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Bansan
Be a market vendor in Bansan, a lively game inspired by the multisensory experience of a bustling wet market in Penang. You'll need to "bao ka liao"—deal with fellow vendors, wholesalers, and customers; buy and sell ingredients; cook and serve hawker stall fare; keep the waste bins from overflowing; and navigate a myriad of events that changes up every game you play.
What is Bansan
Be a market vendor in Bansan, a lively game inspired by the multisensory experience of a bustling wet market in Penang. You'll need to "bao ka liao"—deal with fellow vendors, wholesalers, and customers; buy and sell ingredients; cook and serve hawker stall fare; keep the waste bins from overflowing; and navigate a myriad of events that changes up every game you play.
Each player is a vendor renting market stalls while running a hawker food business in a bansan. On your turn, you will stock produce from the wholesale supply into market stalls, then take 2 actions from 3 options:
BUY produce from other vendors or your wholesaler
SELL produce to online customers
Game details
- Players
- 1–5
- Age
- +10
- Duration
- 50 min
- Difficulty
- Light
- Type
- Board game
- Year
- 2023
- Mechanics
- Action Points · Events · Market
- Categories
- Economic · Educational · Environmental
- Designer
- Goh Choon Ean
- Publisher
- Arts-ED · LUMA
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Everything about Bansan
How many players is Bansan for?
Bansan plays with 1–5 players.
How long does a game take?
A game takes about 50 minutes.
What age is it suitable for?
It is recommended from age 10.
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