![]() Afterward, players hide their action board behind a small screen (which conveniently also acts as a player guide) and assign dice to either attack a specific player, defend their village or gain some or all of three available resources – one of which is, of course, honey. The central mechanic is simultaneous dice-rolling by all players, where all results are visible. It also helps that the game itself is enjoyable, clever and brings a few interesting twists and turns into straightforward and family-friendly gameplay. The puns and the theme are so fun that it is easy to overlook them being nothing more than a thick coat of paint over a bluffing dice game. Add bonus points for wordplay and BarBEARian Battlegrounds begins to score particularly high. Therefore, add bears into the mix and you have an instant appeal. Those bears ate people, but they were small, cute and made funny noises so they were also adorable. ![]() How do you take the violent theme of pillaging barbarians and give it a family-friendly overlay? Designers Walter Barber and Ian VanNest have a perfect answer to that: the Ewok effect.
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