Buzz!
Buzz! Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Set Up
Lay out the board. Choose a basket and place it on the corresponding color start space in the corner of the board. Place the nectar drops that match the color of the baskets you're using on the circles in each flower of the same color. In a 2- or 3-player game, put the other nectar drops aside.
Put the bear in its stand. Place the bear on the numbered space on the bear path that corresponds to the number of players playing the game. For example, in a 2-player game the bear starts on "Bear Start 2 Players."
The youngest player goes first and play continues clockwise.
How to Play
On your turn, roll the die and do what is indicated.
Number
Move your basket the number of spaces indicated on the die. You can move any way you want — forward, backward, sideways — as long as you move to spaces connected by dashed lines. Your goal is to move your basket as quickly as you can around the board, collecting your nectar drops.
A basket may travel through the hive when moving around the board. The hive counts as 1 space.
Only 1 basket can stop on 1 space at a time. However, baskets may pass over other baskets when moving around the board. Count the space that is passed over as 1 space.
All Play 3
On this roll, all players may move 3 spaces. It is OK to move less than 3 spaces, especially if you can stop on a flower of your color and collect a nectar drop.
Bear Paw
Move the bear 1 space forward on the bear path.
How to Collect a Nectar Drop
You collect a nectar drop when your basket stops on a flower of the same color. When your basket reaches one of "its" flowers, place the nectar drop in your basket. You do not need to roll the exact number to reach a flower of your color. For example, if the die indicates 3 and the flower is 1 space away, move your basket 1 space to the flower, stop, and collect that nectar drop. It is then the next player's turn.
Collect only the nectar drops that correspond with the color of your basket.
Game End
Once you have collected all 6 nectar drops of your color, use your rolls to move your basket to the hive. When you reach the hive, you no longer roll the die. The other players continue to play. Wait in the hive and cheer the other players on!
If all baskets get back to the hive with their 6 nectar drops before the bear gets there, the players win! If the bear reaches the hive before all baskets are there, the bear wins.