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Bios: Genesis (2nd Edition) - 3D Box Cover

 

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
Monthly Plan $/month

Annual Plan $/year

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