6.8

Basari (1998)

Barter your way to victory in a clever game of uneven trades.

Rank: 2215
3-4 Players
25 Min
Age: 10+
Complexity: 1.86/5

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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Ratings & Comments

6.8

Total 1672 ratings

10

21 (1.26%)

9

63 (3.77%)

8

380 (22.73%)

7

527 (31.52%)

6

483 (28.89%)

5

132 (7.89%)

4

46 (2.75%)

3

15 (0.90%)

2

4 (0.24%)

1

3 (0.18%)

6.8

Total 1672 ratings

10

21 (1.26%)

9

63 (3.77%)

8

380 (22.73%)

7

527 (31.52%)

6

483 (28.89%)

5

132 (7.89%)

4

46 (2.75%)

3

15 (0.90%)

2

4 (0.24%)

1

3 (0.18%)

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