Honeybears

BGG: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/359/honeybears

Elegant Reiner Knizia race game, with cards.

Components

• 4 bear pawns in different colors
• 55 race cards (11 each in the 4 bear colors and 1 joker color). In each color:
  • 6 "walk" cards, worth 1
  • 5 "run" cards, worth 2
• 14 track cards for the board:
  • 7 '-1' cards
  • 2 '0' cards
  • 2 '1' cards
  • 2 '2' cards
  • 1 '3' card

RainbowDeck card mapping

Combine the dark and light suits to make 6 suits of 26 cards.

• Bears = 4 pawns or chips in red, yellow, green, and blue.
• Jokers are purple.
• 55 cards:
  • Walk cards = 1-6 in each of red, yellow, dark blue, dark green, and dark purple.
  • Run cards = 5 face cards in each of dice suits 1-5 (red/pink, orange/yellow, dark/light blue, dark/light green, and dark/light purple).
• Track cards = dice suit 6 (black/gray).
  • Two 0, 1, and 2 cards, and one 3 card.
  • -1 cards = six face cards, plus any remaining black card for the start space.

I have been dying to play this long out-of-print game for years, and thanks to the mighty prototyping powers of the RainbowDeck, I plan to soon. I will adjust the scheme above if playability demands it.

--RonHaleEvans