Produce and sell tea in an innovative game set in 19th-20th century Taiwan.
Designer: Chu-Lan Kao
Artist: Sammixyz, Huang Yu Wen
Publisher: Soso Studio, BoardM Factory, Strohmann Games, Tasty Minstrel Games
The sub-tropical climate and environment of Taiwan makes the island highly suitable for cultivating top quality tea. But it wasn't not until the 19th century after English businessman John Dodd discovered some amazing Oolong tea there that the Taiwanese tea business truly begin to bloom and "Formosa Tea" became world-reknowned.
In Formosa Tea, players are tea farm owners competing to harvest the best tea leaves, improve their tea processing techniques, and produce tea of the highest quality for not only the domestic market but also for the international market. With the unique worker placement and worker advancement mechanisms, along with the tea dehydration and scenting processing, players must use their workers wisely to make the best tea in the market.
A game of Formosa Tea is played in four rounds. In each round, players take turns to perform one of the five possible actions:
After the end of the fourth round, the player who has the most prestige points wins!