Bios Genesis 2nd edition. Begin, evolve, conquer!

A project in Karlsruhe, Germany by Sierra Madre Games
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The origins of life game, Bios Genesis is back! Legendary designer Phil Eklund returns with a second edition of his hit: Bios Genesis!
Backers: 3882
Average Pledge Per Backer: $80

Funded: $308,700 of $7,900
Dates: Apr 12th -> May 10th (29 days)
Project By: Sierra Madre Games
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Latest News

More Than Merely a Civilization Game

February 11th - via: spacebiff.com
Enter Phil Eklund and John Manker’s Bios: Origins. As the third in the Bios trilogy, set after the multi-cellular life of Genesis and the prehistoric beasts of Megafauna, Origins is a civgame right down to certain familiar trappings. (Read More)

Kickstarter Alert: Interview with Phil Eklund on Neanderthal and Greenland, his deeply immersive science games

January 16th - via: adventuresinpoortaste.com
Despite being a niche of a niche, Sierra Madre Games has a massive cult following who snap up anything Eklund produces, so when new editions of his hard-to-find Bios: Genesis and Bios: Megafauna (about the origin and evolution of life, respectively) hit Kickstarter last year, they were still massive successes. (Read More)

Last push! Please help :)

May 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Last 12 hours: WOW over 3600 backers now!Thank you so much to everyone making this such an amazing campaign. Its been a privilege organising, running and coordinating the campaign. If you wanted to follow me and my own science themed company (Alley... (Read More)

2.5 days remaining and more news!

May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
WOW. 3000 backers. >$235k raised. Unbelievable. Thank you so much everyone. What an incredible feat. It just goes to show the popularity of Phil's games is limitless! Player aid now available to seeHere is the link to the player aid 87% (or so)... (Read More)

Megafauna 2 rules available to download

May 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
We had quite a few requests for explanations about the rules. Specifically how different this new version of Megafauna is compared to the first version. The game is significantly different to the first version which is why a conversion/upgrade kit... (Read More)

Megafauna 2 is now available!

May 2nd - via: kickstarter.com
Bios: Megafauna 2 is now available! Yes! It is available now! Phil was so taken aback by the demand to have Bios: Megafauna 2 included in this campaign he worked really hard with the manufacturer and shipping companies to have this included. The... (Read More)

Where in the world are you?

April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Where in the world are you?!We had a look and an amazing 37% of you lovely backers are from non-English speaking countries. (Total) top cities include London 41, Singapore 37, Madrid and Seattle. You can see for yourself here as the information is... (Read More)

Sad news...

April 24th - via: kickstarter.com
A friend of mine alerted me to the Dice Tower's most recent "Board Game Breakfast" video on youtube today. He mentioned that Bios:Genesis 2nd Edition was featured under Suzanne's crowd funding section. While watching the video, it suddenly became... (Read More)

Exciting news....

April 20th - via: kickstarter.com
Ok: this will be short and sweet. Phil listened to everyone and is currently finalising quotes from manufacturers about Megafauna 2. By the sounds of things it is looking more likely that we will be able to offer this soon in this campaign. So the... (Read More)

Megafauna 2, player aid help request and boardgamegeek hotness!

April 18th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone! We hope you had a great weekend and/or holiday.  Megafauna 2I've spoken to Phil about how popular this was with everyone and because of logistics and financing he is delaying his decision whether to include it or not. As you will know... (Read More)

New unlocked stretch goal!

April 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Wow! This campaign is going from strength to strength and we are currently ranked number 3 for most popular tabletop project on kickstarter! Amazing stuff. Thank you everyone! Questionnaire results....An amazing 430 backers responded telling us a bit... (Read More)

We are funded! And: we need your input for stretch goals!

April 13th - via: kickstarter.com
WOW what a day - we funded in 2 hours!We were hoping to be funded within 24-48 hours. But this? WOW. All I can say is Phil is absolutely thrilled, as am I. We have over 1000 backers now, absolutely amazing! Please, PLEASE, pat yourself on the back... (Read More)

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