Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
During King's D. João V kingdom, Portugal was a major European power.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Action Points
Spend a limited allowance of points across several possible actions each turn.
Pick Up and Deliver
Collect goods at one location and transport them to another for rewards.
Highest-Lowest Scoring
Final scoring depends on balancing categories because the highest or lowest value matters.
Layering
Place components over earlier pieces so their order and overlap affect play.
Melding and Splaying
Combine cards into sets and spread them to expose additional icons or effects.
Read the full game description
During King's D. João V kingdom, Portugal was a major European power. From Brazil, the king ordered Sergeant Melo Palheta to travel to the French Guyana to formally establish the Utrecht Treaty of 1713 and to secretly bring coffee seeds to Brazil. The Sergeant was successful and by 1800 Brazil was already one of the largest and biggest coffee producers in the world. In the early XX century, coffee from Brazil, São Tomé and Príncipe, Angola and Timor is largely appreciated in Portugal and inspires the appearance of prestige coffee shops in emblematic locations that attract the elite. Through dedication, hard work and competence, the Portuguese XX century witnesses the birth of one of the biggest coffee industries in the world. In Café, 1 to 4 players represent coffee companies, that from plantation, aging, roasting and distribution, try to create and control the best supply chain of coffee. —description from the publisher