In PARKS, players will take on the role of two hikers as they trek through different trails across four seasons of the year. While on the trail, these hikers will take actions and collect memories of the places your hikers visit. These memories are represented by various resource tokens like mountains and forests. Collecting these memories in sets will allow players to trade them in to visit a National Park at the end of each hike.
Each trail represents one season of the year, and each season, the trails will change and grow steadily longer. The trails, represented by tiles, get shuffled in between each season and laid out anew for the next round. Resources can be tough to come by especially when someone is at the place you’re trying to reach! Campfires allow you to share a space and time with other hikers. Canteens and Gear can also be used to improve your access to resources through the game. It’ll be tough to manage building up your engine versus spending resources on parks, but we bet you’re up to the challenge. Welcome to PARKS!
- Explore The National Parks : In this unique collaboration with the Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series, you'll score points by visiting as many uniquely illustrated parks as you can while hopefully snapping a few photos of your journey along the way.
- Hike a unique trail every game!
- Journey Through Nature
- Hike your way through a wide variety of scenic trail sites and national parks to collect resources and take in the sites.
- New seasons change the trail with unique new opportunities and challenges every time you play.
- Gather gear, collect memories, and snap photos along the way
- Capture Lasting Memories
- Throughout your journey, you’ll see mountains, forests, sunshine, water, and wildlife. Use these tokens to fill canteens, purchase gear, take photos, and visit parks. Be careful! Resources can be tricky to acquire as you jostle with other players for space at each site.
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How it plays:
- Move Hikers : Each turn, you’ll move one of your hikers forward along the trail. Spaces on the trail are limited, so plan to use your campfire to share spaces with other hikers.
- Collect Memories : Each space on the trail gives you options to collect resources or perform special actions like gaining canteens, taking pictures, encountering wildlife, and more...
- Visit National Parks : When you reach the end of the trail, exchange your resources to visit as many parks as you can and collect gear to help with the rest of your journey. Once all players have reached the end of the trail, a new season begins...
- Prepare a new trail : Every round, new trail site tiles will enter the fray, altering and increasing the length of the trail as time goes on.
- End the year : After four seasons, the player who collected the most points by taking photos, visiting parks and accomplishing their personal bonus will win the game!
Information | |
# Player | 1 - 5 |
Play Time | 30 - 60 min |
Ages | 10+ |
Year Published | 2019 |
Standanlone | Yes |
Award & Honor | 2020 SXSW Tabletop Game of the Year Nominee 2020 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee 2019 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2019 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2019 Golden Geek Best Board Game Artwork & Presentation Nominee 2019 Cardboard Republic Socializer Laurel Nominee 2019 Board Game Quest Awards Best Production Values Nominee 2019 Board Game Quest Awards Best Game from a Small Publisher Winner 2019 Board Game Quest Awards Best Game from a Small Publisher Nominee 2019 Board Game Quest Awards Best Family Game Winner 2019 Board Game Quest Awards Best Family Game Nominee |
Recommended | |
Language Dependence | Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet |