Trek across magnificent wilderness trails, snap breathtaking photos, and visit iconic national monuments in a gorgeously serene, medium-weight strategy game that utilizes a shifting time-track movement mechanic and a tight resource collection engine.
Parks (designed by Henry Audubon and published by Keymaster Games) serves as a stunningly beautiful celebration of the US National Parks, featuring breathtaking artwork from the Fifty-Nine Parks Print Series. Moving away from highly aggressive territory battles or high-stress economic systems, this game focuses on tactical spatial efficiency and cozy resource management. The core objective is a satisfying, four-season travel journey: players guide a pair of hikers down an ever-changing wilderness trail, gathering memories like sunlight, water, and mountains to successfully purchase entry to majestic National Parks and secure victory points before winter concludes.
The primary strategic hurdle centers around maximizing your resource collection layout while managing the restrictive blocking mechanics of the linear trail grid. Turn order is beautifully dynamic and driven by a time-track system: players can jump their hikers as far forward down the trail as they want to lock down a high-value resource space, but they can never move backward. Any space occupied by another hiker is blocked, forcing you to carefully spend your limited, once-per-season Campfire tokens to share a spot with a rival. True tactical mastery requires balancing your immediate resource spending on Gear cards with filling your Canteen tokens for ongoing bonuses, choosing exactly when to hold back to gather extra tokens, and out-maneuvering your fellow travelers to secure the highest-scoring park combinations across a deeply relaxing 30-to-60 minute session.
Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 10+ Years
Publisher: Keymaster Games
Play Time: 30-60 Minutes
Player Count: 1-5 Players
Complexity: Low-Medium (Linear Worker Movement, Set Collection, Resource Management, Variable Board Setup)
What's in the Box?
- 1 Central Shared Board Layout
- 48 Oversized US National Park Cards
- 10 Modular Trail Site Tiles
- 10 Wooden Hiker Meeples and 1 Wooden Camera Token
- 80+ Wooden Resource Tokens
- 12 Wildlife Tokens
- 2 Plastic Trays with Removable Lids
- 1 Trail Guide Rulebook