Nanuk
BGG rank
BGG #7,514
BGG rating
6.2

Nanuk

2009

Rules assistance for Nanuk

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 5–8 players
  • 45 min
  • Complexity 1.5/5

For 5 players

Rules assistant for Nanuk

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Nanuk is a board game released in 2009 for 5–8 players and 45 minutes per game. It was designed by Brett Myers and Mark Goadrich and its main mechanics are Set Collection, Push Your Luck, and Auction / Bidding.

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About the game

Winter is coming. All the hunters boasted of their prowess, but you boasted the loudest. Now you have to deliver . . . In Nanuk, each player bids for how long he can stay on the trail and how much he will bring home. Each boast must be greater than the one before, until one hunter refuses to raise the bid, saying "You're doomed!" Then the hunt begins. Will the hunt leader make good on his boast, or will the doomers be right? Every player decides secretly to help . . . or to let it fail. Beware Nanuk, the great polar bear, who can end any hunt in failure. If you find an inuksuk, it will protect you – once. If the hunt is successful, the hunters share the animals collected. But if the hunt fails, the doomers score instead. Nanuk is a fast-playing, highly social game of bidding and bluffing for 5 to 8 players.

Questions and answers

Nanuk supports 5–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.