Bärenpark

About this board game

Bärenpark is a tile-laying board game for 2–4 players, with games lasting about 45 minutes. Each player designs and expands a bear park, aiming to create an attractive destination while using every square meter of available land.

Build your park by combining polyomino tiles on a grid. Your choices shape the growing layout, from animal enclosures to places where visitors can eat during their tour. You may want another polar bear enclosure, a koala house, or a different combination of attractions and facilities.

• Construct animal houses and outdoor areas
• Add places for visitors to eat
• Complete construction to score points
• Cover icons to gain new tiles and park sections
• Use your land carefully as your park expands

Covering icons is an important part of development, providing access to new tiles and additional park sections. The sooner you build, the better, so planning your layout and timing your construction can help you make the most of the space available.

Bärenpark features a playful world of bears and their varied subspecies, while also making room for koalas—even though koalas are not actually bears. As the parks grow, players compete to make the most beautiful and efficiently arranged park.

The game ends as soon as one player has finished expanding their park. Players then tally points from their animal houses, outdoor areas, completed construction, and other scored features to determine who has built the most successful bear park.