Bazaar

Bazaar
Info
Cost
Type(s)	Action
Kingdom card?	Yes
Set	Seaside
Illustrator(s)	Martin Hoffmann
Card text
+1 Card +2 Actions +

Bazaar is an Action card from Seaside. It is both a village (i.e., it gives +2 actions) and a Peddler variant (a cantrip producing +), making it useful in many engines despite its relatively high cost.

FAQ

Official FAQ

• You draw a card and get +2 Actions and +.

Strategy

Bazaar is a village and Peddler variant that lends itself to use in engines in the same way as other villages, with some economy as an added benefit. It’s best added to your engine as soon as you have some deck control and need more terminal space, typically in the early midgame, although its somewhat high price compared to other villages may make this more difficult than usual.

This high price is the main downside of Bazaar. At , it competes with many other powerful Action cards, has a much higher opportunity cost than cheaper villages, and cannot be gained by most Workshop variants. If it is the only available village, assembling an engine is more expensive and thus slower than usual, especially if the available draw card also costs . Therefore, it works best with cheaper components for draw such as Smithy. Cost reduction (e.g. Quarry) or suitable gainers (e.g. Vampire or Altar) make Bazaar significantly easier to acquire, and therefore more attractive.

The extra that Bazaar generates is usually secondary to the village effect, as + from a card is relatively weak, but it does have a couple of beneficial effects. As with all Peddler variants, providing payload without adding any stop cards means you typically need less draw. Additionally, because you can simultaneously add your village effect and some payload, building can be slightly faster with Bazaar.

Versions

English versions

Print	Digital	Text	Release	Date
		+1 Card   +2 Actions   +	Seaside	October 2009
		+1 Card +2 Actions +	Seaside (2017 printing)	July 2017
		+1 Card +2 Actions +	Seaside Second Edition	June 2022

Other language versions

Language	Name	Print	Digital	Text	Notes
Chinese	趕集 (pron. gǎnjí)
Czech	Bazar
Dutch	Bazaar			+1 Kaart +2 Acties +	Hijs de Zeilen (2de Editie) 999 Games (2022)
Finnish	Basaari
French	Bazar
German	Bazar			+1 Karte +2 Aktionen +
Italian	Bazar
Japanese	バザー (pron. bazā)			+1 カードを引く +2 アクション +
Korean	상점가 (pron. sangjeomga, lit. shopping center)
Polish	Bazar			+1 karta +2 akcje +
Russian	Базар (pron. bazar)			+1 Карта +2 Действия +
Spanish	Bazar			+1 Carta +2 Acciones +

Trivia

Official card art.

Card Art

This art was turned in for Market, but by mistake another artist was also doing Market.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, 'Art Trivia'

Secret History

A vanilla card. It was in a later set, and I moved it here to have another Village. We accidentally got two illustrations for Market; this card has the one that isn't on Market.

—Donald X. Vaccarino, The Secret History of the Seaside Cards