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Taking Food from Bears

Taking Food from Bears

Ockham's Razor Games
3–415–40 min10+ yrs1.0/5 complexity7.0 BGGFamily
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In Taking Food From Bears, each player takes the role of a hiker trying to take food from a bear At the beginning of the game, each player receives a set of seven cards, with numbers from 1 to 5, 1 whistle, and 1 bear trap.

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In Taking Food From Bears, each player takes the role of a hiker trying to take food from a bear

At the beginning of the game, each player receives a set of seven cards, with numbers from 1 to 5, 1 whistle, and 1 bear trap. The Bear cards have values 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15. In a round, players attempt to steal from the target bear by playing his cards in sequence. The first player secretly looks at the target bear (the top bear card) and plays one of his number cards face up. If he plays a "3" card, it means that the player intends to steal 3 food from the target bear. Next players have two options: 1) look at the bear card just as the first player did and play a number card face up; or 2) play a number/whistle/bear card face down, take a multiplier (x2) card from the pool, and put the multiplier card on his face down number card.

After all the players played their cards, the Bear card is revealed. Beginning from the player who played the lowest card, add up the value of the number tokens. Suppose that the Bear is "9" and Josh played "3", Becky "5", Lupita "2", and Samuel "3" with "x2" multiplier on it, Lupita (2), Josh (3), and Samuel (3) are entitled to receive 2, 3, and 6 (3x2) food respectively. However, Becky will receive a wound (worth -2 food at the end of the game), since she fought the bear and lost. 9 is bigger than 2+3+3 but it is smaller than 2+3+3+5. Becky triggered the Bear's wrath. Playing the Whistle card will startle the Bear and trigger each other player to be wounded, but the player playing the Whistle card will receive no food this round. Playing the Trap card will keep the player safe against being wounded, but the player playing the card will receive no food this round. The player that received the most amount of food the last round, going clockwise from the starting player, starts the next round.

Play continues in this manner for a specified number of rounds,or until all the food is depleted, or until one player receives 5 wounds. The player with the most food at the game end is the winner.

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.0 / 5
BGG rating7.0 / 10
Vibe
Family
Play time
15–40 min
Players
3–4
Recommended age
10+ yrs

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Taking Food from Bears is a animals game, for 3–4 players, taking ~15–40 minutes, featuring player elimination. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Taking Food from Bears — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Taking Food from Bears support?
Taking Food from Bears is played by 3–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Taking Food from Bears take?
A game of Taking Food from Bears takes about 15–40 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Taking Food from Bears for?
Taking Food from Bears is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Taking Food from Bears?
Taking Food from Bears has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.0 out of 5.
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