Who doesn’t like bears? Unless you’re a jar of honey, a running salmon or Hugh Glass, bears are awesome. To think otherwise is to admit to being an unfeeling monster.
To satisfy those ursine cravings, here’s a selection of games featuring bears. Bear in mind though – the games on this list are bear-heavy, full of high octane bear action. That means games which happen to feature a bear on the cover (e.g. Parks) or as a character’s companion (e.g. Scythe) are not included in this selection of picnic basket raiders. And since we doubt there will be a game about “cocaine bear“, that one also won’t be making an appearance. Enjoy!
Bärenpark
Use polyomino tiles to construct the best park for bears! Buy the expansion if you want things to get a little grizzly!
Bears!
Rapidly roll dice to reveal interactions between campers and bears – will they shoot at the bears, run away from the bears or sleep through any bear visitations?
Ecosystem
Draft cards to build your own ecosystem, making sure to place bears next to bees and trout to get maximum bear points!
Vivarium
A new life awaits eight animal species as they try to settle—and survive—in an unpredictable environment. Play as Aligators, Hippos, Tigers, Snakes, or Bears!
Ice Team
Race teams of (seriously cute) polar bears across the melting ice whilst collecting fish to ensure victory!
Bears vs Babies
Takenoko
Grow bamboo in patterns in the ornamental garden for the giant panda to eat. Add the expansion for baby pandas!
Bear Valley
Hikers walking along Bear River hope to stay on the trail, manage the wilderness around them, and, most of all, avoid the bears!
Rescue Polar Bears: Data & Temperature
Work together to collect data and save ridiculously cute polar bear families from rising temperatures!
Cascadia
Place tiles and animal tokens to build the Pacific Northwest, ensuring that your bears are grouped with other bears to score points.
Fight a Bear!!!
The game Munchkin wanted to be! Arm yourself with protective clothing and weapons to fight off a variety of pun-ishing bears.
TRAILS
A stand-alone game in the Parks series by Henry Audubon, Trails sees players hiking through park cards, collecting resources and taking photos. If they’re lucky, they’ll even encounter a bear! (Bonus: an actual Bear Meeple is included in the game.)
Stuffed Fables
Go on a dreamscape adventure to protect a little girl from nightmares. You’ll be playing as teddy bears, of course!
Castella
Players are the peaceful bees collecting honey in their beehives, trying to keep it away from the Greedy (and hungry) Bear.
BarBEARian Battlegrounds
Play as one of four bear factions vying to have the best part of the forest through worker placement and secret action mechanics.
Walt Disney’s Winnie the Pooh Game
A Candyland-style game where players draw cards to see what color space on the board they get to move to next. One of the first games I ever owned as a kid.
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