Night Market

About this board game

Night Market is a board game for 1–4 players that takes about 90 minutes, in which business owners build food stalls, satisfy customers, and compete to earn the most reputation.

Customers move through the market with distinctive tastes and specific cravings. To serve them, you must acquire different foods from the city and strategically place those foods in your night market. Satisfying customers can turn them into loyal customers who return for another visit, while disappointing them may send them away.

Time is a crucial part of the challenge. You have only so long to shop for ingredients and prepare your market before it opens, so every decision matters. Customers are also willing to pay more for specialty dishes, creating opportunities to increase your sales while meeting their particular demands.

• Construct stalls to sell food to customers with distinctive tastes.
• Acquire ingredients and manage resources before the market opens.
• Use spatial worker placement to organize your night market strategically.
• Build customer loyalty by fulfilling cravings and serving satisfying dishes.

Night Market combines spatial worker placement with challenging resource management as you balance preparation, stall placement, customer satisfaction, and sales. Its setting draws inspiration from Taiwan’s vibrant neighborhood night markets and the regional dishes associated with them.

At the end of the game, the player who has earned the most reputation is regarded as the Best Night Market. Whether you are serving familiar favorites or pursuing more valuable specialty dishes, Night Market asks you to make the most of limited time, carefully managed foods, and returning customers.