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Bios - Mesofauna

The Cambrian period was an explosion of complex lifeforms. These included arthropods, which crawled from the oceans to dominate the terrestrial world as insects, arachnids, and crustaceans. Bios:Mesofauna is their... (read more)
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Reviews
mixed, 69% of all reviews are favorable
Playtime
90 minutes
Published
2021
Age
14+
Publisher
Ion Game Design
Players
1 to 4 players
Designers
Jon Manker, Phil Eklund, and Robin Spathon Ek
Playstyle
Involved
Game's Categories
Environmental, Strategy Game, Evolution, Animals, Prehistoric, Science, and Area Majority / Influence
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Description

The Cambrian period was an explosion of complex lifeforms. These included arthropods, which crawled from the oceans to dominate the terrestrial world as insects, arachnids, and crustaceans. Bios:Mesofauna is their story.

The game starts with the invasion of the land about 450 million years ago and is an Alternate 2nd Game in the Bios Trilogy. It follows the same sort of Achterbahn environment, same climate change, same or similar creeples, same VP, same tiles, same card colors, same cratons and drift, same basic and Achterbahn games, same catastrophes, same greenhouse, cloudiness, and oxygen. Same terrestrial settings. All of these are production and development advantages. The setting is the same, only the animals are smaller.

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Game's Categories

Genre

  • Strategy Game

Themes

  • Environmental
  • Prehistoric
  • Science
  • Evolution
  • Animals

Mechanics

  • Open Drafting
  • Area Majority / Influence
  • Modular Board
  • Territory Building

Publishers

  • Ion Game Design
  • Sierra Madre Games

Designers

  • Jon Manker
  • Robin Spathon Ek
  • Phil Eklund

Developer

  • Andy Mesa

Editors

  • Andy Mesa
  • Justin Grey

Artist

  • Madeleine Fjäll

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