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Recommended age: 6+ Number of players: 2–5 Playing time: 30 min Original idea: Aleksandra and Magdalena Gsiorek from Anna asiska Elementary School Join Wojtek the bear and the Polish II Corps, traveling from the USSR to Edinburgh, no 3 in Wrocław The original version of “Wojtek the Bear” was created for a contest of Wrocaw Teachers’ Scotland. Along the way, collect souvenirs related to the fate of General Anders’s Training Center on the occasion of Happy Independence Day under the guidance of Ewa soldiers and their famous bear. The winner is whoever collects the best set of souvenirs! Skrzywanek. Mechanics: Karol Madaj Arkhangelsk Komi Sverdlovsk Krasnoyarsk Oblast’ Republic Oblast’ Krai Historical text: Anna Klimowicz Game components Altai Krai Additional writing: Katarzyna Cegieła Magdalena Czoch omasz Ginter Mateusz Marek Kazakh Republic ukasz M Pogoda Paweł Rokicki . 1 game board depicting the Uzbek map of Europe and the route Republic Rule development: ukasz M Pogoda of the Polish II Corps army Illustrations and graphic design: Dominika Kiszkiel . 104 bear cards Illustration on the “Tehran” card: Paulina ak . 96 cards of fun, food, Typesetting: omasz Ginter ukasz M Pogoda emblems and fl ags Review: rszula Gierasimiuk Barbara Męczykowska Maciej Rędziniak . 8 portraits of historical Production supervisor: ukasz M Pogoda persons Editing: Magdalena Baj Katarzyna onn-Pasternak . 6 city cards . 55 travel cards c 85 c 0 c 15 c 20 c 75 c 40 c 83 Proof reading: Magdalena Baj m 50 m 20 m 100 m 75 m 100 m 0 m 20 y 0 y 95 y 100 y 15 y 0 y 93 y 100 c 85 c 0 c 15 c 20 c 75 c 40 c 83 k 0 k 0 k 15 k 0 k 0 k 0 k 20 m 50 m 20 m 100 m 75 m 100 m 0 m 20 English translation: Anna Skudlarska Russ Williams E Blake Berry . 49 cards, 7 each in y 0 y 95 y 100 y 15 y 0 y 93 y 100 k 0 k 0 k 15 k 0 k 0 k 0 k 20 7 different colors with Karol Madaj would especially like to thank Magda and Ola Gsiorek for the inspiration to create c 85 c 0 c 15 c 20 c 75 c 40 c 83 m 50 m 20 m 100 m 75 m 100 m 0 m 20 c 85 c 0y 0 c 15y 95 c 20y 100 c 75y 15 c 40y 0 c 83y 93 y 100 mc 8550 mc 020k 0 mc 15100k 0 mc 2075k 15 mc 75100k 0 mc 400k 0 mc 8320k 0 k 20 a game about Wojtek the bear and for a great test and acceptance of the game after modifi ca- a bear traveling byym 0 50 truckym 95 20 ym 100 100 ym 15 75 ym 0 100 ym 93 0 ym 100 20 ky 0 0 ky 0 95 ky 15 100 ky 0 15 ky 0 0 ky 0 93 ky 20 100 kpr. Piotr Prendysz . k 0 k 0 k 15 k 0 k 0 k 0 k 20 tions. We also thank the parents of Magda and Ola for their permission to use their original 6 rainbow cards with Buzułuk hand-made “Wojtek” game in the instructions for our game. a bear walking We thank all the other testers: invaluable colleagues from the Monsoon Group, Lena and Władysławgen. Władysław Anders . 5 wooden bear pawns Sikorski Edynburg Trombka Wielga, Ola, Tomek, Marysia, Gabrysia and Nika Sulej, Agata, Zuzia and Lidzia in fi ve different colors Madaj, Tomek Ginter, Karolina Kolbuszewska, Magda Czoch and all small and big guests at (silver, white, dark brown, the IPN stand at Planszówki na Narodowym who bravely played our prototype of Wojtek light brown and black) the Bear. We also thanks the students of Rev. Jan Zwierz School Complex in Ropczyce and members of the Boardgame Club in Ropczyce. This booklet with game rules Thanks also to all who helped edit the game rules: Pawe Kalisz, Wojciech Karwowski, and historical info. Wojciech Siero, Maciej Sorokin, Piotr Sika and Krzysztof Wierzbicki. Some components (city cards, Questions? Feedback? Missing pieces? Send a message to: lukaszpogodaipngovpl board) are double-sided, with Printed by refl SA English on one side and Polish Copyright by Instytut Pamici Narodowej on the other side Komisja cigania Zbrodni przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu, 2021 Biuro Edukacji Narodowej, ul. Janusza Kurtyki 1, 02-676 Warszawa, Poland ISBN 978-83-8098-159-1 Fourth printing, rules v. 1.2 3 Game preparation Goal of the game Gather some berries for the bears. Help yourself too. The goal is to travel from camps in the USSR to Edinburgh, Scotland and Place the board on