- BGG rating
- 7.2
Rules assistance for Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2–8 players
- 45 min
- 8+
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion
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Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion is an expansion for Bargain Quest released in 2019 for 2–8 players, 45 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Jonathan Ying and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Auction / Bidding, and Open Drafting.
About the game
The Black Market Expansion brings Bargain Quest to the seedy criminal underworld. With new heroes like the Shaman, and the Bravo, along with cunning employees like the Loan Shark and the Henchman. It's a dangerous town, and you'll have to use all of your cunning and wits if you mean to make a profit out here! Most importantly however, this expansion introduces a new Upgrade to Bargain Quest: The Black Market Upgrade This Upgrade functions similarly like the Display and Storage Upgrades in the original game, however the cost to gain this upgrade is not coins, but *stars* which means you'll need to spend your hard earned reputation before you'll be able to make the connections you'll need to access the Black Market Deck! During the Supply Step, a player with the Black Market Upgrade gains cards from the Black Market Deck, which contains a variety of strange and powerful artifacts! The Black Market can be a bit unpredictable. Its items range from the incredibly powerful, to the expensive, but useless, to the outright weird. You'll want to keep the best equipment you find for yourself, and leave your opponents with less favorable options. Play your cards right and you'll be the next Capitalist Kingpin. —description from the publisher
Categories
Designers
Publishers
- Renegade Game Studios
- Banana Games
Questions and answers
Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion supports 2–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion is 45 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion belongs to these categories: Card Game, Fantasy, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Auction / Bidding, and Open Drafting. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion are: Jonathan Ying. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Bargain Quest: The Black Market Expansion as an expansion for Bargain Quest. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Bargain Quest to use it. Check that your edition of Bargain Quest is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.