PARKS

Description

--- "PARKS" is a serene, resource-management board game celebrating US National Parks with art from Fifty-Nine Parks, challenging players to hike trails, collect memories, and visit parks across four seasons. Key mechanics include: - *Hiking trails* Players control two hikers on seasonal trails formed by shuffled, lengthening tiles that reset each round. - *Resource collection* Gather memory tokens like mountains and forests, forming sets amid scarcity and competition for spaces. - *Park visits* Trade resource sets at hike's end to visit National Parks, scoring based on collected memories. - *Camper interactions* Campfires enable sharing trail spaces with others; canteens and gear enhance resource access. - *Engine building* Balance accumulating resources and aids against spending them on immediate park visits. PARKS immerses players as hikers traversing trails over four progressively longer seasons, where tiles are reshuffled and relaid each round. Hikers perform actions to collect resource tokens representing memories—such as mountains and forests—forming sets to exchange for National Park visits at each hike's conclusion. Competition for prime spots intensifies resource scarcity, while campfires facilitate shared occupancy, and canteens with gear boost acquisition efficiency. Players must strategically manage engine development through these tools against the temptation to spend resources on parks, embodying the challenge of exploration and preservation. ---