Origins: How We Became Human (2007)

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Designer	Phil Eklund
Artist	Phil Eklund Tobias Naesborg
Publisher	Sierra Madre Games
Year Published	2007
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (21 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	180 minutes
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User Suggested Ages	14 and up (4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (5 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Strategy Games (8 voters) [vote]
Category	Civilization Prehistoric
Mechanic	Auction/Bidding Card Drafting Point to Point Movement
Expansion	Animal Farm Origins: The Age of Reason
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Primary Name	Origins: How We Became Human
Alternate Names	Origins: Die Entstehung der Menschheit
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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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Components:

2 Mapboards
5 Demographies (player mats)
120 Units (markers in 5 colors)
102 Era Cards (divided into Eras I, II and III on the back)
5 Brain map cards (Era advancement on the back)
3 Climate Cards (double-sided)
One six-sided die

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14	Origins: How We Became Human Play Example B Part 4 of Instructions on How To Play Origins: How We Became Human	English	Hello Gregor	19
8	Origins: How We Became Human Play Example A Part 3 Of Instructions For Play	English	Hello Gregor	8
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0	Strategy Era I	2012-02-14	Steve Carey	0
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1	Rules Disease and Cultural Diffusion	2012-02-13	Steve Carey	1
2	General Any copies for sale in the uk?	2012-02-02	bluekingzog	10
1	Rules Trade question	2011-12-29	Membrillo	1
0	Rules last slave unit removed from map & other questions	2011-11-26	Bobobob598	1
2	Rules Double Slavery	2011-11-02	malletman	1
9	News It Wasn't Just Neanderthals: Ancient Humans Had Sex with Other Hominids	2011-09-09	David Ells	9
1	Rules unsupressing catastrophes in solitaire play	2011-08-21	Phytoman	3
4	Rules Population Increase from metropolises	2011-07-28	cparrott	3

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Origins Player Aids in Italian language

Italian translation of Player Aids sheet for Origins game.

calvinus

2012-02-12

Origins: How We Became Human(Rules in Korean)

Rules in Korean. If there is something wrong, please send a geekmail to me, not email. As I play this game, it may and must be updated :)

Morign

2010-11-10

Terrain cards 3

These should print out as cards with the enter/inhabit rules for every terrain type, grouped so there is one card for each possible combination (8 in all).. The climate doesn't change that often, and it's handy to have the current set on one card for easy reference. The 3 files together cover every combination possible.

hposner

2010-03-06

Terrain cards 2

These should print out as cards with the enter/inabit rules for every terrain type, grouped so there is one card for each possible combination (8 in all).. The climate doesn't change that often, and it's handy to have the current set on one card for easy reference. The 3 files together cover every combination possible.

hposner

2010-03-06

Terrain cards 1

hposner

2010-03-06

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

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Strategy Game Rank:	561
Num Ratings:	348
Average Rating:	6.74
Standard Deviation:	1.88
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