
From chemistry to landfall, your life begins in the primordial soup.
Looking for a science board game where you create life from molecules to complexity? In Bios: Genesis, you’re not an organism, you’re the force of life itself. Form the first replicating molecules, endure natural disasters, and evolve through the stages of biological complexity. Create a bacteria, evolve through RNA, DNA and multicellularity to finally, if you play your cards right, maybe grab the victory, as a flat-worm
This scientific simulation game is as educational as it is challenging, offering solo, co-op, and competitive modes. Navigate early Earth’s chaos and guide life from spark to structure. Part of the great 7-game story arch of the Bios and High Frontier series.
Why should you purchase Bios: Genesis?
• Science-based gameplay from the origin of life: Start as chemistry and evolve toward consciousness
• Solo, co-op, or competitive modes: Adapt the experience to your preferred play style
• Challenging simulation mechanics: Realistic systems grounded in biology and chaos theory
• Part of the acclaimed Bios series: A perfect starting point for deep scientific strategy gaming
Designer: Phil Eklund
Artist: Karim Chakroun, Ron Miller
Complexity: 4.40
How to play
How to play?
Each turn an event card is flipped, and catastrophes are resolved from left to right, determining the climate, stripping cubes from organisms and refugia placards, and creating new landforms that can harbor life. Any organisms which lose all of their cubes go extinct. The Event cards also dictate turn order and which refugia and mutation card piles are active at that turn.
Content
Contents
- Cards
- Oversized placards, for bacteria and refugia
- Disks representing catalysts, enzymes, and antioxidants
- Wooden cubes for manna & chromosomes
- Wooden domes for bionts
- Six-sided dice
- Rules and historical background
- Folding player aid
- Box
Extras
Extras
Downloads
Game designer: Phil Eklund
Living rules and other files, administrated by respective game designer.
Videos
- Play through Bios: Genesis part 1 by Gray Board Gamer
- Play through Bios: Genesis part 2 by Gray Board Gamer
- Bios: Genesis — game overview at SPIEL 2016 by BoardGameGeek
- Bios: Genesis - Brettspiel - Review by Hunter & Cron - Brettspiele
- Bios: Genesis - David Hanacek - Fox in the Box
- Bios: Genesis review by Darwin’s Game Night
- Bios: Genesis review by Space-Biff
- How to Play Bios: Genesis by Bits of Board