DAMAGED BOX

Café International (1989)

Find seats for the international crowd. Organize everyone well for big points! 

2–4 Players

45–60 Min

Playing Time

Age: 10+

This game revolves around the placement of multi-national customers in a restaurant. The board shows many different tables, each with four chairs around them. The tables are grouped by nation, so the Chinese like to sit with other Chinese. However, some of the chairs are on the border between two nations, so a person from either place could occupy the seat. To further complicate this odd tile game, each of the people is either male or female, and tables must be gender-balanced. As the game progresses some tiles become unplayable...

AWARDS & HONORS

1989 Spiel des Jahres Winner

Primary Name

Café International

Alternate Names

Café Internacional

Tactix

國際咖啡館

Year Released

1989

Designer

Rudi Hoffmann

 

Artists

Oliver Freudenreich

J. W. Thompson

Publishers

AMIGO

Kaissa Chess & Games

Leo Toys

Mattel, Inc.

Relaxx

Rio Grande Games

Swan Panasia Co., Ltd.

 

Category

Abstract Strategy

Mechanisms

Hand Management

Pattern Building

Tile Placement

Family

Game: Café International

weight: 936g