Bios Mega Fauna

Origins How we became Human

Vassal Module:

Rules:

SETUP and Play suggestions READ THIS CLOSELY!

• To start a new game: File: Setup Games: New game of Bios (or Origins)...
• Follow steps for joining side, choosing map, etc.
• -> ->Once the main board is loaded, ALWAYS click Green SETUP Bios Megafauna Button. (ALWAYS. YOU CAN SELECT "MANUAL".) <- <-
• And choose automatic or manual setup. (This is a one time choice to configure the automatic setup routine.) If you don't want to setup the game automatically, choose manual and it will disable the other auto setup functions.
• { If you don't run the automatic setup, an accidental press of the * or Setup buttons could cause unexpected behaviors }
• When Setting up BIOS MEGAFAUNA Automatically After automatically placing tiles & cards, homeland tiles will be placed only for players that are playing.
• BIOS MEGAFAUNA Greenhouse Right click green house marker to change the green house level or use the up/down buttons.
• When Setting up BIOS Origins Automatically there is one additional step. Herbivores are placed into climax point that may later receive a Biome. The scripting is not able to determine if the biomes are compatible. Herbivores will be behind biome tiles but offset so players can see the placement. If herbivores are incompatible, they'll need to be removed manually to the discard pile before beginning the game.
• When moving to BIOS Origins on the Bios Origins map the Starting cubes are placed in the metallurgy location.
• Origins PreferencesBefore starting a game of origins, please review preferences pane in the Player Aid/Preferences tab. Settings in this tab will modify how the game responds

Compatibility

• This module is compatible with Vassal Version 3.2.11 or later.
• Games saved with Bios module v 3.20 or Origins 1.20 or later will be compatible with the current version.

Updates History:

• Bios v3.21 and 1.21 6/8/14 Lots of Updates fixes and restructures
  Fixed major error 3.20 in the order of setup, and so that saved games re-setup the game again.
  Changed starting preference for displaying count of public cards to start “off”
  Added new brain map cards for Bios-Origins for Dino and Mammals from Bios.
  Fixed Bios Origins Setup so that Marine Tropical Predators are discarded during setup
  Added an alert to check herbivore Placement in Bios-Origins
  Included a PDF of current rulesets in the Bios folder
  Added Fleshed-Out map overlays, and turn sequence, and player aids as an optional setup.
• Bios v3.20 and 1.20 6/8/14 Lots of Updates fixes and restructures
  Updated the Setup Script to only run on first launch (new process)
  Increased size of labels for victory stacks and position so they can be read easier
  Increased size of DNA Labels
  Fixed setup script for orogeny to only be in Eastern zones.
  Rebuild the -Return to player board- command for dino-meeples
  Setup step to add meeples and home tiles to board (Off set)
  fix tertiary setup=14, fix removal of cards in 191 and 192; fix 191/2 gene removal and duplication
  Added “remove all Rift Disks” command to the rift disks in Bios-Origins
  Recreate Pre-setup games - as an auto setup- not saved! Bios 19.1 Solitaire, Origins Short Age of Faith; Origins Solitaire
  Improved Bios Setups to fix Orogeny Placement bug
  Added Help files for the above scenarios
• Bios v3.9 and 1.11 2/13/14 Fixed VP table where white elders are added to purple total.
• Bios v3.9 and 1.10 2/4/14 Added optional rule to not count public cards. Added Origins Cards player aid reference. Fixed issue with a few public cards not being counted.
• Bios v3.9 and 1.9 1/29/14 Added a DNA note for each class of meeple to track DNA. Fixed the green house buttons for up/down. Improved Player Aid for Bios.
• Bios v3.8 and 1.8 1/17/14 adds a number of Fixes improvements. -Origins: Improved VP scoring calculator that adds both Population and Innovation tracks -Origins: Improved VP table with a cube to mark which brain map card you currently have. -Origins: Improved the player hand to have a ‘deck’ for discards and shuffling, and more space for hand cards. -Origins: Added a fallout disk to add to climate board. (So you can track city destruction.) -Bios: I made a few changes, but I don’t recall what those changes were now. -A few other bug fixes to both sides for various glitches and extra/missing cubes.
• Bios v3.6 and 1.7 1/11/14 adds a number of Fixes improvements. -Improved Origin Player mats adding more space for hand cards, -Added a 'deck' instead of a discard pile on player boards, so you can always see the top card. -Added a 'random draw pile'. When performing an espionage, move all the player's cards to the draw deck, then choose one. NOTE* Only that player should move cards back to their hand. -Started improving the 'Bios' green house buttons. Doesn't work yet though. -Included a few other fixes like a missing cube on the technology track, and an extra red cube in maritime.
• Bios v3.3 and 1.1 12/11/13 Many changes took place between 2.9 and 3.3... The largest changes include automatic setup routine, new tile and dino-meeple images, card counters for Bios and Origins. A new 'original' Origins map. Some automatic VP calculations for Bios. Changed Origins turn tracker to Player 1, 2, 3... instead of colors so players can use a different order. Improved movement trails and return to (where-ever) commands to move meeples, genes, cards, and tiles to places that make more sense. Added a manual victory point calculater for Origins and Bios Origins.
• Next steps: There are a few more things that I'd like to address with the module in the future. 1. Buttons for the Green house level. 2. Remove development coding not needed for game play. 3. Figure out a better way to manage Origins Player hands.
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• Bios v2.9 .14 (11/2) Added names to all cards tiles in Bios and Origins instead of just numbers. Added movement trail button to player boards. Added a Origins map without Bios Components. Changed Tarpit to have an automatic counter. Updating image files for Bios Tiles.
• Bios v2.8 (11/2) Updated Bios VP board so that genotype cards put into fossil records now total up.
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• Bios v2.7 Fixed Bio/Immigrant tiles order so biomes are on top of the immigrants.
• Bios v2.6 Updated layers for rift disks in Origins. Fixed reporting for deleted items. Fixed keyboard shortcut for Bios boards. Fixed marker disk in pieces panel and homelands can be deleted now.
• Origins v.13 Added rift disks, and updated some reporting issues.
• Bios v2.5 Updated Help file; fixed reporting of tiles, genes, meeplesaurus, and cards. Added notes. Added zones to main map.
• Origins v.13 Removed notes from Origins (added to Bios). Added zones to main map. Notes prior to versions 2.5 and .13 will be lost when upgrading.
• v.12 Updated Help file; Added a domestication table to player aids.
• v.11 Updated turn tracker so players can turn off the turn sequence when tracking turns. (or parts of it.) Other fixes like mouse overs.
• v.10 Now has a short game setup and a solitaire setup. Added keyboard shortcuts. Fixes like fixing the size of the elder maps so cubes don't go flying to mysterious places.
• v.8 Updated help file. Renamed folder to be Bios-Origins_ext. Added this help file.