Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Baston is a humorous skirmish fighting board-wargame which takes place in a suburban French bar. Each player manages a gang of bad boys fighting with bottles of beer and moto chains.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Action Queue
Place actions into an ordered queue that resolves now or on later turns.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Grid Movement
Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Read the full game description
Baston is a humorous skirmish fighting board-wargame which takes place in a suburban French bar. Each player manages a gang of bad boys fighting with bottles of beer and moto chains. Illustrated by Franck Margerin (a well known French cartoonist), Baston is one of the earliest games of Bruno Faidutti.