February 2024 Vlog | Games played in January & February | Bits & Biology

Welcome to Bits & Biology, a channel about board games from the perspective of a biologist gamer. In this video I discuss the nature/biology games I played in January & February. I also present a top 10 games of January and February. Timestamps can be found below in case you want to skip around.
What games would you like to see on the channel? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
1:16 Top ten games from January & February
3:51 Introduction to January & February nature/biology-themed games
4:35 Trek 12: Himalaya
5:25 Tussie Mussie
6:38 Enchanted Plumes
8:55 Photosynthesis
9:59 Bärenpark
10:40 Canopy
12:48 On the Origin of Species
14:30 Waypoints
16:17 Keystone: North America
18:08 Birdwatcher
19:18 Caldera Park
20:46 Riverside
22:14 Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game
23:43 Trailblazer: The John Muir Trail
25:55 Wrap-Up
Bits & Biology Blog post:
January Games and Gaming Challenges
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[@JSkyF]

The waypoints play-along would be fun!

[@JSkyF]

I’d be interested in seeing Canopy, Waypoints, and Trailblazer!

[@bitsandbiology]

You have given me the idea to possibly do play-along videos for all of the Waypoints maps! Canopy and Trailblazer will be coming in the next month or two. Trailblazer is a bit of a table hog, so I'm going to have to figure out how to make it fit on the little table I use for filming, but I will make it work!

[@Julia-km8nh]

Just discovered and subscribed to your channel. I absolutely love the assignments-both for the educational aspect and the game mechanics-in the solo field journal of Keystone: North America. I’d like to see you play through Trailblazer and On the Origin of the Species. Curious if you’ve backed Trailblazer: The Arizona Trail and Canopy: Evergreen?

[@bitsandbiology]

Thanks! On the Origin of Species was actually the game that kicked off the channel on Darwin's birthday, February 12, with a solo playthrough. 🙂 I am planning to cover Trailblazer: The John Muir Trail, but I'm not sure when that will be. Hopefully in the next month or two.
I did not back Trailblazer: The Arizona Trail; I waffled on it, but ultimately decided to wait for it to come to retail. Canopy: Evergreen I learned about too late to back, unfortunately, so I will have to wait on that one as well.
Games I have backed (relevant to this channel) that I'm currently waiting on: Diatoms; Lands of the Mesozoic; Endeavor: Deep Sea; Botany; Perch; and Wild Gardens. I think Botany should be delivering soon, and possibly also Lands of the Mesozoic. The others should be delivering over the summer I think. 🙂

[@Julia-km8nh]

Thank you. I’ll find the video you did on On the Origin of Species and watch it in the near future. I’ll be on the lookout for your playthrough on Trailblazer: The John Muir Trail. I do not have it, but I did back Trailblazer: The Arizona Trail, and I understand there are some similarities. I backed it even though it will be my heaviest game ever because of (1) the flora and fauna, (2) the artwork, (3) the setting, which is where one of brothers lives.
I also backed Botany and am excited that it will be here in two more days.