In Bakken Bears Basketball: The Card Game you take on the role of a basketball team, trying to outsmart your opponent buy playing different cards. Every player has different abilities like blocking, scoring, stealing etc. and its up to you to combine those strengths to leave the court as the winner. A player wins the match, if he reaches 10 points or if his opponent fouled 4 times. On a turn each player has two actions. Those can be drawing a card, or playing one as for one of its abilities. To score a player has to combine certain cards. Before attempting a 2p or 3p shot, he has to play an assist card first. After an attempt a players needs to block or rebound.