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2021 Ranked #11,234

Sabobatage

This set-building card game has boba shop owners complete drink recipes before their rivals. Players draw ingredients and can work on only seven drinks, so choosing which sets to finish drives the race.

Card Game Take That Hand Management Food & Drink: Tea

Players

2-5

Play time

10-30 min

Age

7+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

6.46

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Sabobatage is a strategic tabletop game inspired by boba, also known as bubble tea or pearl milk tea.

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Sabobatage is a strategic tabletop game inspired by boba, also known as bubble tea or pearl milk tea. Have you or a friend ever said, ‘I wish I had a boba shop and could drink boba all day?’ Make those dreams come true with this card game that’s fun with your friends and perfect for the whole family. Every player starts with 5 cards in their hand. Choose a player to start (ex. last person to drink boba) Each player has a draw and action phase. Draw phase: Draw 2 cards on your turn Action phase: Play up to 3 cards per turn Special Draw Phase: If at the start of your turn you have 2 or more completed drink sets, draw 3 cards on your turn. Note: There is no swapping ingredients to your other drink sets. Play ingredient cards in any order. Only 7 active drink sets can be in progress on your table. No more than 7 cards in your hand at the end of your turn. If you have more than 7 you must discard cards until you have 7. 2-4 Players (complete 5 drink sets to win) 5 players (complete 4 drink sets to win)

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Play and group

Players
2–5
Best with
3–4
Play time
10–30 min
Age
7+
Complexity
1.0/5
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Designers

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Eric Chen (I)

Artists

1
Jesus de Ubaidis

Publishers

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(Self-Published)

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