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Tobago

#42215BGG ↗

2009 · 2-4 players · 60min · weight 2.13 · 12,800 ratings

v2 v3 fit 0.458

BGG raw

ID
42215
Name
Tobago
Year
2009
Rank
430
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.1347
Num weights
735
Bayes avg
6.83156
Average
7.09399
Users rated
12800
Num owned
15184
Wanting
719
Wishing
3635
Num comments
2793
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:15:54 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (7)
DeductionGrid MovementHand ManagementHexagon GridModular BoardPush Your LuckVariable Set-up
Categories (3)
AdventureDeductionExploration
Description (810 chars)

Tobago is an adventure game in which the players use representations of treasure maps to locate unknown treasures. During the game, more and more information about the location of a treasure is revealed and its possible locations are gradually narrowed down. When the location of one of the treasures is finally revealed players try to reach it as quickly as possible to secure the findings. The more clues you have provided, the more of a stake you will have in the loot. Players can carefully play their clues and use bonus-action gems to influence where and when the treasure is found in order to ensure a more favourable outcome when the loot is finally 'dug up' and shared. The game features a 3 piece, double-sided, modular game board which can be rearranged to create 32 possible island arrangements.

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
play clue, narrow location
Decision shape
mixed:spatial+combinatorial
Reward schedule
mixed:delayed+variable
Aesthetics
["Discovery", "Challenge"]
Core loop pitch
Play a clue card narrowing where treasure hides on a modular island, race a jeep there, and split spoils.
Translation difficulty
Medium
Difficulty reason
Deduction + map is tractable digitally (BGA has it) but the clue-stacking arithmetic and shared-payout twist need careful UI.
Direct digital port
Tobago (Board Game Arena, browser)
Port kind
bga
Closest loop translation
none yet
Primitive tags
["constraint_intersection_deduction", "modular_island_layout", "shared_treasure_payout_order", "race_to_revealed_target", "cursed_card_negative_lottery"]
Confidence
0.6
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (942 chars)
{
  "game_id": 42215,
  "name": "Tobago",
  "core_verb": "play clue, narrow location",
  "decision_shape": "mixed:spatial+combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "mixed:delayed+variable",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Discovery",
    "Challenge"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Play a clue card narrowing where treasure hides on a modular island, race a jeep there, and split spoils.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Medium",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Deduction + map is tractable digitally (BGA has it) but the clue-stacking arithmetic and shared-payout twist need careful UI.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Tobago (Board Game Arena, browser)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "bga",
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "constraint_intersection_deduction",
    "modular_island_layout",
    "shared_treasure_payout_order",
    "race_to_revealed_target",
    "cursed_card_negative_lottery"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.6
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).