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Origins at Gothcon 2015. Eklund is rising closer to favourite status with this awesome game. It's tricky to wrap your mind around, like all his games, but it leaves you with a craving for more. Too bad it's oop.

Origins: How We Became Human (2007)

Players

2–5

Best: 4

Playing time

180–180 min

Age

10+

6.75

Average rating

536

Ratings

3.81/5

Weight

#5871

BGG rank

Outside top 5,000

Alternate names:Origins: Die Entstehung der Menschheit

Designer:Phil Eklund

Artist:Phil Eklund, Tobias Naesborg

Publisher:Sierra Madre Games

Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).

Game DNA

Strategy5.0

Luck5.0

Interaction7.0

Complexity7.6

Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

CivilizationPrehistoricAuction / BiddingOpen DraftingSimulationPoint to Point Movement

Overview

The game traces the development of early human species from 120,000 years ago through to the near-modern era. Players take the role of Peking Man, Archaic Homo Sapiens, Cro-Magnon, Neanderthal, or Homo Floresiensis, and each attempts to develop instincts and higher cortical brain functioning, such as language traits. The populations expand and collide, and eventually consciousness, society, and culture are sought after.