Guide
How to play Basecamp
Basecamp is a refuge simulator across four seasons where you shelter hikers and prepare for one crisis each season. It is free, plays in your browser, and needs no login.
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- 1Build and run the refuge so you have beds, meals, and a stock of food and wood.
- 2Follow the forecast: each season brings a crisis (flood, pilgrimage, outbreak, snowstorm).
- 3Prepare in time, because your readiness decides whether the crisis helps or hurts you.
- 4Finish the year and total your score to beat your record and unlock upgrades.
Tips to score higher
- Each crisis tests a different preparation: money and drying rooms for the flood, capacity for the pilgrimage, an infirmary for the outbreak, wood and food for the snowstorm.
- Well prepared, the summer pilgrimage becomes a windfall that fills your coffers; unprepared, it costs reputation.
- Always bank wood and food for winter; the snowstorm is the year's hardest test and spending it all early hurts.
Frequently asked questions
- Do I need an account or to pay?
- No. Basecamp is free, runs in the browser, and needs no sign-up.
- What do the upgrades unlock?
- Hitting best-year milestones opens permanent bonuses (more starting resources, cheaper preparation) that you feel in the next run.