大熊山 (Ookuma-yama)

大熊山 (Ookuma-yama) is Big Bear Mountain. Mt. Big Bear is an economy negotiation game with roll-and-move mechanism. Each round, one player becomes a food dealer (a grandmother), and the others are food collectors. All food collectors collectively control one pawn climbing up and down the mountain. During each food collector's turn, that player roll a die and advance the pawn 1-3 spaces. According to the space the pawn landed, the pawn encounters foods or a bear. The player collects the foods encountered. However, if the pawn has encountered several bears, all remaining players discard all food collected and gain nothing this round. Before rolling a die, the active player may negotiate with the food dealer to offer all foods collected at a discounted price. If the negotiation comes to an agreement, that player gains the price and exits out of this round safely. The dealer pays the price but gains victory points from the foods at full face values. If the pawn has climbed down the mountain safely by itself, all remaining players gain victory points from the foods collected at full face values. The game ends after all players became the dealer twice. The player with the most victory points wins the game. 山登りと熊がモチーフの、すごろくをベースにしたゲームです。 複数のプレーヤーが1つのコマを使って進み、「山の幸カード」を集めます。 「山男」役と「おばあさん」役に分かれて、「おばあさん」役を交代でプレーします。「山男」と「おばあさん」の値段交渉が行われる「交渉ゲーム」でもあります。 「大熊山」で熊として表現されているのは、実は価格の下落・暴落といった経済の動き。それらを実現するために導入した「値段交渉」ですが、プレーにも絶好のアクセント。山を登るにしたがって、山の幸が増え、カードの値段は高くなって行きますが、熊カードを引いて「暴落」する危険も高まります。刻一刻と変化する状況に価格は乱高下し、売り手と買い手の駆け引きがゲームを盛り上げます。 publisher's summary