Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum
Steam Up
Gather food tokens, spin the turntable, and buy the steamer of dim sum that stops in front of you.
- 2–5 players
- about 50 min
- Easy to pick up
- Strategy
- Family
- Food
The goal
Turn the dim sum you eat into Hearty Points and have the most at the end.
How it plays
- 1Everyone picks a zodiac animal board with its own power. Steamers are stacked on the turntable in the middle, and each player has a Feast Zone in front of them.
- 2On your turn you must take two different actions. Choose from: gain 1 food token; draw 1 Fortune card; play 1 Fortune card; discard 2 Fortune cards for 1 token; buy a steamer. After drawing or playing a card you may rotate the turntable 90 degrees.
- 3Buying: you may only buy the top steamer of a stack inside your Feast Zone, paying food tokens that match every dim sum in it. Put each dim sum in its row on your board and score the points printed on the slot.
- 4From the second round on, each round opens by revealing a Fate card that affects everyone.
How you win
The game ends after the round in which the Fate deck runs out or the steamer counter hits zero. Lose 1 point per 2 leftover tokens, gain 1 per 2 Fortune cards in hand, and the most points wins.
First time?
- One turn of the table takes away the steamer someone was saving for. Time it well.
- Each row only scores for its first 6 dim sum. Extras earn nothing.
- Leftover tokens cost points, so don't hoard near the end.
Watch how to play
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