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Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game | 2023 MENSA Recommended Game | Dice Tower Seal of Approval | Strategy Board Game

Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game | 2023 MENSA Recommended Game | Dice Tower - Main image
$41.39 $59.99 In stock

Category: Board Game

Cellulose is a 2023 Mensa Recommended Game and recipient of The Dice Tower Seal of Approval. This Strategy Game is about Photosynthesis, DNA & Biochemistry.

Type of Game: worker placement, resource management, set collection

Ages: 14+  Players: 1 - 5  Time: 60 - 90 min

Science Concepts: plant cell biology, nucleus, cytoplasm, chlorophyll, chloroplast, photosynthesis, plasma membrane, cellular respiration, cell wall, ribosomes, smooth ER, rough ER, golgi apparatus, mitochondria, cell membrane, xylem, stomata, central vacuole

Description: Cellulose: A Plant Cell Biology Game is a worker placement game that puts 1-5 players inside a plant cell, where they compete over limited resources to undergo photosynthesis, produce carbohydrates, and build the cell wall to score points. 

With everyone vying for the same actions, players must carefully time their use of proteins, hormones, and cell component cards to diversity their strategies and outplay the competition!

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Customer Reviews (4.6 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Harper H. ★★★★★

I didn't expect a game about photosynthesis to be this tense, but the resource management keeps every turn feeling tight. The biochemistry theme is woven into the mechanics well enough that my group actually learned something while competing for light and water.

Samuel A. ★★★★★

My biology teacher friend and I played this three times in one afternoon—the photosynthesis and DNA mechanics actually made me feel like I was running a plant cell, not just moving pawns. The resource management gets genuinely tense once you’re competing for the same enzymes. Even my non-science par

Scarlett ★★★★★

The worker placement mechanics here are surprisingly tense for a biology theme—you’re constantly fighting over the best enzyme actions. My group has played it four times in two weeks, and the way photosynthesis and DNA building tie into your strategy really makes you think.