{"product_id":"lynx","title":"Lynx","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom the 1600s to the 1870s, the fur trade was the main economic driver for European exploration and colonization of Canada and ultimately Canada’s nationhood. Trade companies relied heavily on trade with Indigenous trappers (predominantly supplying beaver pelts, but also lynx, mink, and other furs). The fur trade pushed economic and cultural relationships between Europeans and Indigenous people, but not without indelible impacts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn Lynx, each player takes the role of a late 18th century fur trapper in the Hudson’s Bay region of northern Ontario, exploiting the lynx-hare cycle and outwitting other trappers. Each player has been supplied traps by the Hudson’s Bay Company with the agreement that all pelts be sold exclusively to them. By trapping when the lynx are plentiful and selling pelts at high prices, the trapper who earns the most money pays off their debt and becomes a free trapper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrimarily an economic game, Lynx is about trapping fur at low prices and selling them at high prices. Since you are competing with other trappers, you need to outhink them and be able to trap at a lower price then them as well as selling Lynx pelts at a higher price.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlayers will simultaneously choose Action cards each seasons, along with the appropriate trap,  pelt, or venture cards each season. You can trap hare, trap lynx, sell lynx pelts, or go off-season to play Venture cards.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-action-cards-1-300x208.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-action-cards-1-300x208.png 300w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-action-cards-1-1024x710.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-action-cards-1-768x533.png 768w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-action-cards-1-1536x1066.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-action-cards-1.png 1551w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\u003e \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1-300x174.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1.png 1511w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\u003e\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1447\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1-300x174.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1-300x174.png 300w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1-1024x594.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1-768x445.png 768w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-venture-cards-1.png 1511w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\u003e \u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-trap-pelt-cards-1-1-300x178.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-trap-pelt-cards-1-1-300x178.png 300w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-trap-pelt-cards-1-1-1024x607.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-trap-pelt-cards-1-1-768x455.png 768w, https:\/\/www.playtozgames.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Lynx-trap-pelt-cards-1-1.png 1479w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the end of a season, the hare and lynx repopulate, but the lynx are very dependent on the population of the hares: trap too many hares and you “crash” the lynx population – making it harder and more expensive to trap lynx.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpect to go into debt in the beginning and then propel yourself to a positive money flow by the end of the 14th season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are two modes of play:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSnowshoe:\u003c\/strong\u003e the beginner mode, where you plan your action for the season at the beginning of the current season.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWildcat:\u003c\/strong\u003e the advanced mode, where you not only plan the current season but also the next season’s action (you’ll have two sets of action cards).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Play To Z Games","offers":[{"title":"Lynx","offer_id":51585085866201,"sku":"PTZ LYNX","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0348\/4221\/4459\/files\/Lynx-box-top-scaled.jpg?v=1794417633","url":"https:\/\/www.boardgamesdallas.com\/products\/lynx","provider":"Common Ground Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}