Campsite

Survey the great outdoors, expand the shared campground, and pitch your tents near scenic forests, lakes, and mountain ridges in a breezy, tactical card- and tile-placement game.

Campsite (published by Outset Media / OSM, Item #13402) captures the relaxing spirit of wilderness exploration without the bug spray, wet sleeping bags, or heavy gear. Stepping away from combative take-that mechanics or overwhelming board complexity, this title centers on communal map building, spatial matching, and tactical placement. The primary gameplay objective centers on campground optimization: players collaboratively construct a sprawling outdoor map using split-terrain cards and race to pitch their personal tents in the most lucrative spots—maximizing views of forests, lakes, meadows, trails, and peaks across three scenic rounds.

The primary mechanical hurdle stems from balancing map expansion with adjacency scoring. On their turn, a player plays a dual-terrain card to grow the collective campsite map, immediately evaluates the available open camp pitches, and places one of their specialized tent tiles onto an unoccupied space before drawing a fresh card. Each standard tent tile matches one of the surrounding terrain types (such as forest, desert, meadow, or water) and scores points for every identical adjacent landscape square bordering it. Additionally, each player holds a versatile "all-terrain" tent tile that rewards environmental variety by scoring points for having as many different bordering terrain types as possible. Once all players have placed their tents, the round ends, points are tallied on the scorepad, and the wilderness resets for a fresh layout. Designed for 2 to 4 (or up to 6) players aged 8 and up, a complete match wraps up in an easygoing 30 to 40 minutes. To claim victory, you must plan your card placements carefully, spot hidden adjacency jackpots, and snag the prime campsite before your fellow campers pitch their stakes.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 8+ Years
Publisher: Outset Media
Play Time: 30-40 Minutes
Player Count: 2-4 Players
Complexity: Light (Tile Placement, Map Building, Pattern Recognition, Adjacency Scoring, Hand Management)

What's in the Box?

• 72 Landscape and Terrain Cards
• 42 Tent Tokens / Tiles
• 1 Campsite Scorepad
• 1 Scoring Pencil
• 1 Rule Sheet