Bonbon
Bonbon Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- 25 objective tokens (5 tokens of each colour)
- 40 chocolate pieces (5 pieces of each topping)
- 1 bonbon tray
- 16 objective cards (7 type A and 9 type B)
- 1 bag
Chocolate pieces come in the following varieties: Ivory Latte, Bisou de Cerise, Golden Roast Swirl, Crimson Night, Citrus Sunset, Éveil de Velours, L'Aube Orangée, Ruby Velvet, Menthe de Neige, Espresso Mochiato, Midnight Frost, Cerise Royale, Solar Eclipse, Frosty Shadow, Éclat de Menthe, and L'Or Noir.
Set-up
Place the bonbon tray in the middle of the table.
Put all the chocolate pieces inside the bag. Leave the bag on the side.
Each player chooses a colour and takes all the objective tokens of their colour, placing them face down. With 5 players, the objective tokens of value 4 are removed from the game.
Shuffle the Type A objective cards and the Type B objective cards separately. Draw objective cards according to the number of players:
| Players | 2 | 3 | 4-5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type A | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Type B | 2 | 3 | 4 |
How to Play
The game is played in clockwise turns, starting with the player who most recently ate a piece of chocolate.
At the beginning of the game, all players place one of their objective tokens face down on one of the available objective cards. There can be a maximum of 2 objective tokens on the same objective card.
On Your Turn
Choose one of two possible actions:
- Create new bonbons: Take the bag and draw 2 chocolate pieces. Place them in the bonbon tray in any space you prefer. You can stack one chocolate piece on top of another or place them separately in different spaces.
- Select a new objective: Place one of your objective tokens face down on top of one of the objectives that are still available. Each objective can have a maximum of 2 objective tokens from different players.
Structure of a Bonbon
A bonbon consists of up to two chocolate pieces stacked on top of each other. If you place the chocolate piece at the bottom of the bonbon, put it face down so that the topping is not visible. If you place the top piece of the bonbon, put the chocolate piece face up so that the topping is visible.
End of Game
When there are no more chocolate pieces left to place on the bonbon tray, the game immediately ends.
If anyone still has unused objective tokens, those tokens are removed from the game.
Scoring
Flip and reveal the objective tokens on objective cards. The following scenarios may occur within an objective card:
- Single token: If it is alone, score the objective directly. The buglet does not score.
- Two tokens: The token with the highest value scores double points while the token with the lowest value scores as usual. If their values are the same, they score the objective as usual (no double points). The buglet does not score and cancels out the score of the other token present on the objective card.
In the event of a tie, players compare the points they have earned from their objective tokens, starting with the highest-value token. The player with the most points from that token wins. If the tie persists, they move on to the next highest-value token. If the tie persists after comparing all the tokens, tied players share the victory.
Objectives
The objectives are scored as follows:
- Composition of the bonbon: 1 point for each bonbon that follows the structure (dark-dark, white-dark, dark-white, and white-white).
- Topping: 1 point for each bonbon that has this topping on its top piece.
- Box composition: Two bonbons with the same chocolate color on their top piece are considered grouped if they are orthogonally adjacent.
- Largest group: 1 point per bonbon that belongs to the largest group of this chocolate colour on their top piece.
- Number of groups: 1 point for each separate group of bonbons with this chocolate colour on top. For this objective, a single bonbon also counts as a group.
- Majorities:
- For each row: If there is a majority of bonbons with this top colour, score 1 point for each of them.
- For each column: If there is a majority of bonbons with this top color, score 1 point. Ties do not count.
Bug Queen (Variant)
In this variant, the buglet does not cancel out any objective. Instead, the buglet takes on the value of 5 and can only be surpassed by a piece with a value of 1 on the same objective.
Example Scoring
- Objective 1: Orange has the highest value, so they score 5 × 2 = 10 points. Yellow scores 5 points.
- Objective 2: Yellow has the highest value, so they score 6 × 2 = 12 points. Orange scores 6 points.
- Objective 3: No objective tokens were placed here. This card doesn't score.
- Objective 4: Yellow placed a token here, but Purple placed their buglet here, so no one scores.
- Objective 5: Purple is the only player with a token here. Purple scores 5 points.
- Objective 6: Orange placed their buglet here. No one scores here.
- Objective 7: Orange placed a token here, but Yellow placed their buglet here, so no one scores.
- Objective 8: Purple had the highest value, so they score 9 × 2 = 18 points. Orange scores 9 points.
- Objective 9: Both Purple and Yellow have the same value so they both score 5 points.
Final scores: Orange 25, Yellow 22, Purple 28 — Purple wins!
Game Summary
To become the greatest chocolatier you must:
- Create new bonbons made up of 2 chocolate pieces with a face-up topping.
- Select objectives by secretly betting on them with an objective token and hoping you are not betting against a buglet. Yuck!
- When the last chocolate piece is taken out of the bag the game ends and scoring begins. Whoever ends up with the highest amount of points wins the game!