Primordial Soup (1997)

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Designer	Doris Matthäus Frank Nestel
Artist	Doris Matthäus
Publisher	Doris & Frank Wargames Club Publishing Z-Man Games
Year Published	1997
# of Players	3 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4 players (54 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
User Suggested Ages	12 and up (8 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (14 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (32 voters) [vote]
Category	Prehistoric
Mechanic	Variable Player Powers
Expansion	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced
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Family	Evolution
Primary Name	Primordial Soup
Alternate Names	Ursuppe
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The Primordial Soup is supposedly where all life came from. Players take charge of a tribe of amoeba as they struggle to survive. In order to help their quest, tribes will take various genetic advantages, which allow them to 'break' the rules of life. For instance, instead of going hungry, your amoeba could learn to attack foreign amoeba for food. Or perhaps your amoeba could be taught to need less food to survive. Either way, this is a very interesting take on the game of life.

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Primordial Soup

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Z-man edition with DSP logo

Publisher: Doris & Frank, Z-Man Games

Artist: Doris Matthäus

Year: 2004

Product Code: ZMG 7001

Size: 14.49 x 10.71 x 2.32 inches

3.02 pounds

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Doris & Frank Third edition

Publisher: Doris & Frank

Artist: Doris Matthäus

Year: 1998

Product Code: 10 1997

Size: Long Rectangle (e.g. Power Grid)

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German edition - Deutsche Spiele Preis edition

Publisher: Doris & Frank

Artist: Doris Matthäus

Year: 1998

Size: 14.17 x 10.24 x 1.97 inches

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Fourth German Edition D&F

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0	General Correct Biological Point Token Count	2012-03-27	justscott	1
0	General How fiddly?	2011-07-10		7
19	Sessions 1st play with the children	2011-06-04	Larry...	4
0	Rules Struggle for Survival and Substitution/Frugality - Failed attack?	2011-06-02	coolpapa	5
1	Rules 5-6 player Parasitism	2011-05-10	uigrad	1
6	Sessions How Other People's Poop (OPP) Leads to Victory	2011-04-05	dancingmummy	0
3	Reviews Reseña en español/Review in Spanish	2011-02-24	barnyams36	2
7	Sessions Session Report, with some reflections on Gene-based strategies [LONG]	2011-01-15	dancingmummy	2
0	Rules Attacking multiple amoeba	2010-12-18	Rainbow...	1
0	Rules When an amoeba dies ... (Defense, SfS)	2010-12-09	Rainbow...	7

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3	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced Reviews Expansions for my favorite games	2011-04-04	ejclason	0
0	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced General What colors are in it?	2010-02-24	agashamirv	1
1	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced Rules Game play with new Gene cards?	2010-02-20	Racinrod	2
0	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced Rules Streamlining 5-6 player cost change?	2009-07-10	Xelvonar	1
1	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced Rules Highly Adaptable question	2008-09-07	IngredientX	1
0	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced Rules Foodstuff Cubes question	2008-08-21	gpren	3
0	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced General Are the gene cards in the expansion in black and white?	2008-06-14	BrenoK	3
7	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced Strategy Analysis of the new genes	2008-03-27	ejclason	6
2	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced General Is Parasitism horribly broken in 5-6?	2008-02-06	hagin	3
0	Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced General Is the 5 player game broken?	2008-01-22	Anarchosyn	3

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Fan made genes

This is a layout of most cards found here: http://www.panix.com/~sos/bc/zurs.html#bank. I have specified the costs and changed some wordings and headings where needed.

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Japanese rulebook

A PDF file of the rulebook and reference booklet in japanese language for Primordial Soup.

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2010-07-27

Quick Start - Primordial Soup

Rules summary to refresh your memory and get you and your group up and playing faster.

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2010-03-18

Descripcion de Cartas de genes

Descripción de las cartas de genes, caben en un A4

bravucon

2009-04-19

Ursuppe (Ayuda de juego en español)

Hoja de ayuda para Ursuppe con resumen de fases, tabla de puntos, etc... Caben 2 en un A4

bravucon

2009-04-08

PrimordialSoup_PortugueseRefSheet_v1.pdf

Primordial Soup reference sheet translated to Brazilian Portuguese (with authorization from ZMan Games).

tirelli

2006-09-22

Parts distribution.txt

Parts distribution for Primordial Soup Z-Man edition

pintech

2006-09-10

referencialista.pdf

hungarian translation of reference list

szoffi

2006-07-19

osleves.pdf

hungarian translation of rules for 3-4 players

szoffi

2006-07-19

primsoup.rtf

Primordial Soup 2 Player Variant: Neutral amoebas

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2006-04-28

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Board Game Rank:	283
Strategy Game Rank:	184
Num Ratings:	3232
Average Rating:	7.09
Standard Deviation:	1.27
Num Views:	162236
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.8
Fans:	40

Personal Comments:	1126
Users Owning:	3481
Users Wanting:	270
Users Trading:	135 [find trade matches]
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Primordial Soup: Freshly Spiced

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	588
Average Rating	7.33
Average Weight	2.91

Num Owned	1384
Prev. Owned	59
For Trade	30
Want in Trade	65

Wishlist	129
Comments	199
Year Published	1998

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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=824&zoekcri...	2012-03-11
Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/824.pdf	2012-03-11
Implementation of Ursuppe (Primordial Soup) in Java	http://ursuppe.web.fc2.com/ursuppe/	2011-05-05
German review on spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=2029	2011-01-31
Finnish review of Primordial Soup at Lautapeliopas	http://www.lautapeliopas.fi/peliarvostelut/primord...	2010-10-17
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/u.html#urs...	2010-06-13
English Review on RPG.net	http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10083.phtml	2010-05-13
English Review on RPG.net	http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_2805.h...	2010-05-13
English Review on RPG.net	http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_1689.h...	2010-05-13
German review at fairspielt.de	http://www.fairspielt.de/Spiele/ursuppe.php	2009-07-17