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Der Heidelbär

Wald und Wiesen Edition

The bear has gone to hide in woods and meadows and appears in the guise of indigenous animals of those habitats, having given his own spectacular performance in Der Heidelbär. But the bear had fun and now he is looking in woods and meadows for kindred spirits in Deer, Boar and Cows, which are hiding in definitions and descriptions like he did and which now must describe as neatly and accurately as we can. If you as active player must try as best as you can to describe the term in a way that any of the other players guesses it correctly.

Cards with four terms each are stacked face-down, each player takes three cards in hand. The active player is told „upper“ or „lower“ and chooses a term accordingly from the upper or lower part of the card and puts the card face-down on the table. Then he describes the term with a sentence of 6 words, the first two of which must be “This Deer” or “This Cow” or “This Boar”. Loan words are allowed, but you cannot use translations or identical word roots. When the term is guessed you keep the card and win with most cards at the end.

So now you can explain for DEER life and try to communicate BOARding Pass or COWardice!

And if you happen to mention a company making tractors, that is fine, too, and you can also have someone using a flat piece of wood in the snow or turn up the cowl of his sweater or use a zeppelin. The whole thing is 100% language-dependent and hilariously funny, you can even fill the blank cards with words of you own. The greatest challenge is using only four words to explain things, and unfortunately COWboy would be forbidden!

Players: 3-6

Age: 10+

Time: 15+

Designer: Frank Stark

Art: Heiko Eller, Marina Fahrenbach, Helena Görres, Julia Schmidt

Price: ca. 9 Euro

Publisher: Heidelberger Spieleverlag 2013

Web: www.heidelbaer.de

Genre: Definition and communication game

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: yes

Comments:

Clever topic

Plays fast

Well-known mechanism nicely implemented

Nice travel game

Compares to:

Der Heidelbär, Der Heidelbär Wilde Wasser and other games on definitions

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 0

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 2

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0