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Carnavalesco

The most awaited day of the year in Brazil has arrived: Carnaval! And this time you’re not just a spectator, you are a carnavalesco! After twelve months of preparation and rehearsal, the time has come for you to lead your school into the sambadrome and direct the best parade of y...

Players

1-4

Time

30-60

Age

10+

Weight

2.33

Rating

7.42

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Moderate level of interaction with a mix of direct and strategic confrontation.

Teach 2.4

Teaching signal

Replay 3.9

High replayability

Interaction 3.7

Highly interactive

Scaling 4.0

Scales well

Strategy 4.5

Deep strategy

Control 3.2

Luck-sensitive

Table feel

Moderate level of interaction with a mix of direct and strategic confrontation.

Replay value

Carnavalesco has a high variability gameboard, offering different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, enhancing replay value. The game provides deep strategic possibilities and room for improvement in tactics and strategies. The player interaction score is average. It scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The game is moderately easy to learn, striking a balance between depth and accessibility. Overall, Carnavalesco has a solid replayability score of 7.7.

Luck profile

Carnavalesco has a moderate influence of luck. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome. While there is some room for players to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions, luck still plays a significant role. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with the outcome being influenced by both player decisions and random elements.

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The most awaited day of the year in Brazil has arrived: Carnaval! And this time you’re not just a spectator, you are a carnavalesco! After twelve months of preparation and rehearsal, the time has come for you to lead your school into the sambadrome and direct the best parade of your career! Carnavalesco is a dice allocation game in which players strive to place combinations of dice that fulfill the unique requirements of nine different categories. The objective of Carnavalesco is to become the parade director of the best samba school in all of Brazil. To do so, you must maximize your scores in the nine categories that samba schools are judged in. Each category has a specific combination of dice that guarantee perfect 10’s, but it is also possible to earn perfect scores by placing dice that minimize your losses while earning bonus points. Although difficult, it is not impossible to score perfect marks in all nine categories – you’re not just striving for the highest score, but also a perfect score. The difference between first and second place in Brazilian Carnaval can be as little as one-tenth of a point, so minimizing your losses in one category can be as important as maximizing your scores in the rest! The samba school with the highest score at the end of the game is the champion of this year’s Carnaval parade, and you will always be remembered as being the carnavalesco who led it to victory! —description from the publisher

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Designers

1
Ronald Halliday

Artists

1
Gustavo Torqueto

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