On the Origin of Species

45' - 1h 20'
Play Time
2 - 4
Players
9+
Age
Game Description

“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

Game Details

Publishers

Mont Tàber Arclight Games Artana Spielefaible

Designers

Gerard Ascensi Ferran Renalias

Artists

Amelia Sales

Mechanics

Hand Management Tile Placement

Families

Components: Meeples (Animal) / Animeeples Country: Ecuador Crowdfunding: Verkami Historical Figures: Charles Darwin Islands: Galápagos (Ecuador) Organizations: Board Games Association of Creators in Spain (LUDO) Theme: Biology Theme: Evolution Theme: Science

Categories

Animals Post-Napoleonic