Bear Buddies (1997)

About this game

An innovative game for little children that are at the age of learning colors. You form a circle of 8 bears with their backs towards the middle of the circle. The bears are in 4 colors; equally colored bears sit opposite of each other. The target is to earn honey-jars by making the bears of the same color face each other. By rolling the color dice, you change the direction the bear is looking at: towards or away from the center of the circle. You can decide which of the two bears of the rolled color you turn around. The first to get 5 pots of honey wins! In 2006 a Miffy version was released, featuring the world-famous designs of Dick Bruna.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.0/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 3 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.