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On the Origin of Species

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  1. 6 out of 10

    A pretty but shallow set collecting game. Chaotic at 4p as it was very easy for other players to swipe public contracts that you were working towards, or upgrade a tile that burns all the resources cubes you were saving on it. I do like that the placement of your resource cubes dictates the locations that you can expand to, it adds a nice spatial element to an otherwise simple game. Some interesting ideas, but I don't think it quite works.

  2. 7 out of 10

    Beautifully presented game with a great theme that it hews to very well. A bit of luck in how the tiles fall, and the random card draws, so more at the family game end of things.

  3. 8 out of 10

    I was very impressed but this game. Very elegant, tactical and dynamic. Rules book (version 1) is bad however, with translation issues and missing and confusing info. But hope it is an easy fix. Theme is inexistent but I like how it has a family variant and an advanced variant.

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"I am very anxious to see the Galapagos Islands, — I think both the Geology & Zoology cannot fail to be very interesting." — Charles Darwin, Letter to his sister, Catherine in August 1835.

Assist Charles Darwin during the Beagle journey across the Galapagos Islands, discovering new species and researching them in order to improve your knowledge.

During their turn, the active player must choose between two actions:

Research: Put 2 research pieces on 2 different species tiles on the board, gaining the knowledge of air, land or water habitat.
Discover: use the acquired habitat knowledge to place new species tiles on the board, obtaining victory points and evolution, characters and objects cards. Additionally advance the Beagle on its track.

The game finishes when the Beagle reaches the last space of its trip, leaving the archipelago through New Zealand. The players score the evolution points according to the final goal card, adding them to the points obtained during the game. The player with more points in the scoring track wins.

—description from the publisher

Ages

9+
Players

2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players
Play Time

45m – 80m
Designer

Ferran Renalias, Gerard Ascensi
Mechanics

Hand Management, Tile Placement
Theme

Animals, Post-Napoleonic
Publisher

Artana, Mont Tàber, Spielefaible
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