Genotype：メンデル遺伝学ゲーム｜2022年MENSA Select賞受賞｜Dice Tower Seal of Approval｜戦略ボードゲーム

The Punnett square mechanic actually makes you think about inheritance ratios instead of just rolling dice, which I didn't expect from a board game. Taught it to my kids in about ten minutes and they were arguing over dominant and recessive traits like real geneticists. The MENSA award on the box is

I picked this up because the pea plant theme sounded cute, and the Punnett square puzzle turned out to be way more thinky than I expected. First game took us about an hour with the rulebook open, but the second playthrough flowed. My biology-loving teenager crushed me.

The dice and Punnett-square mechanics make the genetics actually click—I’ve taught it to two friends who’d never heard of Mendel and they both asked for another round right after. The pea-plant theme is woven in so well that it never feels like a dry science lesson, and the MENSA award makes sense o