Osprey Games Katmai: The Bears of Brooks River

Product Description

A dynamic two-player card game of competitive area control, careful planning, and very hungry bears. Every summer, dozens of ravenous brown bears descend upon the majestic Brooks River in the Katmai region of Alaska. Here they gorge themselves on its summer bounty of salmon that swim up the beautiful, glacial-fed rivers of the Alaskan wilderness. In Katmai, you will be playing bears to advantageous fishing spots along Brooks River in order to gain dominance, satisfy challenges and catch delicious salmon. As the fishing spots fill up, you will need to choose your bears carefully, triggering unique abilities that will allow you to take advantage of situations and outwit your hungry opponent. Katmai weaves together simple mechanics with rich decision making to create an experience that is contemplative, competitive, and tense. Winter approaches and the wilderness is yours. It's time to feast! Players: 2 Ages: 14+ Playing time: 30 minutes Contents: 24 playing cards, 15 objective cards, 7 river tiles, 24 bear meeples, 48 salmon tokens, wooden initiative token, rulebook

Review

An exciting tit-for-tat race. Katmai is a fast, fun game of lane-battling [and] offers a white-water ride of ups and downs that will elicit groans of frustration and yelps of delight. ― Senet Magazine As an Alaskan and as a gamer, Katmai does right by our big old buddies of Brooks River ― The Cardboard Herald A cool kind of twist on the nature theme. ― BoardGameGeek A game that looks really nice, really cute, excellent components. It's very good. ― Marco Omnigamer I love bears, I love area control, and I love the games coming from Osprey ― Good Time Society A really exciting game for me. ― Staying In Podcast A great little lane battler. It’s a quick, clever game with a fun theme! Recommended! ― AllForOneGames