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Evolution

Development of species

In 2011 the first version of Evolution was published by the Russian company Rightgames / Russian Board Games. In 2014 North Star Games brought a new, revised edition to Essen.

Topic of the game is the evolution of species and their traits in changing environments and with only limited food resources available. The game is played in rounds, each round comprises four phases: Dealing cards - you receive three trait cards plus one additional card for each species in your display; determine amount of food - you choose a card from your hand and place it face-down at the water hole; playing any number of trait cards for implementing one action option per card: Use the card as a trait, as a new species or for enhancement of body size or population of a species. Then you reveal the amounts of food at the waterhole, feed your species and you can activate species effects in any order. Carnivores feed by attacking other species; species that are not completely fed become extinct; food chips from your species that are properly fed go into your bag. When all cards have been used, you score for food chips, population size of your species and trait cards.

New as regards to the Russian edition is the use of cards instead of dice to determine food; cards now also work as food besides working as species or species trait. The manifold combinations of traits, limited food and the need to protect your species from carnivores of other players result in an ever-changing, interesting game that also captures experienced players.

Players: 2-5

Age: 10+

Time: 45+

Designer: Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre, Sergey Machin

Artist: Catherine Hamilton, Leon Schiffer

Price: -

Publisher: North Star Games 2014

Web: www.northstargames.com

Genre: Card interaction, placement

Users: For families

Version: en

Rules: en ru

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Very good implementation of the topic

Manifold combinations

Some introductory games necessary to become familiar with the cards

Compares to:

Bios Megafauna for topic, otherwise games with interacting card attributes

Other editions:

Rightgames (predecessor)

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0