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Busy Buses

A light yet very tactical pick up and deliver board game!

Requirements

30-60
2-4
12+

Description

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Busy Buses is an easy to learn game about picking up and dropping off passengers! Get them to where they need to go. However, don't let the game's simplicity fool you; the game has many interesting decisions to make along the way.

  • Do you go straight for your bonus colors?

  • Do you try and upgrade your bus early?

  • Do you block bus stops to slow other players?


A novel and fun perk of Busy Buses is the player pieces; they are buses that actually carry passengers around the board! 20220108_142847.jpg

The yellow bus is feeling quite patriotic at the moment with the red, white, and blue passengers.


Setting Up:

(pre-production copy)

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Each play starts out differently with a modular setup of where each bus stop is. Some games may have short routes, and others may have longer routes, changing up potential strategies!

Playing the Game

Playing Busy Buses is super simple. You get three actions on your turn. There are only a few types of actions you can do:

  • Move - move your bus!
  • Pick Up - if you're at a bus stop, pick up as many passengers as you can fit!
  • Drop Off - if you're at a bus stop, drop off passengers matching the bus stop color!
  • Queue People - take a coin and then add a random person to the board by rolling the custom bus stop die!
  • Upgrade Bus - if you're at the bus depot, spend your coins to upgrade your bus!

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a few examples of upgrades (pre-production copy obviously)

Winning the Game

When the game ends, all players score one point for each passenger delivered to their destination. Players also earn bonus points for each diversity set (one of each color). Each player also has a secret bonus card that gives extra points for specific conditions. This maintains the tension until the very end!

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Components

Component Quantity Photo
Jumbo Booklet 1 Jumbo Booklet component icon
Custom Small Punchout 10 Custom Small Punchout component icon
Document 1 Document component icon
Poker Deck 1 deck of 16 cards Poker Deck component icon
Poker Deck 1 deck of 5 cards Poker Deck component icon
Poker Deck 1 deck of 1 cards Poker Deck component icon
Six-Fold Game Board 1 Six-Fold Game Board component icon
Custom Full Color 16mm D6 1 Custom Full Color 16mm D6 component icon
Large Retail Box 1 Large Retail Box component icon
Coin, Chinese, 23mm 30 Coin, Chinese, 23mm component icon

Vitals

Average Rating 0 reviews
Publish Date December 18, 2021
Edition First
Department Games
Tags puzzle Pick Up & Deliver Pick up and deliver Transportation Bus Upgrade Road Three Dimensional

Why buy this?

  • Easy to Learn, Hard to Master!
  • Modular Board Means Games Always Play Out Differently!
  • 3D Buses Carry Your Passengers Around!

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Notes

  • This game contains a premium upgrade called UV Coating that makes the printed components more durable.
  • This game contains laser cut components. Laser cut items will have a slight amount of soot around the edges, which can easily be wiped off; and will have a campfire smell for about a week after you open them.

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