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1989 · 2-4 players · 60min · weight 1.64 · 3,008 ratings
v2 —v3 —
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ID
214
Name
Café International
Year
1989
Rank
2310
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
1.6422
Num weights
218
Bayes avg
5.88714
Average
6.21891
Users rated
3008
Num owned
4740
Wanting
47
Wishing
215
Num comments
785
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:18:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (3)
Hand ManagementPattern BuildingTile Placement
Categories (1)
Abstract Strategy
Description (540 chars)
This game revolves around the placement of multi-national customers in a restaurant. The board shows many different tables, each with four chairs around them. The tables are grouped by nation, so the Chinese like to sit with other Chinese. However, some of the chairs are on the border between two nations, so a person from either place could occupy the seat. To further complicate this odd tile game, each of the people is either male or female, and tables must be gender-balanced. As the game progresses some tiles become unplayable...
LLM v2 (wide)
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LLM v3 (deep)
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