Table feel
Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction. Limited emphasis on cooperation.
Rich game profile
Bios: Mesofauna
Bios:Mesofauna is an alternative Bios:Megafauna. That is, it starts and ends at the same time. It follows the same sort of Achterbahn environment, same climate change, same or similar creeples, same VP, same tiles, same card colors, same cratons and drift, same basic and Achterba...
Players
1-4
Time
90-120
Age
14+
Weight
3.55
Rating
7.61
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Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction. Limited emphasis on cooperation.
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.8
More strategic control
Replay value
The game Bios: Mesofauna has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, strategic depth, and scalability. The presence of expansions and moderate player interaction also contribute to the replay value. While the game may not be the easiest to learn, it offers a rewarding and engaging experience for players.
Luck profile
Bios: Mesofauna has a moderate level of randomness impact, with random elements having a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate randomness through strategic decisions and planning, resulting in a game that is primarily determined by player strategy and decisions, with luck playing a minor role.
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What ABG knows about this game
Bios:Mesofauna is an alternative Bios:Megafauna. That is, it starts and ends at the same time. It follows the same sort of Achterbahn environment, same climate change, same or similar creeples, same VP, same tiles, same card colors, same cratons and drift, same basic and Achterbahn games, same catastrophes, same greenhouse, cloudiness, and oxygen. Same terrestrial settings. The setting is the same, only the animals are smaller. Bios:Mesofauna is a deliberate attempt to reach a wider audience than Bios:Megafauna, by stripping away about half the rules. Monsters, tools, horror plants, kiwi, haustorium, dark heart, Mars, Venus, shelves, blooms, Offshore, and Cheshire Cat have been dropped. More significantly, marine variant and size were also dropped, and these two decisions are worthy of more discussion. The two games integrate with each other making it possible to play a game with a combination of player roles from the two games. —description from the designer
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Designers
2
Phil Eklund
Jon Manker
Artists
1
Madeleine Fjäll
Publishers
2
Ion Game Design
Sierra Madre Games
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