Bios: Genesis

Bios: Origins is Phil Eklund's upcoming game about the origins of life, the latest in the Bios series, following Bios: Megafauna. Description: One to four players start as organic compounds shortly after Earth's formation, represented by up to three 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. The August 16, 2016 revision to the Living Rules for game are available from a tablet inside the mod. The most up-to-date rules are available here There is a script to automate shuffling and stacking the decks correctly. (Just push the Setup button!) If playing with fewer than 4 players, one refugia from each landform row will also need to be removed per step 5 of the Setup in the rulebook. Enjoy, and please post any questions or comments here or at the Bios: Genesis thread on BoardGameGeek: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/98918/bios-genesis Note: The cards are low resolution, but are perfecly playable that way. If you want to read the flavor text in all their beautiful and interesting detail, please pre-order the game from Sierra Madre Games (http://sierra-madre-games.eu/all_games_SMG36.html) All assets for this mod (with the exception of the table background and landscape image) are owned by Phil Eklund and Sierra Madre Games, copyright 2016. They're used with Mr. Eklund's gracious permission.