Beschrijving
In the Footsteps of Darwin
Twenty years after his expedition around the world, Charles Darwin is writing On the Origins of Species. He wants to gather new information about animal life, particularly about continents he hardly explored. In In the Footsteps of Darwin, players are junior naturalists, eager for discovery, who have just arrived aboard the Beagle to help Charles Darwin finish his most famous work.
Gameplay
During this journey, you will study animals, carry out cartographic surveys, publish your findings, and develop theories. Starting with the naturalist controlling the Darwin token, naturalists take turns in clockwise order, performing these two steps in order:
- Study an animal or take inspiration from a character. You choose one of the three tiles facing the Beagle and place it onto your naturalist’s notebook. It may be either an animal to study or a character from the Beagle’s previous journey who will inspire you. Gain the bonuses depicted or any additional scoring bonuses triggered by the tile’s placement.
- Voyage of the Beagle. After placing a tile on your notebook, move the Beagle as many spaces forward as the distance between the Beagle and the tile you just selected (1-3 spaces). Then you draw a new tile to replace the empty space on the journey board.
Your goal is to score more points than your opponents to determine who contributed the most to On the Origin of Species.
Summarised
Players will end up being pleasantly surprised by In the Footsteps of Darwin, not only due to its production quality but also by the snappiness of the gameplay and education value. It’s just a very solid game that you can teach incredibly quickly, and the rules overhead is minimal.
