Bios: Origins (Second Edition)

Bios:Origins is the 3rd part of the Bios Trilogy. The action starts much earlier than most Civilization games: 200000 years ago or even earlier. One to four players represent the human subspecies extant at that time: Sapiens Neanderthal Denisovans & Hobbits. Take them on an adventure to enlarge your brain acquire language discover new worlds domesticate strange beasts (such as riding war kangaroos or mammoths) discover the wonders and terrors of religion dive for pearls challenge the gods enslave rival hominins and perhaps enter the Enlightenment. Although wars of conquest and religion are possible most of the fighting will be internal. You have only limited control of over your ruling class and if your priests are in control and do a poor job they will get killed and usurped by merchants or warlords.
Win by specializing as cultural political or industrial civilization. This means unlike most civilization games that a cult figure on a mountaintop in New Zealand can win over an Emperor that has swept the globe with his armies.
The game integrates with Bios:Genesis and Bios:Megafauna so that you can start as a variety of intelligent but not-quite lingual marine or terrestrial creatures. Two maps and 26 hex chits are included to accommodate variable landforms and cratons on habitable Earth Mars or Venus. Solitaire and cooperative variants are included.

AlgemeenAantal spelers: 1-4
Speelduur: 120 min.
Leeftijd: 14+
Taal: Engels
Soort spelType/Thema: Civilization Environmental Exploration Prehistoric Territory Building
Mechanisme: Area Majority / Influence Auction: Once Around Card Drafting Cooperative Game Modular Board Solo / Solitaire Game Tech Trees / Tech TracksMakersOntwerper: Phil Eklund Jon Manker