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Basari

Jewels for victory points

There are jewels in four colors - red, yellow, green and blue - and the value ranking of the jewels is according to this color sequence. You begin with three jewels of each color and three action cards for actions A, B and C. 39 bazaar cards are stacked face-down.

In a turn you are dealt one bazaar card which you display openly. Then each player chooses an action card and then all action cards are revealed simultaneously. Now actions are implemented one after the other, in the sequence A, B and C. For action A You take the top card from the stack of bazaar cards and put it on top of of yours, all available workers must be visible. For action B you score the victory points on your current bazaar card. For action C you take the jewels marked on the card from stock. When two players choose the same action the core mechanism of the game comes into play - negotiations. The player who owns more red jewels makes an offer of jewels, minimum one of any color, the other can accept and relinquish the action or raise the bid either with more jewels or with jewels of higher value. When three or more players choose the same action there is no negotiation, the action is simply not taken. Several more of such rounds follow until someone owns 15 workers and the round ends. Now jewels are scored: 14, 12, 10 and 8 points for the majority in red, yellow, green or blue, and then discarding of half of the jewels back into stock.

In 1998 this was a board game, today the mechanism is still attractive and good - the card version makes the game more streamlined, and negotiation is more an auction in this fast, challenging and good game.

Players: 3-5

Age: 10+

Time: 30+

Designer: Reinhard Staupe

Artist: Stefan Theurer, Oliver und Sandra Freudenreich

Price: ca. 8 Euro

Publisher: nsv 2014

Web: www.nsv.de

Genre: Negotiating, trading

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Amazing card version

Streamlined and simplified compared to the board game

Rather more attractive than the board game

Very good family game

Compares to:

Basari board game, all games with negotiations on actions chosen by several players

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 2

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 2

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0