They can hire mercenaries, change their die rolls, increase their or attackers by 1, hire specialists which get you resources or extra defense each turn, bring in reinforcements (add additional BarBEARians to your dice pool) or straight out purchase Glory Tokens.ĭuring the BUILD phase, players take their newly acquired resources, specialists, etc. The GATHER phase allows players to gather resources which can be spent on a variety of upgrades in their village. If the attacker has an equal or higher roll than the defender, they are allowed to steal either 1 Glory Token or 2 resources (if available). Players take their roll and subtract any defense from the attacked player’s roll. The BRAWL phase allows a player’s BarBEARian attackers to attack other tribes and steal their loot (victory points or resources). Once you send your BarBEARians out (place your dice), you complete the last 4 actions in order:

Go and collect resources (Honey, Ore or Fate), you know, the Bear Necessities! In the PLAN phase, players roll their dice and can use them for a variety of actions: The dice roll is public, but the placement of your dice is hidden behind screens that have the phases and market printed on each screen for quick player reference!Īs you PLAN how to use your dice (your BarBEARians), they can do any of the following: The game is broken down into 5 phases: Plan, Brawl, Gather, Build and Clean Up.

The goal: Be the first clan to get 7 Glory Tokens. In BarBEARian Battlegrounds, players build their village, pillage resources and glory from other villages and attempt to be the Most Glorious BarBEARian clan of them all!Įach player starts with a playing mat (their village), 3 dice (their bears), 2 trial cards (special cards that are secret ways to get Glory Tokens) and 2 Glory Tokens (Victory points). The BarBEARians have woken from their long, winter hibernation and are on the rampage…? Not really… They are looking for Glory and don’t mind stealing it from other BarBEARian clans.

Barbearian battlegrounds