Bärenpark

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• Setup
  • • Place the supply board in the center of the table.
    • Stack the green areas on the designated spaces. See the table below for quantities.
    • Select the appropriate animal houses. See the table below for quantities. These are also printed on the supply board.
      • Stack the tiles on their designated spaces sorted from lowest (bottom) to highest (top).
    • Place the enclosures on the designated spaces -- always use all tiles, regardless of player count.
    • Lay out the bear statues next to the game board in numerical order. See the table below for which tiles to use based on player count.
    • Shuffle the 12 park areas without an entrance and place them in 2 piles of 6 tiles near the board. Only the top park area in each pile should be visible.
    • Give each player a random park area with an entrance. Each player should place it so the entrance is closest to themselves.
    • Choose a starting player.
      • The start player gets a toilet.
      • The 2nd player gets a playground.
      • The 3rd player gets a playground.
        • If it is a 3 player game, the 3rd player instead gets a food street.
      • The 4th player gets a food street.
    • If playing with achievements (expert variant):
      • Choose 3 of the 10 types of achievements.
      • Place the 3 tiles of each chosen type in separate piles with the highest value on the top of each pile and the lowest value on the bottom.
      • If playing with 2 players, remove the lowest value tile from each stack.

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    Toilets	10	10	10
    Playgrounds	10	10	10
    Food Streets	8	12	16
    Rivers	8	12	16
    Animal Houses	2, 4, 6	2, 3, 4, 5, 6	all
    Bear Statues	2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16	3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14	all

• Gameplay

  • Players continuously take turns until the game ends. The game ends when a player completes all of their 4 park areas, at which point each other player gets 1 more turn.

    Each turn consists of 3 steps.

  • 1. Place a Tile

    • You must place 1 (and only 1) tile from your supply in your park.

      • If you cannot place a tile, you must pass.
      • The tile must fit within the marked spaces in your park.
      • You cannot cover the pit.
      • The tile cannot hang over the edge of your park.
      • The tile cannot overlap another tile.
      • You may rotate or flip the tile as you wish.
      • The tile must be orthogonally adjacent to another previously placed tile.
        • The 1st tile placed may be placed anywhere.
  • 2. Evaluate Icons

    • Now, evaluate the icons you covered on that turn.

      • If you covered more than 1 icon, carry them out in any order.
      • There is no limit to the number of tiles you can have in your supply.
      • A player may only have a max of 4 park areas. If you cover your 4th construction crew, you do not take another park area.

      Green Wheelbarrow

      Take a green area of your choice (toilet, playground, food street, or river). If a pile runs out, you cannot take any more of that tile.

      White Cement Truck

      Take the top animal house from a pile of your choice (polar bears, gobi bears, koalas, or pandas). Alternatively, you may take a green area of your choice instead.

      Orange Excavator

      Take an enclosure of your choice. Alternatively, you may take a green area or animal house of your choice instead.

      Construction Crew

      Take the top park area from 1 of the 2 piles. If 1 pile is empty, you must take the top of the available stack.

      Immediately add the new park area to your park using the following rules:

      • The new park area must be orthogonally adjacent to another park area and the edges must fully align.
      • All icons in the park area must be in the correct alignment. i.e. right side up.
      • You may not place the board below the entrance. i.e. it may not be closer to you than the entrance to your park.
  • 3. Place a Bear Statue

    • If you have completed a park area (covered all spaces except the pit), take the bear statue with the highest value and place it on the pit of the just completed park area.

      If you complete more than 1 park area on the same turn, repeat this for each area.

  • 4. Claim an Achievement (expert variant)

    • If you meet the requirements of 1 or more achievements, claim the top tile from said pile.

      • You can only ever claim 1 tile from each pile.
  • Passing
    • • If you cannot place any tiles from your supply during the place tile phase, you must pass.
      • Take a free green area of your choice (toilet, playground, food street, or river).
        • Your turn ends immediately after taking your free green tile.
        • You can only place the free tile on your next turn!
      • You may not pass if you can place a tile.
• Game End and Scoring

  • The game ends after a player has completed all 4 of their park areas and each other player has had 1 more turn.

    Add up all all the values of the tiles in your park. If playing with achievements (expert variant), add those points to your total. The player with the most points wins.

    In case of a tie:

    1. Tied players count up the number of points on tiles in their supply (not placed) and the player with the highest total wins.
    2. If still tied, the players share the victory.
• Achievements

  • Polar Bears

    (values: 8, 5, 2) There are 3 tiles with polar bears in your park. They don't need to be adjacent to 1 another.

    Koalas

    (values: 8, 5, 2) There are 3 tiles with koalas in your park. They don't need to be adjacent to 1 another.

    Green Areas

    (values: 9, 6, 3) There is a cluster of 6 green areas in your park (toilet, playground, food street, or river). Each tile must be orthogonally adjacent to each other.

    Long River

    (values: 10, 7, 4) There are 3 river tiles in your park forming an uninterrupted watercourse across these tiles.

    Animal Houses

    (values: 8, 5, 2) There is at least 1 each of the 4 different shapes of animal houses in your park. They do not need to be adjacent to 1 another.

    Gobi Bears

    (values: 8, 5, 2) There are 3 tiles with gobi bears in your park. They don't need to be adjacent to 1 another.

    Pandas

    (values: 8, 5, 2) There are 3 tiles with pandas in your park. They don't need to be adjacent to 1 another.

    Long Food Street

    (values: 9, 6, 3) There is a (horizontal or vertical) line of 3 contiguous food streets in your park.

    Enclosures

    (values: 9, 6, 3) All 3 enclosures in your park form a cluster. Each enclosure is orthogonally adjacent to at least 1 other enclosure.

    Twice is Nice

    (values: 10, 7, 4) You have placed 2 (or more) bear statues in a single turn.

• Pit Variant

  • On your last turn in the game, you may ignore the pits and cover them with tiles. You do not get a bear statue for a completed park area where the pit was covered by a tile in this fashion.

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