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Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum | Sherpa’s Base Camp Review 🍜🐉
Welcome to Sherpa’s Base Camp, a short stop before deciding if a game is worth the climb (or buy)!
In this quick review, I take a look at Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum, a set collection and action-selection game designed by Pauline Kong, Marie Wong, and Haymen Lee, and published by Hot Banana Games.
🔥 Is it fun?
🔥 Is it quick?
🔥 Is it the right game for YOU?
I break it all down without going too deep into the rules—just the good stuff to help you decide if this belongs in your collection. If you love beautiful components, a rotating turntable, and a fun, thematic experience, this might be the game for you!
📌 Timestamps:
⏳ 00:00 – Intro & What is Sherpa’s Base Camp?
🍜 00:29 – Steam Up: Quick Overview
🎲 01:10 – Steam Up: How Does it Play?
🔥 02:37 – My Thoughts (Fun? Quick? Who Will Like It?)
🔥03:12 -- Component Quality
🐉 03:28 – Are All Player Powers Balanced?
🎭 03:48 – Theme: Does the Cultural Representation Hold Up?
📢 04:02 – Final Verdict & Barnes & Noble Thoughts
✅ 04:43 – Outro & What’s Next?
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Mostly reviews and unboxings. Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 26 reviews, 9 how-to-play guides, 11 recorded sessions, 23 unboxings, and 4 other videos.
2 - 5 players
40 - 60 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
About Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum, from BoardGameGeek:
Once upon a time in the Far East, deep in the mountains of a mythical land, there was a world-renowned Dim Sum restaurant by the name of Steam Up.
It was the first restaurant of its kind to achieve the three Gold Ingot status. According to the Gold Ingot Guide, Steam Up was best known for its top 5 most popular Dim Sum: juicy shrimp dumpling, tender meat dumpling, soft and fluffy BBQ meat bun, flavorful sticky rice, and exotic phoenix claw. These heavenly tastes drew food enthusiasts and gourmets from all over the world!
Come join us on a feast of Dim Sum. You are invited!
Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum is a competitive 2-5 player light-medium weight Dim Sum set collection and action management game offering a delicious cultural experience.
At the beginning of the game, steamers, filled with different types of Dim Sum, are stacked and placed on a Turntable. Each player takes turns performing 2 different actions each round. Actions include gaining and spending food tokens to purchase Dim Sum in Steamers within their Feast Zone. Players may also play Fortune cards to benefit themselves or affect their opponents. Starting the 2nd round, a Fate card is revealed each round to trigger an event that may affect all players.
The game ends when a specific number of Steamers is purchased or the Fate deck is emptied. Final scoring is then calculated. The player with the most Hearty Points wins and leaves the table with the fullest stomach!