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	Board Game Entry

Origins: How We Became Human (2007)

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Designed By	Phil Eklund
Art By	Tobias Naesborg Phil Eklund
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 (13 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	Origins: The Age of Reason
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	Description Edit \| History

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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5	Rules Ransacking via Cultural Diffusion	2009-12-07	sdiberar	9
1	Rules Siege defense from Elections	2009-12-06	Zerosum	1
5	Rules Guest Worker can exceed Elder limit?	2009-12-05	Zerosum	8
6	Variants Era 2 starting variant & set-up	2009-10-25	David Ells	1
16	Sessions Homo Floreniensis survives against the odds!	2009-10-21	caradoc	9
3	Rules Elders at Game Start - What am I missing?	2009-10-07	ggambill	7
7	Rules era 1 to era 2 (chaos?)	2009-10-01	rodolf	10
3	Rules Beseiging in the desert	2009-09-30	morganknight	5
3	Rules Failed animal-domestication attempts / extinction thoughts	2009-09-26	David Ells	3
3	Strategy Energy Level (Bound) 2, or how to best get there	2009-09-23	David Ells	5

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Through the Ages: A Story of Civilization	Glory to Rome	Rocket Flight	Das Regeln Wir Schon
Safe Return Doubtful	Celtic Quest	History of the Roman Empire	Khronos
Siena	Canal Mania	Before the Wind

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Extinction counters

Extinction counters for marking the game board animal illustrations.

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2008-09-14

Terrain Game Aid

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2008-07-16

Japanese translated Rule

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

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2008-02-03

ORIGINS - How we became human

Traducción al español de la versión 1.7 de las reglas

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2008-01-27

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2007-12-17

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

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2007-12-13

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Board Game Rank:	1250
Num Ratings:	226
Average Rating:	6.67
Standard Deviation:	1.93
Num Views:	33992
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight:	3.6
Fans:	8

Personal Comments:	141
Users Owning:	356
Users Wanting:	93
Users Trading:	14 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	0
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	388
Plays This Month:	2

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Origins: The Age of Reason

Rank	0
Num Ratings	24
Average Rating	7.79
Average Weight	2.67

Owned	158
Prev. Owned	4
For Trade	4
Wanted in Trade	16

Wishlist	24
Comments	19
Year Pub.	2008

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

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