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Nice Buns

Nice Buns is a light strategy game in which players sit together in the "Nice Buns Buffet" and race to fill up their plate with three sets of colorful bao buns. Each round, you roll three dice that let you collect, steal, and trade different buns. However, there's a twist! Before...

Players

2-6

Time

?-?

Age

10+

Weight

1.67

Rating

6.25

Should this hit the table?

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Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation, high interaction frequency, and limited emphasis on cooperation.

Teach 2.3

Teaching signal

Replay 4.0

High replayability

Interaction 3.8

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.0

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation, high interaction frequency, and limited emphasis on cooperation.

Replay value

Nice Buns has a high variability gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, further enhancing replay value. The game offers deep strategic possibilities and room for players to improve their tactics over time. The player interaction score is average, and the game scales well with different numbers of players. While it may take some time to learn, the easiness to learn score is moderate. Overall, Nice Buns has a good replayability score of 7.9.

Luck profile

Nice Buns has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While some strategic decisions can influence the outcome, luck still plays a significant role. The game is a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with the outcome primarily determined by player decisions and luck playing a minor role.

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Nice Buns is a light strategy game in which players sit together in the "Nice Buns Buffet" and race to fill up their plate with three sets of colorful bao buns. Each round, you roll three dice that let you collect, steal, and trade different buns. However, there's a twist! Before you do anything, the player on your left will get to decide which dice you can use...and which ones they'll keep for themselves. —description from the publisher

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Designers

2
Liesbeth Bos Anja Dreier-Brückner

Artists

1
Beks Barnett

Publishers

1
Big Potato Games

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