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Designed By	Phil Eklund
Art By
Published By	Sierra Madre Games
Year Published	2007
# of Players:	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players (12 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	0 and up
User Suggested Ages	14 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (4 voters) [poll]
Category	Civilization Prehistoric
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Card Drafting Point to Point Movement
Primary Name	Origins: How We Became Human
Alternate Names	Origins: Die Entstehung der Menschheit
Expanded By	Show Expansions » Origins: The Age of Reason
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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.

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Origins: The Age of Reason

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Like New	£25.00	3-May-2009
New	$39.95	22-Feb-2009
New	€44.99	22-Dec-2008

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Origins How We Became Human: Era IV, New	12d 11h 42m	$ 21.95
Origins - How We Became Human Evolution Game NEW	18d 7m	$ 59.95

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0	Rules slavery and infrastructure	2009-06-22	mwawra	2
0	General Any interest in a PBEM game?	2009-06-02	Sancherib	9
0	Variants BSG Variant	2009-03-21	HeavyGear	1
0	Rules Multi-Acculti?	2009-03-16	Dan R.	10
0	Rules Few rules questions	2009-02-06	MacTele	1
0	General Question regarding Through the Ages.	2009-01-24	Anarchosyn	5
36	Reviews Finally finished a game	2009-01-23	Kiboko Hippo	1
0	Rules Discards	2008-12-28	Nap16	2
2	General 'Hobbit' fossils represent a new species	2008-12-18	fusag	2
3	General Gamebox version 2.0 available	2008-11-13	Sancherib	1

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Extinction counters

Extinction counters for marking the game board animal illustrations.

promuso

2008-09-14

Terrain Game Aid

Terrain aid to show what infrastructure is required for each terrain in either climate.

taraba

2008-07-16

Japanese translated Rule

updated. Latest manual. http://www6.atwiki.jp/origins/

kondo

2008-02-03

ORIGINS - How we became human

Traducción al español de la versión 1.7 de las reglas

Salfuman

2008-01-27

Origins' Gamebox for Cyberboard

Origins' gamebox version 2.0 Additions: - Era IV deck - Solitaire scenario [the 2-5 players scenario was changed to accommodate the new deck]

Sancherib

2007-12-17

Origins Rules Word File, 12-13 update, with errata and optional rules.

Origins Rules Word File, 12-13 update, including (at the end) errata, expansion set rules, and optional rules.

phileklund

2007-12-13

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User Rank:	1282
Num Ratings:	187
Average Rating:	6.62
Standard Deviation:	1.99
Num Views:	26674
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Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	3.6
Fans:	4

Personal Comments:	122
Users Owning:	313
Users Wanting:	81
Users Trading:	10
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	0
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	306
Plays This Month:	3

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Origins: The Age of Reason

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	13
Average Rating	7.81
Average Weight	3.00

Owned	117
Prev. Owned	1
For Trade	4
Wanted in Trade	14

Wishlist	19
Comments	13
Year Pub.	2008

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Official Errata at the Sierra Madre Games site	http://sierramadregames.com/downloads/Origins_Erra...	2008-01-10
Summary sheet from Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/summary/origins.html	2008-03-02
Review from Rick Heli at Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/military/mnights/n-o.h...	2008-03-02
Official Errata at Sierra Madre -- 2008-04-29 version	http://www.sierra-madre-games.com/downloads/ORIGIN...	2008-06-27
Origins Living Rules	http://www.sierramadregames.com/downloads/ORIGINS-...	2008-09-01
"Animal Farm" - AMF/Origins Combined Game Rules (from Sierra Madre)	http://www.sierramadregames.com/downloads/Animal_F...	2008-09-01
Writeup on Illuminating Games	http://illuminatinggames.blogspot.com/2009/03/orig...	2009-03-30

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