Boussanga (2023)

About this game

Boussanga is a beautiful family game with a combinatorial strategy. There are 4 game modes : a competitive mode (1 vs 1), a team mode (2 vs 2), a cooperative and a single player mode. Step 1 : Choose a combination card. Step 2 : Visualize the position of your tokens thanks to the transparency of the cards. Step 3 : Place your tokens according to the combination and create alignments of tokens to score points. in a cooperative mode : As soon as you reach 15 points (or more), the game ends. Count the cards in the discard area: if there are 12 or less, you win! To be a ‘‘Boussanga Scholar’’, the goal is 10 cards or less, and to be a ‘‘Boussanga Master’’, the goal is 8 cards or less! in a competitive mode : When a player or team reaches 15 points or more, or draws the last card or takes the last pawn of a color from the reserve box, the others play again once. At the end, the player or team with the most points wins the game.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 1 to 4. It has a designed solo mode.
• Rules load. At 1.5/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.