Deutsch
DE
English
EN
Français
FR
Español
ES
Italiano
IT
Polski
PL
Português
PT
|
|
|
|
2-4
30'
10
|
Bear Necessities is a strategic card game where you build a unique village over 12 rounds. Each turn you choose two cards and place them in your grid: the right position triggers chain effects that multiply points. Combine tactics, planning, and hand management to win. Perfect for 2-4 players ages 10+.
Do you want to sell your copy of this game?
Description
Bear Necessities is a welcoming and strategic card game by Johan Benvenuto and Gricha German, illustrated by Kerri Aitken. Over 12 rounds you draw cards from a deck of Bears, animals, plants, buildings and everyday objects and carefully place them in your village: the right position transforms a single card into many points, and the highest scores come from the most clever placements.
Each round all players secretly choose two cards from their hand: one is placed in their own village, the other set aside face down in reserve. When you place a card, its effect activates and all adjacent cards horizontally and vertically also activate in a chain.
After scoring, remaining cards in hand pass to the player on your left; in the next round you combine them with the one held in reserve. After the fourth and eighth rounds hands are emptied and everyone chooses whether to keep the card in reserve by drawing four new ones, or discard it and draw five.
Over 12 rounds each player completes a village of 12 cards in a 4×3 grid: careful placement can transform a single card into a rain of points. The player with the most Victory Points wins.
Contents: 96 cards, 100 Victory Point tokens, 20 wooden bees, rulebook.
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Draft chiuso Hand Management Simultaneous Action Selection |
| Categories: | Animals Card Games City Building |
| Alternative names: | |
| BARCODE: | 0806149660194 |
| In 1 wishlist This was seen 815 times | |
Description
Bear Necessities is a welcoming and strategic card game by Johan Benvenuto and Gricha German, illustrated by Kerri Aitken. Over 12 rounds you draw cards from a deck of Bears, animals, plants, buildings and everyday objects and carefully place them in your village: the right position transforms a single card into many points, and the highest scores come from the most clever placements.
Each round all players secretly choose two cards from their hand: one is placed in their own village, the other set aside face down in reserve. When you place a card, its effect activates and all adjacent cards horizontally and vertically also activate in a chain.
After scoring, remaining cards in hand pass to the player on your left; in the next round you combine them with the one held in reserve. After the fourth and eighth rounds hands are emptied and everyone chooses whether to keep the card in reserve by drawing four new ones, or discard it and draw five.
Over 12 rounds each player completes a village of 12 cards in a 4×3 grid: careful placement can transform a single card into a rain of points. The player with the most Victory Points wins.
Contents: 96 cards, 100 Victory Point tokens, 20 wooden bees, rulebook.
Additional information
| Mechanics: | Draft chiuso Hand Management Simultaneous Action Selection |
| Categories: | Animals Card Games City Building |
| Alternative names: | |
| BARCODE: | 0806149660194 |
| In 1 wishlist This was seen 815 times | |
Other versions
uplay user ratings: No uplay reviews yet. Be the first!
A selection of reviews rated 8 or higher. BoardGameGeek. BGG ratings are not included in the uplay average.
Excellent game light/medium weight game. One could argue and say 'light' but its highly strategic. Extremely replaceable, strength of cards varies enormously on if or when you them in the game. Catch-up mechanic with bees and hives works very well. I can see this becoming a hit @ Essen next week.
Very nice card drafting and tableau building game. It plays fast, has interesting decisions and a nice bit of player interaction.
Comments are moderated before publication: no links, insults or unrelated content. Respectful negative opinions are welcome.
Sign in to review
CAUTION! Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. It contains small parts which could be swallowed or inhaled.
