2006 · Educational
Gene Pool
Join the fight against rare genetic diseases by becoming a DNA engineer in the fast-paced mind-bending card game Gene Pool! Use strategy and spatial thinking to mutate, invert, delete and insert your way to success! How do you play? You compete against your opponent to repair important genes of various length and difficulty with gene therapy. Make these repairs by modifying and rearranging a common DNA sequence with the cards you have in hand. Your current genetic research goals are private and are revealed only when they can be found within the DNA sequence. Continue repairing genes until one player completes enough research to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine — and the game!
- Players
- 2
- Playing time
- 15–30 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 1.6 / 5
About the game
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from 1 Ludoya review
Tom5.2 Gene Pool is an insignificant looking game, and you might overlook it when scanning my bookcases that are crammed with piles of large, colorful games. But it's a game that promotes science - specifically genetics - and is easily portable, sets up and is explained quickly, and rather fun for the short time it takes up.
Free, on web, Android and iOS
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