing workers on available organelles within a human cell in order to collect resources (such as Carbohydrates or ATP!) or take actions (such as purchasing Cell Component cards or translating mRNA into Proteins!) Players use their resources to build Enzymes, Hormones, and Hormone Receptors and also to help detoxify the cell - all of which score health points. The player with the most health points at the end of the game wins! ******************** 🛎️ Head over to the Tabletop Bellhop website where you'll find more tabletop gaming content, including gaming and game night advice, reviews, and more: https://tabletopbellhop.com 🛎️ Check out Moe's written review of Cytosis: A Cell Biology Game. It features some more detail and lots of images from our plays: https://tabletopbellhop.com/game-reviews/cytosis-review/ 🛎️ BUY IT: Pick up Cytosis on Amazon (affiliate link) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076V9CYW7?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.1CKQW7SL2NPUW&linkCode=tr1&tag=thewingamres-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.1CKQW7SL2NPUW_1744684807918 🛎️ FIND US EVERYWHERE: 🔸The Tabletop Bellhop Discord: https://discord.tabletopbellhop.com 🔸Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/tabletopbellhop.com 🔸Dice.camp: https://dice.camp/@TabletopBellhop/ 🔸Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/tabletopbellhop/ 🔸Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tabletopbellhop/ 🔸Twitch: https://twitch.tv/tabletopbellhop