Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game

About this board game

Cytosis: A Cell Biology Board Game is a worker placement game for 2–5 players, with a play time of about 90 minutes, set inside a human cell.

Players begin with a number of workers and take turns placing one worker at an available location within the cell. These locations offer different opportunities: some provide essential resources, while others allow players to take actions such as converting resources or collecting cards.

Careful use of those opportunities is central to building the cell’s biological products. Resources can be used to create enzymes, hormones, and receptors, with each of these contributing to a player’s Health Points.

• Place workers at available locations inside a human cell.
• Collect resources such as mRNA and ATP.
• Use actions to convert resources or collect cards.
• Build enzymes, hormones, and receptors for Health Points.

Cytosis turns cell biology into a focused worker placement experience. Every placement helps shape a player’s access to resources or actions, while the products they build determine their score.

At the end of the game, the player with the most Health Points wins. With its human-cell setting and clear connection between gathering resources and constructing biological products, Cytosis offers a distinctive way to explore a cell-building theme through board game mechanisms.