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Bärenpark

#219513BGG ↗

2017 · 2-4 players · 45min · weight 1.66 · 20,915 ratings

v2 v3 fit 0.504

BGG raw

ID
219513
Name
Bärenpark
Year
2017
Rank
300
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
45
Min playtime
30
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
1.6598
Num weights
482
Bayes avg
7.06952
Average
7.27362
Users rated
20915
Num owned
28100
Wanting
603
Wishing
4390
Num comments
3239
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:15:43 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Grid CoverageModular BoardOpen DraftingSet CollectionSquare GridTile Placement
Categories (2)
AnimalsPuzzle
Description (1522 chars)

Up to two thousand pounds in weight and over ten feet tall, the bear is considered the biggest and heaviest terrestrial carnivore in the world. Of course, there is not just "one bear"; on the contrary, there are plenty of subspecies that differ from each other in various aspects. For instance, only the Kodiak bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) weighs about 2,000 lbs. The polar bear (Ursus maritimus) weighs "only" 1,100 lbs., but gets much bigger than the Kodiak bear, being as much as 11 ft. tall! Bärenpark takes you into the world of bears, challenging you to build your own bear park. Would you like another polar bear enclosure or rather a koala* house? The park visitors are sure to get hungry on their tour through the park, so build them places to eat! Whatever your choices are, make sure you get the next building permit and use your land wisely! (* No, koalas aren't bears, but they're so cute we couldn't leave them out of this game!) In more detail, each player in Bärenpark builds their own bear park, attempting to make it as beautiful as they can, while also using every square meter possible. The park is created by combining polyomino tiles onto a grid, with players scoring for animal houses, outdoor areas, completed construction, and more. The sooner you build it, the better! Cover icons to get new tiles and park sections. The game ends as soon as one player has finished expanding their park; then players tally their points to see who has won. —description from the publisher

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
place polyomino tile, claim bonus
Decision shape
spatial
Reward schedule
mixed:immediate+engine_compounding
Aesthetics
["Discovery", "Challenge", "Expression"]
Core loop pitch
Place a polyomino tile to cover icons on your park grid, triggering new tile drafts and bonuses.
Translation difficulty
Easy
Difficulty reason
Pure polyomino placement with personal boards is touch-native; Board Game Arena hosts the only digital implementation.
Direct digital port
Bärenpark (Board Game Arena, browser/mobile)
Port kind
bga
Closest loop translation
none yet
Primitive tags
["polyomino_grid_coverage", "icon_trigger_drafting", "personal_tableau_filling", "bonus_tile_chain", "race_to_complete"]
Confidence
0.7
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (922 chars)
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  "game_id": 219513,
  "name": "Bärenpark",
  "core_verb": "place polyomino tile, claim bonus",
  "decision_shape": "spatial",
  "reward_schedule": "mixed:immediate+engine_compounding",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Discovery",
    "Challenge",
    "Expression"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Place a polyomino tile to cover icons on your park grid, triggering new tile drafts and bonuses.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Pure polyomino placement with personal boards is touch-native; Board Game Arena hosts the only digital implementation.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Bärenpark (Board Game Arena, browser/mobile)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "bga",
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "polyomino_grid_coverage",
    "icon_trigger_drafting",
    "personal_tableau_filling",
    "bonus_tile_chain",
    "race_to_complete"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.7
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).