Evolution: The Beginning

Evolve your species with traits like horns, flight and a long neck to survive scarce food and predators.

Designer: Dominic Crapuchettes
Published by: Gameland 游戏大陆
Editions by: North Star Games, LLC, Schmidt Spiele, TWOPLUS Games, Rightgames RBG SIA

Evolution, boiled down to a fast, stand-alone card game. In Evolution: The Beginning, you adapt your species to survive in an ecosystem where food is scarce and predators roam. Traits like Flight and Horns protect against Carnivores, while a Long Neck lets your species reach food others cannot. With hundreds of ways to evolve, no two games unfold the same way. It borrows ideas from the rest of the Evolution line but is its own game, not compatible with the other boxes, and it plays in about half an hour. Gentler than its siblings, but surprisingly sharp as a two-player duel.

Hundreds of trait combinationsPredators, food and defensesStand-alone, not compatible with others

Who it's for

You want an animal-evolution card game that plays fast, and you are happy to play it as a duel.

Not for you if…

You want to expand an existing Evolution collection, since this is not compatible with the other games.

Vibe's take

Light and quick with a satisfying logic of traits and counters. At two players it turns into a surprisingly sharp little arms race.