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Bansan

Bansan

2023·Goh Choon Ean

Videos
5
Creators
4

Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Bansan is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, and 1 unboxings.

1 - 5 players
30 - 50 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

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 EMPTY a waste bin Just like in local Asian markets, bargain at anytime to negotiate the best deals from other vendors. Then complete shopping lists of ingredients to make a variety of hawker food for your customers. The vendor who has earned the most money at game end wins! There's also the Sendiri Mode - a solo way to play Bansan, and the Kenduri Mode - when the market gets a big order to host a feast! Juggle the multiple roles of a vendor to win the title of "Bos Bansan!" Even if you get out-vended, you are guaranteed a taste of the chaos and excitement of local market culture in Malaysia! -description from the designer

Bansan

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Learn to play

How to play interview: Bansan at Spiel 202410:21

How to play interview: Bansan at Spiel 2024

So Play We All

So Play We All

Review

Bansan Review with Tom Vasel4:50

Bansan Review with Tom Vasel

Dice Tower Encore

Dice Tower Encore

Which Bansan video should I watch?

Bansan has 5 videos from 4 creators: 2 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides and 1 unboxing. They date from 2023 to February 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "How to play interview: Bansan at Spiel 2024" by So Play We All, which runs 10 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Bansan Review with Tom Vasel" by Dice Tower Encore.

If you like it, try Kaki Lima and Kaki Lima: Downtown KL, also by Goh Choon Ean, or Chinatown and Bohnanza, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2024.

All videos

Bansan Review with Tom VaselReview4:50

Bansan Review with Tom Vasel

Dice Tower Encore

Dice Tower Encore

How to play interview: Bansan at Spiel 2024How to play10:21

How to play interview: Bansan at Spiel 2024

So Play We All

So Play We All

Bansan: Review: Economic Board GamesReview14:42

Bansan: Review: Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

Economic Board Games

How to Play BansanHow to play14:50

How to Play Bansan

Arts-ED Penang

Arts-ED Penang

Unboxing Bansan Board GameUnboxing20:22

Unboxing Bansan Board Game

Arts-ED Penang

Arts-ED Penang

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Arts-ED Penang
Arts-ED Penang
2 videos of this game
Dice Tower Encore
Dice Tower Encore
1 video of this game
Economic Board Games
Economic Board Games
1 video of this game
So Play We All
So Play We All
1 video of this game

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About Bansan

From BoardGameGeek:

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 EMPTY a waste bin Just like in local Asian markets, bargain at anytime to negotiate the best deals from other vendors. Then complete shopping lists of ingredients to make a variety of hawker food for your customers. The vendor who has earned the most money at game end wins! There's also the Sendiri Mode - a solo way to play Bansan, and the Kenduri Mode - when the market gets a big order to host a feast! Juggle the multiple roles of a vendor to win the title of "Bos Bansan!" Even if you get out-vended, you are guaranteed a taste of the chaos and excitement of local market culture in Malaysia! -description from the designer

Designer

Goh Choon Ean

Artist

Charis Loke

Publisher

Arts-ED

Categories

EconomicEducationalEnvironmental

Mechanics

Action PointsMarket & TradingHand ManagementNegotiation
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