Octobuns

In Octobuns you serve hungry guests using fresh ingredients and luxury buns to fulfill their orders. Collect the right ingredients, transform them into delicious sandwiches and complete the orders of guests at the harbor. Just make sure the ingredients are served in the correct order — otherwise the guests won't appreciate them. For each completed order you earn coins, which will lead you to victory as the most successful octopus!

The goal of Octobuns is to complete orders as quickly as possible. As soon as someone has completed 5 orders, the game ends. On your turn, players can choose one of four different actions and execute it.

First, a player can take an ingredient from the market at the center of the table and add it to their bakery. If you take an ingredient that can be combined with one already in your bakery to make a sandwich, you can merge them and place the finished sandwich in your bakery in place of those ingredients.

Another action is to attract one of the harbor guests to your side. This reserves the guest only for you — other players can no longer serve them. This way you can calmly collect all the ingredients you need without worrying that another player will claim the guest first.

Are you missing just one ingredient for an order and it's not available in the market? You can instead choose to return one of your sandwiches and take that ingredient from the discard pile. Space in your bakery is limited, and sometimes too many ingredients and sandwiches can end up in your 3×3 grid. As a final action, you can move or remove ingredients in your bakery to make room for orders from harbor guests.

Do you have the correct ingredients in the correct order in your bakery for an order? Then, after performing your action on your turn, you can complete that order. You'll earn coins for doing so, and often receive a bonus action you can use later in the game. As soon as someone completes 5 orders, the game ends and the player with the most coins wins!