Bangkok Klongs

About this board game

Bangkok Klongs is a board game for 2–4 players that takes about 60 minutes, set among the busy canals and floating markets of Bangkok.

Small boats arrive loaded with colourful fruits, rice, or fish as merchants search for the most profitable embarkation points. Players take turns bringing their boats to the floating markets and towing them into position, where the number of nearby boats can determine whether the market day succeeds or ends with an empty-handed departure.

The central challenge is choosing where to place each boat. Crowded areas can be valuable, but only filled squares are scored when a scoring round occurs. After scoring, players remove a boat and add it to their stock, creating a second layer of decisions that continues beyond the market itself.

• Place boats on the board and tow them into advantageous positions.
• Score filled squares when a scoring round occurs.
• Remove a boat after scoring and add it to your stock.
• Prepare a focused collection of goods for the final scoring.

In Bangkok Klongs, the market days are only part of the merchants’ success. The stock is scored at the end of the game, and players who concentrate on a selection of goods can fare especially well. Collecting every type of good is less desirable, so each boat placement and removal helps shape the final result.

With its close-packed boats, colourful cargo, and lively canal-market setting, Bangkok Klongs combines tactical positioning during play with careful attention to the goods collected for the final tally.