Adapt in an ever-changing ecosystem where food is scarce and predators lurk. (Sounds familiar, right?)
Evolution relies on good management of resources and the multiple characteristics of the species in our possession. A game is divided into several rounds, each of which is divided into 3 stages. First, all players secretly decide on the potential food available in the dedicated space. The strategy starts now, as the food pool is shared by all players... so whoever eats first (in turn order) has a clear advantage. Once this choice has been made, players are invited to select the cards of their choice in order to perfect the species they own, design new ones, increase populations, or even increase the size (and therefore the defence) of a species. A large number of cards are available, each with its own criteria.
Once this stage is complete, each player's population, defences, and characteristics are laid out in front of him. The available food is revealed, and each player has access to it in turn order, with a few subtleties if the cards played beforehand suggest so.
The round ends as soon as all the animals have been fed, or there is simply no food left... all animals without food perish. Food points acquired are accumulated and added up for each player. They are then taken into account at the end of the game.
Once all the rounds have been completed, the points are tallied. They take into account the food ingested, whatever the diet, the characteristics of the species and the number of species still alive.
At the beginning, the difficulties are even less, as the herbivores feed in a totally passive way, and the impact on the rest of the players is minimal. A little gumption is enough to win the game by multiplying your populations while keeping an eye on available food.
The game becomes progressively more difficult with the addition of carnivores... which, in turn, inevitably have an impact on the other players. Carnivores, the offspring of transformed herbivores, require meat, and will therefore aggressively attack neighboring populations. A definite asset, but one to be handled with great care. Indeed, prey must be smaller and unguarded, and the latter have many strategies at their disposal to avoid attack- but in the case of a successful aggression, the attacked player quickly finds himself deprived of a large part of his population!
Evolution packs a surprising amount of variety for a game with simple rules. The variety comes from the synergies between the trait cards and from the different personalities at the table. Some players thrive on creating Carnivores to wreak havoc on their fellow players. Others prefer to stay protected and mind their own business. Evolution encourages both play styles by giving each of them multiple paths to victory. And it is the mix of play styles at the table that ultimately determines the ecosystem in which the players are adapting. So gather your friends and see who can best adapt to the changing world around them.
This game won many awards, such as the Golden Geek, and that is a solid reason for you to try it right now if you have not played yet. Like usual, click the link below:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=evolution
Of course, no games without developers, and this one has been beautifully adapted to our platform by stst. A lot of thanks to him, and of course, the whole team of North Star Games and the game designers Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre & Sergey Machin for their authorization to bring this brilliant title on Board Game Arena!
No doubt you can handle this wonderful game with a few friends or random opponents here and there. But will you climb the Arena ladder to the top?
Let's discover it!
And that's it for today.
See you around in a few days.
Until next week, take care, and...
Play fair!
EVOLUCIJA: Hoćete li se usuditi pobijediti?
Prilagodite se ekosustavu koji se stalno mijenja u kojem je hrana rijetka, a predatori vrebaju. (Zvuči poznato, zar ne?)
Evolucija se oslanja na dobro upravljanje resursima i višestrukim karakteristikama vrsta koje posjedujemo. Igra je podijeljena u nekoliko rundi, od kojih je svaka podijeljena u 3 faze. Prvo, svi igrači tajno odlučuju o potencijalnoj hrani dostupnoj u namjenskom prostoru. Strategija počinje sada, budući da zalihu hrane dijele svi igrači... tako da onaj tko jede prvi (po redu) ima jasnu prednost. Nakon što se napravi ovaj izbor, igrači su pozvani odabrati karte po vlastitom izboru kako bi usavršili vrstu koju posjeduju, dizajnirali nove, povećali populaciju ili čak povećali veličinu (a time i obranu) vrste. Dostupan je veliki broj kartica, svaka sa svojim kriterijima.
Kada se ova faza završi, stanovništvo, obrane i karakteristike svakog igrača su postavljeni ispred njega. Dostupna hrana se otkriva i svaki joj igrač ima pristup redoslijedom, uz nekoliko suptilnosti ako karte koje su prethodno odigrane tako sugeriraju.
Runda završava čim se sve životinje nahrane ili jednostavno nema više hrane... sve životinje bez hrane propadnu. Osvojeni bodovi za hranu se skupljaju i zbrajaju za svakog igrača. Zatim se uzimaju u obzir na kraju igre.
Nakon što su svi krugovi završeni, bodovi se zbrajaju. Oni uzimaju u obzir unesenu hranu, bez obzira na prehranu, karakteristike vrste i broj vrsta koje su još uvijek žive.
Na početku su poteškoće još manje, jer se biljojedi hrane na potpuno pasivan način, a utjecaj na ostale igrače je minimalan. Dovoljno je malo pameti da pobijedite u igri tako što ćete umnožiti svoju populaciju dok pritom pazite na dostupnu hranu.
Igra postaje progresivno teža s dodavanjem mesoždera... koji zauzvrat neizbježno imaju utjecaj na ostale igrače. Mesojedi, potomci transformiranih biljojeda, trebaju meso i stoga će agresivno napadati susjedne populacije. Definitivno bogatstvo, ali s njim treba postupati s velikom pažnjom. Doista, plijen mora biti manji i nečuvan, a potonji ima na raspolaganju mnogo strategija za izbjegavanje napada – ali u slučaju uspješne agresije, napadnuti igrač brzo se nađe lišen velikog dijela svoje populacije!
Evolucija sadrži iznenađujuću količinu raznolikosti za igru s jednostavnim pravilima. Raznolikost dolazi od sinergije između karata osobina i različitih osobnosti za stolom. Neki igrači napreduju u stvaranju mesoždera kako bi izazvali pustoš među svojim kolegama igračima. Drugi radije ostaju zaštićeni i gledaju svoja posla. Evolucija potiče oba stila igre dajući svakom od njih više puta do pobjede. A mješavina stilova igre za stolom u konačnici određuje ekosustav u kojem se igrači prilagođavaju. Stoga okupite svoje prijatelje i vidite tko se najbolje može prilagoditi promjenjivom svijetu oko sebe.
Ova je igra osvojila mnoge nagrade, poput Golden Geeka, i to je dobar razlog da je isprobate upravo sada ako još niste igrali. Kao i obično, kliknite vezu u nastavku:
https://boardgamearena.com/gamepanel?game=evolution
Naravno, nema igrica bez programera, a ovu je stst prekrasno prilagodio našoj platformi. Puno hvala njemu, i naravno, cijelom timu North Star Games i dizajnerima igre Dominic Crapuchettes, Dmitry Knorre & Sergey Machin na autorizaciji da donesu ovaj sjajni naslov na Board Game Arena!
Nema sumnje da se možete nositi s ovom prekrasnom igrom s nekoliko prijatelja ili nasumičnim protivnicima tu i tamo. Ali hoćete li se popeti Areninom ljestvicom do vrha?
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