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Paul:
This week's Carcassonne surfing brought me this interesting new (2015 release) board game.

It's a tile laying game much like Carcassonne but, as the game title suggest, it relates to cacao beans. It seems to have similarities to our beloved game in terms of fields, cities(villages) etc according to the article linked below. It mentioned of tile size similarity to Carc tiles, but not exact size match confirmation.

Link to an article for the game: http://dailyworkerplacement.com/2015/04/20/cacao-chocolatey-carcassonne/
boardgamegeek.com: https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/171499/cacao

Paul

Edit: Hotlinked an image.  :@



Linkback: https://www.carcassonnecentral.com/community/index.php?topic=1924.0

Koremu:
The "number of meeples on a tile side" mechanic shares something conceptually with Tongiaki.

Decar:
I got to play this with my wife today for the first time.  The game mechanics is very simple; the rules are elegant. 

Our 2-player game only took about 15-20 minutes, which was nice and quick.  I wasn't blown away by the strategy, although it is similar to Carcassonne, I suspect the trick must be knowing which Action tiles you and your opponent have remaining.  This will probably allow you to determine best choices; but this seemed straight-forward during play, so moves were fast.  In a 2-player game it is not possible to count Jungle-Tiles, because you will probably not play all of them during the game.

I didn't like the River mechanic, it seemed like a simple way to buff scores; rather than grow, sell Cacao.

The production quality is fantastic.  Tiles are very similar to Carcassonne tiles (I wouldn't be surprised to find out they came from the same machine).  The Meeple are official HiG ones.  The Box Inlay is very pleasing, all the tokens and meeple fit nicely.

Paul:
Nice, Decar. I've unboxed it myself but still not had a chance to play it yet. :yellow-meeple:

SRBO:
Im pretty curious, looks like a nice game!
Maybe i will get this somewhere in the new year..

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