El Gaucho

Train gauchos at the dice rodeo, round up cattle and sell ordered herds for pesos.

Designer: Arve D. Fühler
Published by: Argentum Verlag
Editions by: Egmont Polska, The Game Master BV

You are a cattle baron in the Pampa, sending your gauchos out to bring home as much and as fine cattle as possible. First comes the dice rodeo: the better your gauchos do in training, the easier they catch cattle in the field. Out there you can block rivals, snatch the most valuable animal from under their noses or swing your lasso and steal one. At home you sort cattle by breed into herds and sell them for pesos. A set is only valid if the values run in ascending or descending order, and new tiles join the end of the line. Two to four players, about an hour, from age 10, published in 2014.

Dice rodeo trains your gauchosSteal cattle with a lassoHerds must run in value order

Who it's for

You enjoy worker placement with a bit of dice luck and some mean tricks on the side, in a ranching theme.

Not for you if…

You want a quiet, no-conflict builder or hate when others take the animal you wanted.

Vibe's take

Competitive but cheerful. You roll for your gauchos, race rivals to the best animals and then sort your herds like a puzzle before you cash in.