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2018 Ranked #8,313

El Camarero

A memory game has waiters remember guests’ orders and correctly serve dishes from a shared kitchen. Players can ring a bell to catch mistakes, earning points for service but losing points for errors.

Memory Party Game

Players

2-10

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.2/5

Rating

7.39

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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A game that honors the great memory of waiters all over the globe. Do you think you could be a great waiter?

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A game that honors the great memory of waiters all over the globe. Do you think you could be a great waiter? Starters, mains, sides, desserts and beverages. You must remember every order of the table and serve the dishes going out from kitchen. But pay attention! If someone makes a mistake, you can save the honor of the waiters by correcting it. At the start of the game every player receives cards with starters, mains, sides, desserts and beverages. Each card shows two variants and the players should pick one variant for each card and put them face up in front of him. Then, the players read aloud out their orders and flip them face down. Now someone puts 8 cards from the kitchen deck and put them in the center of the table. Starting by the first players and following turns, each player can either serve a dish to a player or discard extra dishes. If another player thinks the current player is making a mistake he can ring the bell and correct him. Players scores 3 points for right services, 1 point for discarded dishes and -2 for every mistake. The game ends at the end of the kitchen deck, the players with more points is the winner.

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Play and group

Players
2–10
Best with
3–8
Play time
30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.2/5
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Artists

1
Nacho Rodriguez

Publishers

1
Maldón

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