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Basari

Modern Hobby Strategy Games

Basari is a negotiation board game for three or four players, designed by Reinhard Staupe and published by F.X. Schmid in 1998. Each player is a gem merchant. In every round the players secretly choose one of three actions and reveal them together. When two merchants pick the same action they must haggle over which of them gets to carry it out, and when more than two pick it, nobody benefits. The aim is to hold the majority of a gem type when each of three scoring rounds arrives, and the majorities earn victory points. It finished sixth in the 1998 Deutscher Spiele Preis voting, and a revised version appeared from 2003 as Edel, Stein and Reich from alea and Ravensburger.

Facts
Origin Year
1998 1
Playing Time
25 1
Age Suitability
Family 2
Designer
Reinhard Staupe 1
Publisher
F.X. Schmid 1
Publisher
New Games Order, LLC 1
Publisher
Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag 1
Publisher
Out of the Box Publishing 1
Publisher
Swan Panasia Co., Ltd. 1
Publisher
White Goblin Games 1
Game Category
Negotiation 1
Game Mechanic
Roll / Spin and Move 1
Game Mechanic
Set Collection 1
Game Mechanic
Simultaneous Action Selection 1
Minimum Players
3 1
Maximum Players
4 1
Sources
1. Basari (BoardGameGeek)
  • Origin Year: 1998
  • Playing Time: 25
  • Designer: Reinhard Staupe
  • Publisher: F.X. Schmid
  • Publisher: New Games Order, LLC
  • Publisher: Nürnberger-Spielkarten-Verlag
  • Publisher: Out of the Box Publishing
  • Publisher: Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.
  • Publisher: White Goblin Games
  • Game Category: Negotiation
  • Game Mechanic: Roll / Spin and Move
  • Game Mechanic: Set Collection
  • Game Mechanic: Simultaneous Action Selection
  • Minimum Players: 3
  • Maximum Players: 4
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2. Basari (Spiel des Jahres)
  • Weitere Informationen
    Ab 2003 in überarbeiteter Version als EDEL, STEIN & REICH bei alea/Ravensburger
  • Game details, age
    Altersempfehlung: ab 10
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