Café
Build a Portuguese coffee business with cards, tiles and action points.
Who it's for
You like calm, thoughtful tile-and-card games with an economic edge, and you enjoy an unusual setting. Best as a pair.
Not for you if…
You want high drama or lots of interaction. It is a tidy planning puzzle with light competition.
Vibe's take
Quiet and tidy, with several small puzzles stacked on each turn. You compete for display cards more than you fight.
About this game
Café is a Portuguese game about the rise of coffee, from the king's secret seeds in Brazil to the elegant coffee shops of 20th-century Portugal. You use cards and tiles on a grid to run your own coffee business, picking up contracts, drafting from an open display and fitting pieces into a neat layered pattern. It plays with action points, so every turn is a handful of small choices, and a solo mode is built in. If Azul-style tile puzzles and quiet economic games are your thing, this sits comfortably in that corner. It is calm, a little thoughtful, and suits an evening with someone you like.
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Mechanics
By the numbers
Players
Duration
20–45 min
Ages 10+
Complexity
2.1 / 5 — LightBGG Rating
6.5/10
Rank #1,257
4.5k ratings
Published
2020
Designed by
Rôla, Costa
Published by
Mayfair Games, Maldito Games, Reflexshop, GaGa Games, HUCH! and 12 more
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