the table where all players can reach it easily. collect a set of 6 different bear cards of one type. Put the 6 city cards on their place on the board. There are four types of bear cards in the game: 3 Shuffl e the deck of bear cards. Draw 7 cards and put them face up on the 7 colored spaces on the board. food, 4 Stack the other bear cards as a face down deck on the indicated space. fun, 5 Shuffl e the deck of travel cards and deal 5 to each player. emblems, Stack the other travel cards face down on the indicated space next . fl ags. to the Poland space. Wake up the bears. Each player takes a bear pawn in their favorite color Each type consists of different cards, and each and puts it on the Poland space. card appears 4 times for each type. Among the bear The remaining bear pawns go back to the box to sleep. cards, there are cards with people, who help you Whoever last hugged a bear is the starting player. fi ll in gaps in your card collection. gen. Mieczysław Boruta-Spiechowicz Arkhangelsk Komi Sverdlovsk Krasnoyarsk 3 Oblast’ Republic Oblast’ Krai gen. Władysław Sequence of play kpr. Wojciech Sikorski Narębski c 85 c 0 c 15 c 20 c 75 c 40 c 83 m 50 m 20 m 100 m 75 m 100 m 0 m 20 Altai Krai y 0 y 95 y 100 y 15 y 0 y 93 y 100 k 0 k 0 k 15 k 0 k 0 k 0 k 20 c 85 c 0 c 15 c 20 c 75 c 40 c 83 cm 85 50 cm 0 20 cm 15 100 cm 20 75 cm 75 100 cm 40 0 cm 83 20 my 0 50 my 95 20 my 100 100 my 15 75 my 0 100 my 93 0 my 100 20 Players take turns in clockwise order he starting player goes fi rst yk 00 yk 950 yk 10015 yk 150 yk 00 yk 930 yk 10020 k 0 k 0 k 15 k 0 k 0 k 0 k 20 4 Kazakh then the player on their left and so on On their turn, a player: 7 Republic P o l a n d 2 S T A R T Uzbek ravels Does not travel, and exchanges any Republic 1 akes a bear card number of travel cards from their Aleksandria Edynburg Buzułuk 3 Refi ll their travel card or hand with others. hand Note In this case the player does not take a bear card! To refi ll their travel card To exchange cards, a player chooses any hand, a player takes travel travel cards from their hand and dis- cards from the deck until they cards them. Next, they take travel cards have 5 in their hand, which from the deck until they have 5 in their ends their turn. hand, which ends their turn. Space for discarded bear cards Space for discarded travel cards Now the next player (on the left) starts their turn. 4 5 6 one). one). his pawn ahead to the next empty space of chosen color (here: blue blue (here: color chosen of space empty next the to ahead pawn his !”) and moves moves and !”) color, chooses another color of his choice (in this case it is blue—„ is it case this (in choice his of color another chooses color, 2 . Then he plays three travel cards in the same same the in cards travel three plays he Then . the top one drawn from the stack stack the from drawn one top the rules for bears traveling by truck). by traveling bears for rules 1 and replaces it with with it replaces and Thaddeus chooses and discards 1 bear card from the board board the from card bear 1 discards and chooses Thaddeus pawn to the next (closest) empty space in the chosen color (using the the (using color chosen the in space empty (closest) next the to pawn to move their their move to cards truck same-color and cards walking of bination play 3 travel cards any com- any cards travel 3 play then and stack, the from drawn one top with the the with it replace and it discard board the on card bear a choose c) empty space in the chosen color chosen the in space empty , but not passing another pawn, another passing not but , and move their pawn to to pawn their move and bear walking a with card play b) the next (closest) (closest) next the next (closest) empty space in the color of the card played, card the of color the in space empty (closest) next k 0 k 20 k 0 k 0 k 15 k 0 k 0 k 0 k 20 k 0 k 0 k 15 k 0 k 0 and move their pawn to the the to pawn their move and truck by traveling bear a with card Play a) Narębski k 0 k 0 k 15 k 0 k 0 k 0 k 20 Sikorski y 93 y 100 y 0 y 95 y 100 y 15 y 0 y 93 y 100 y 0 y 95 y 100 y 15 y 0 kpr.
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