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Café del Gatto

Café del Gatto

Schmidt Spiele · 2023
2–530 min8+ yrs1.6/5 complexity6.3 BGG#10.342 BGG565Family
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How do you play Café del Gatto?

In Café del Gatto, you want to serve valuable drinks to customers, but you're competing against other baristas for coffee and milk, so making drinks will be tricky!

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Café del Gatto box art
official art · Schmidt Spiele

In Café del Gatto, you want to serve valuable drinks to customers, but you're competing against other baristas for coffee and milk, so making drinks will be tricky!

To set up, each player takes five glass tiles that require 1-4 "shots" to complete. Place the 36 coffee/milk tiles in the bag, then draw five tiles to fill the milk side of the espresso machine, then five tiles to fill the coffee side. Each double-sided coffee/milk tile has a value from 1-4 as well as a symbol for cold, hot, or foamy. Each player starts with 4-5 coins. Place completed drink tiles in the center of the playing area; each drink (cappuccino, latte macchiato, etc.) has tiles of varying values.

On a turn, take one of three actions:

 Take 2 coins from the bank.
 Buy a tile from the espresso machine, with the cost of the tile being equal to the adjacent tile on the opposite side of the machine. If you're buying a milk tile, for example, the cost is the value on the adjacent coffee tile. Tiles in the top two rows have a 1-2 coin surcharge. Place the tile in the lowest empty matching space on one of your drink tiles, then draw a tile from the bag to refill the machine. If you buy a 1 tile, it comes with a bonus sugar cube.
 Serve one or more completed drinks. For each glass tile that has all its spots filled, first gain coins from the bank, earning more coins if the drink has fewer symbols in it. (Mixing cold and hot tiles isn't good!) Next, take a completed drink tile of the same type that has a value equal to or less than the sum of the tiles, gaining coins to make up the difference. You can raise the value of a drink by 1 for each sugar cube spent.

At the start of your turn, you can spend 2 coins to flush one side of the espresso machine, then refill it.

As soon as a player has served all five types of drinks, complete the round, then sum the value of your completed drink tiles, with each pair of sugar cubes counting as 1 point. Whoever has the most points wins, with coin serving as a tiebreaker.

game anatomy
Complexity1.6 / 5
BGG rating6.3 / 10
Vibe
Family
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2–5
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#10.342
from Trișache · verified

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Q3How do you play Café del Gatto?
Café del Gatto is a animals game, for 2–5 players, taking ~30 minutes, featuring open drafting. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Café del Gatto — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Café del Gatto support?
Café del Gatto is played by 2–5 players.
Q5How long does a game of Café del Gatto take?
A game of Café del Gatto takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Café del Gatto for?
Café del Gatto is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Café del Gatto?
Café del Gatto has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.6 out of 5.
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