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Birdhouse Forest

Build birdhouses in the forest to control the mosquito population.

Requirements

30-60
2-4
12+

Description

Welcome to Birdhouse Forest!

On an island in the middle of Lake Champlain sits a group of houses on the edge of a buggy wetland forest. As owners of these houses, you’ve collectively devised an eco-friendly way to combat the bugs, beautify your backyard, and observe birds.


In Birdhouse Forest venture into the forest to see what birds are there, and build specific birdhouses to attract them to your backyard to feast on those pesky flying insects. Whoever feeds the most bugs to birds wins!

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How do you play?

Players take turns. On your turn draw a card and place a card in your backyard following your specific backyard layout. Gain the bugs and actions from this placement. Lure and feed birds with these bugs on your path to victory.

1. Draw Card
Each turn you draw a card and play a card into your backyard. bhf-draw-card-mp4_orig.gif
2. Build Backyard
Depending on the orientation of the card you gain resources. If you place a birdhouse instead, you get a special action. bhf-build-backyard-mp4_orig.gif
Yard cards give bugs to spend and actions to explore and birdwatch in the forest. bhf-icons-mp4_orig.gif
3. Spend Bugs
Spend bugs to attract birds or feed the birds already in your birdhouse for more points and bugs. bhf-spend-bugs-mp4_orig.gif

See the full rulebook for more details!

How do you win?

The game ends after all players have placed all 12 cards in their backyards. Score points for the birds in your birdhouses, your binoculars, your progress on the feed track, and your set of dinosaurs from leftover black bugs. The highest score wins! bhf-components--11-.png

What's in the Box?

You get a lot for 1 pound!

96 square cards bhf-components--1-.png-shrink.png
4 birder meeples bhf-components--2-.png-shrink.png
4 feed trackers bhf-components--3-.png-shrink.png
4 binoculars bhf-bins-shrink.png
24 birds bhf-components--5-.png-shrink.png
75 bugs bhf-components--9-.png-shrink.png
18 poker cards bhf-components--6-.png-shrink.png
1 first player dinosaur bhf-components--7-.png-shrink.png
12 page rulebook bhf-components--8-.png-shrink.png

About the Real Birdhouse Forest

If you're interested in more information about the real Birdhouse Forest, go visit Weird South Hero (we are not affiliated with this website or with Birdhouse Forest). IMG_9190.JPG

Play Online!

Want to give Birdhouse Forest a try? You can play it now on screentop here. Screenshot-2024-02-13-at-4.44.36-PM.png

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Components

Component Quantity Photo
Medium Circle Chit Set 1 set of 75 medium circle chits Medium Circle Chit Set component icon
Full Color Printed Meeple 4 Full Color Printed Meeple component icon
Medium Booklet 1 Medium Booklet component icon
Small Stout Box 1 Small Stout Box component icon
Poker Deck 1 deck of 18 cards Poker Deck component icon
Small Square Deck 1 deck of 96 cards Small Square Deck component icon
Dual Dial 4 Dual Dial component icon
Bird, TB15, Blue 6 Bird, TB15, Blue component icon
Bird, TB15, Orange 6 Bird, TB15, Orange component icon
Bird, TB15, Purple 6 Bird, TB15, Purple component icon

Vitals

Average Rating 0 reviews
Publish Date January 06, 2024
Edition First
Department Games

Why buy this?

  • Build a beautiful tableau of trees and birdhouses
  • Explore the forest in search of birds
  • Track birds you've seen with binoculars

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Notes

  • This game contains a premium upgrade called UV Coating that makes the printed components more durable.
  • This game contains laser cut components. Laser cut items will have a slight amount of soot around the edges, which can easily be wiped off; and will have a campfire smell for about a week after you open them.

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