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Bear Necessities

Bear Necessities

2026·Johan Benvenuto, Gricha German

2 - 4 players
30 - 45 min

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Bear Necessities is a competitive tableau‑building game featuring simultaneous drafting with a reserve, in‑game scoring, and honeypots! During each round, players draft two cards from their starting hand: one to add to their tableau and one to save for the next round, then pass the remaining cards to the player on their left. The card you add to your tableau must be placed orthogonally adjacent to an already placed card, and it activates immediately, granting you victory points. It also triggers all of its adjacent neighbors, creating powerful combos and cascading effects. The cards you receive from the other player are combined with the one you saved from the previous round, and you draft again until your hand is empty. At that point, you replenish your hand and repeat the process until everyone has completed a 4‑column by 3‑row grid: after 12 rounds, the game ends and the player with the most points is the winner! -description from the publisher

Bear Necessities

Which Bear Necessities video should I watch?

Bear Necessities has 2 videos from 2 creators: 1 how-to-play guide and 1 other video. They date from August to October 2026.

If you like it, try Harmonies and Cowboy Bebop: Space Serenade, also by Johan Benvenuto, or Tag Team and Biomos, also by Gricha German. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2026.

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Bear Necessities — How to playHow to play2:45

Bear Necessities — How to play

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Spiel Essen '26 Bear Necessities & All You Can Eat Buffet - mojito studios ft. MatteoInterview8:07

Spiel Essen '26 Bear Necessities & All You Can Eat Buffet - mojito studios ft. Matteo

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About Bear Necessities

From BoardGameGeek:

Bear Necessities is a competitive tableau‑building game featuring simultaneous drafting with a reserve, in‑game scoring, and honeypots! During each round, players draft two cards from their starting hand: one to add to their tableau and one to save for the next round, then pass the remaining cards to the player on their left. The card you add to your tableau must be placed orthogonally adjacent to an already placed card, and it activates immediately, granting you victory points. It also triggers all of its adjacent neighbors, creating powerful combos and cascading effects. The cards you receive from the other player are combined with the one you saved from the previous round, and you draft again until your hand is empty. At that point, you replenish your hand and repeat the process until everyone has completed a 4‑column by 3‑row grid: after 12 rounds, the game ends and the player with the most points is the winner! -description from the publisher

Designers

Johan Benvenuto, Gricha German

Artist

Kerri Aitken

Publisher

Mojito Studios

Categories

AnimalsCard GameCity Building

Mechanics

DraftingHand ManagementSimultaneous Action Selection
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