Midautumn Bakery

The Midautumn Festival is fast approaching, and everyone in Yunshan village wants a box of mooncakes to share with friends and family! Players run bakeries eager to meet this demand, sending workers out to different locations to gather the required supplies. The more workers you send, the better chances you have of getting what you wish. Clever planning will help earn you the Lanterns needed to become the village's most splendid establishment!

Play it on Tabletop Simulator!

The game takes place over 7 Days, and each Day has 3 Phases, Planning, Action and Reset.

In the Planning Phase, players secretly assign workers to the 6 Action zones on their player boards. The more workers they place on an action, the earlier they'll go when that action is resolved or the more rewards they will get.

In the Action Phase, players reveal their boards and the 6 Actions are resolved in order. Actions are resolved in turn order based on workers placed, then the Moon track if tied (except for actions 2 and 3, which are done simultaneously).

1. Follow Rabbits: Moves players up on the Moon track, which acts as a tiebreaker when players are tied in workers placed.

2. Seek Funding: Gain Yuan, the currency used to pay for Actions and unlock new workers. If players collectively place too many workers here, the payout is reduced.

3. Visit Temple: Draw Mooncakes randomly from the bag. If players collectively place too many workers here, the payout is reduced.

4. Make Friends: Take Friend cards, which give you special abilities and endgame scoring conditions. Pay Yuan to take 2 Friends instead of 1.

5. Bake Mooncakes: Take Mooncakes from the display. Pay Yuan to take 3 or 4 Mooncakes instead of 2

6. Serve Customers: Pay Mooncakes to take Customer cards and gain their rewards.

In the Reset Phase, the Friend, Mooncake and Customer displays are refilled and all workers are reset. If it is not the 7th day, a new day begins.

After 7 days, players tally up the Lanterns they have collected, and whoever has the most is the winner! Players gain Lanterns from:

1. Served Customers

2. Friends with endgame scoring conditions

3. Their position on the Moon track

4. Fireworks collected (lose Lanterns if you have no Fireworks!)

5. Money, based on how many Savings bags they have collected

6. Animal Tokens earned for collecting 4 of a single animal type