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1990 Ranked #20,774

Katego

This dice score-sheet game has players assign two-die totals to different columns and finish with the highest score after eleven rounds. Only an uncontested highest entry scores a column, making placement choices as important as every roll.

Family Games Dice Dice Rolling

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.06/5

Rating

5.57

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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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 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Katego is a dice game that is played over 11 rounds. Each round, players roll two dice and enter the total in one of 11 columns marked 2 to 12, choosing a different column each round.

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Katego is a dice game that is played over 11 rounds. Each round, players roll two dice and enter the total in one of 11 columns marked 2 to 12, choosing a different column each round. Each column is scored (for 2 to 12 points, as designated) by the player with the highest entry in that column. Columns with ties are not scored. The player with the highest score after 11 rounds wins. Originally published in New Tactical Games with Dice and Cards. Its English name is Catego.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Reiner Knizia

Publishers

2
(Web published) Elliot Right Way Books

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