Info About Bear Chase
You and your friends are hiking down a mountain trail, swapping stories and catching your breath, when a massive bear suddenly bursts through the trees and starts charging right at you. That’s the simple—and utterly thrilling—hook behind Bear Chase. It’s a lightweight cooperative board game where each player holds a handful of speed cards and secretly picks one each turn to race the bear toward safety. The catch is, the bear always moves as quickly as the fastest hiker, so you’re constantly juggling your own sprint with the fear of pushing the group into its jaws.
On your turn, you reveal your chosen card and advance that many spaces, then the bear barrels forward, matching whoever ran the furthest. If the bear reaches you, you’re out of the race—unless a teammate is kind enough to slip you a hand or play a rescue card, keeping you in the game. That dynamic of risk versus reward keeps everyone leaning forward in their seats, deciding if it’s worth burning that high-speed card now or saving it for a possible last-ditch effort.
What really makes Bear Chase shine is how those moments of tension blossom into laughter or groans when someone’s ill-timed sprint dooms another player. There’s a delightful push-your-luck element built into the drafting of cards, too, so you never quite know which cards you’ll end up with or who you’ll rescue—if anyone. Every round feels fresh, with the ever-present rumble of the bear reminding you to keep up the pace.
All in all, it’s an easy game to teach in under five minutes, but one that keeps your heart pounding just as long as it takes to cross that final finish line. Whether you’re playing with family or a rowdy group of friends, Bear Chase delivers bite-sized bursts of excitement and a perfectly wild theme that has everyone shouting, laughing, and maybe just a little panicking together.