Genotype Review - The Peas Are Yours To Raise As You Will
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- Опубликовано: 29 июл 2024
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Gregor Mendel is the 19th Century Augustinian Friar credited with the discovery of modern genetics. In Genotype, you play as his assistants, competing to collect experimental data on pea plants by trying to control how the plants inherit key Traits from their parents: seed shape, flower color, stem color, and plant height. The observable Traits of a Pea Plant (its Phenotype) are determined by its genetic makeup (its Genotype). The relationship between Genotype and Phenotype and the nature of genetic inheritance are at the heart of Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game.
During the game, players get Pea Plant Cards which show a set of Phenotype Traits they hope to produce and collect (such as pink flowers and tall height) in order to score points. Each round, Dice are rolled to represent Plant breeding, which may result in the Traits players are looking for. After the Dice Roll, players take turns drafting Dice towards completing their Pea Plant Cards or advancing their Research. The Traits produced during the Dice Roll come through the science of Punnett Squares, which show how the parent genes combine, one from each parent plant. By changing the genes of these parent plants, players can influence the likelihood of rolling the Traits they need. The completion of Pea Plant Cards via the Dice Draft is the main way players score points.
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TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Overview
0:13:25 - Ease of Play
0:14:35 - Player Count
0:14:55 - What I Like
0:18:03 - What I Don't Like
0:20:51 - What I Can See Others Not Liking
0:22:05 - Final Thoughts
0:23:53 - Recommendations
5.0 - My absolutely favorite games. You can pry them out of my cold dead hands.
4.5 - Love this game! At the same time missing something that would make it a 5. Could be hard to table, lacking variability, a little light, etc.
4.0 - Really great game, almost always keeping, although has meaningful complaints as to what takes away from the experience.
3.5 - Really enjoyed, don't love it, may lose out to better games but the idea of never playing again is a bit sad.
3.0 - A good game, would play and suggest with the right people, if I never played it again wouldn't lose any sleep.
2.5 - A game I'd play again , but will never suggest it myself
2.0 - A game I don't want to play again
1.5 - A game I can't find any reason to recommend
1.0 - A game that is just bad.
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This game is brilliant. I agree that some of the abilities can lose their luster because you can't use them with the same return...but it can make a difference in games.
This game is amazing! That dice placement and what it represents in regards of random gene sequence has me blown away!
Solid game, much to learn about pea plants, monks and genetics :)
Excellent review. I enjoy this one. Mainly play it solo and at 2
Happy to see you finally review this, I've only played it once solo so far but it was pretty fun, which is more than I can say for a bunch of other things I tried solo.
It's a solid game for sure, a little less captured by it but certainly enjoyed it.
I love this game. It's held a strong place in my collection from the start. I've only played 3-player a few times, all the rest of my 20+ games have been solo. I find grabbing upgrades to be something I benefit from throughout. Only maybe in the 5th round do I pass to hold on to coins if I can grab one more research goal, but if not, it's always good to have more die slots if nothing else. Something I learned over multiple plays. It's a solid game, imo, 9 out of 10
I broke this out today as it’s been a minute since I’ve played this. Solid review and very spot on.
Ty for this video
The market felt badly designed because the last player can buy stuff cheap, while the first player in a 4-5 player game has to pass most of the times because the assistants and extra shovels are too expensive.
Because you roll the dice after you plant your seeds, you cannot prepare for the round but only hope the roll will be in your favor. If it's not, there's nothing you can do. Tough luck.
You finished this game in under an hour? It always took us at least 100 minutes.
BTW, you should definitely try Periodic from Genius Games. It is more sterile-looking, but miles better than Genotype.
Watched a gameplay a while ago (so my judgement will be based only on that), mostly because I was attracted by the unconventional, scientific theme. I wanted to like it so bad, and the ability to manipulate genotypes and fenotypes (and therefore the odds with dice) is actually interesting, but even if there are only 5 rounds, I felt the game got repetitive too soon.
Rather than by the alea in throwing dices, I was annoyed by some CLEARLY unbalanced assistants and the fact that you can access them only based on the turn order.
Loved the unique subject and the elegant art, but gameplay-wise did not meet by expectations.
Nevertheless, great review! You made the game easily understandable even to people without no scientific background at all! 👍👨🔬
Fun fact: Mendel faked his data.