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Basari
Basari
by F.X. Schmid, Out of the Box Publishing, New Games Order, LLC (1998)
Player Count
3 to 4

Player Ages
10+

Playing Time
25 minutes
Categories
  • Negotiation
  • Designers
  • Reinhard Staupe
  • Mechanisms
  • Set Collection
  • Simultaneous Action Selection
  • Roll / Spin and Move
  • Artists
  • John Kovalic
  • Stefan Theurer
  • Lüders & Baran
  • Family
  • Mensa Select
  • Occupation: Merchant
  • Components: Gems/Crystals
  • Rating: 0/10 from 0 users

    Description

    Basari is a game of gem merchants competing in a marketplace": racing, collecting, trading, and predicting what the other merchants will do.

    To start the game, players receive 12 gemstones (3 each of 4 colors).
    Each turn there will be a movement phase and an action phase:

    For movement, everyone simultaneously rolls their die and moves their markers around a track.

    They then choose one of three different actions to perform. The actions are:
    - to take a variety of gems from a market stall,
    - to immediately score from between 4 and 7 points, or
    - to roll and move again and also collect points.

    The action cards are revealed simultaneously. If only 1 player chose a particular action, they simply perform that action. If 2 players chose the same action, they barter back and forth with gemstones. One player will eventually accept the other's offer of gems, and the other will take the action. If 3 or 4 players all chose the same action card, that action is cancelled. Note that in 4-player games, there will always be a conflict in choice of 3 actions, so much more negotiating goes on.

    A new turn begins with everyone rolling their die, moving, then choosing and revealing their action cards. When any merchant piece completes a lap around the board, the round ends and bonus points are awarded based on who has the majority in each gem color and who has completed a lap. After three rounds, the game is over and the highest score wins.

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