Brewing Success: A Solo Playthrough of Chai Board Game
5In this video, Jake will take on the challenge of playing the board game Chai solo! Chai is a delightful game that puts you in the shoes of a tea merchant, where you must blend and sell teas to customers. The game has beautiful components and a charming theme that really immerses you in the world of tea-making.
Jake will guide you through the gameplay and show you how to brew different types of tea, fulfill customer orders, and manage your resources effectively. I'll also share some tips and strategies that I've learned from my previous plays.
Playing Chai solo can be a lot of fun, and it's a great way to improve your skills before playing with friends or family. So sit back, relax, and join me as I brew my way to success in this exciting solo playthrough of Chai!
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0:00 Intro
0:33 Brief Overview Of Game
4:40 Gameplay Begins
24:10 Outro
BGG Link: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/328636/chai-deluxe-edition
Designers: Dan Kazmaier, Connie Kazmaier
Artists: Mary Haasdyk, Sahana VJ
Publishers: Steeped Games Ltd., CrowD Games
In Chai, you will step into the shoes of a tea merchant, combining tea flavours to make a perfect blend. Specializing in either rooibos, green, oolong, black or white tea, you will buy and collect ingredients to fulfill your customers’ orders.
As a tea merchant, each turn you will do one of the following: Visit the Market, Select Additives, Reserve a Customer.
At the end of each turn, a player may complete a tea order from one customer card in their hand or visible in the customer pool. A base tea token, tea flavours and additives shown on the card are needed ingredients, and placed in an empty tea cup. The player flips over a tip and receives a coin bonus, moving the thermometer round tracker up one notch if all cups are filled.
The game ends when five rounds of cups have been fulfilled. When the final order is completed, other players complete their last turn so that each player has played the same number of turns.
To score, players add up their victory points from fulfilled customer orders, and add their leftover money to this total. In 3-5 player games, additional points are awarded to the player(s) who fulfilled the most orders and most diverse tea recipes. Award ties are friendly with each winner receiving 5 points.
The player with the most victory points (from customer orders, money, and awards) wins the game as best tea merchant! In the case of a tie, the person with the least number of fulfilled customer cards wins. If still tied, the person with the least amount of money wins. If that does not break a tie, the victory is shared.
Unique features to the deluxe include:
10 deluxe exclusive cards
5 deluxe superfan-inspired cards
5 wild tea ingredient tiles
3 unique customer tips
3 NEW ability cards