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46) Bear Valley (2016)
https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/191624/bear-valley

Bear Valley is a Push Your Luck/Exploration game for 2-6 players. The goal is to be the first to traverse from your camp to safety. There is a starting setup of river cards that connects your camp to freedom. On your turn you will pick an exit on the card your character is at and draw a card from the deck, connecting that card to the exit you chose. You can then chose to end your turn and move your character to that card, or keep going. If you ever draw a card that you can't connect, your turn is over and you don't move. Each card has 3-6 exits on it, and if the number of exits on the cards equals the number of cards drawn that turn, you also end your turn immediately (3 exits on the third card drawn, 4 exits on the fourth card drawn, etc). There's also the chance of drawing a bear card which also ends your turn. This game has an optional advanced mode with character abilities and more things that can happen on the cards you draw.

I will fully admit that the only reason I originally looked into this game was because bears. It definitely has some flaws but it's a fun little press your luck game to not take too seriously. It also wasn't too easy to explain through text so if that made no sense you can watch a review or something. Also the artwork on the character cards looks like they're from an early N64 game cutscene.


Hint for #45
This is the first in a trilogy of games.
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