Game Info
Year
2020
Players
2-4
Age
8+
Playtime
20 min
Complexity
1.5/5
Collection
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Description
Coffee-themed dice allocation game where baristas match dice to cards to reach twenty points
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Solid solo mode with AI
- Good dice mitigation via Barista cards
- Nice box with magnetic storage
- Fun competitive multiplayer potential
Cons
- Luck-based outcomes can be a turn-off for some players
- Complex rules for newcomers; potential for rules mistakes
Thematic elements
- coffee-making and latte art with dice-based scoring
- Latte shop / coffee competition
- tutorial / demonstration
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- AI Opponent — Automated opponent that competes against the player, typically progressing left-to-right.
- Barista cards — Cards that modify dice outcomes (convert values, reroll under certain conditions).
- Dice rolling — Players roll dice to determine values used on latte cards.
- Edge spiral / scoring track — Track used to reach a target score (40 points) by completing lattes.
- Latte cards — Objective cards that specify dice combinations needed to earn points.
- Perfect foam — Barista card that can convert a die to any value.
- Steamer malfunction — Barista card that can trigger a reroll when you roll a 1 and a 6.
- Surplus / supply dice — Controlled pool of extra dice and dice management for risk mitigation.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I actually really really really like this game
- I love that they had a solo mode created for this game
- the AI works just fine for me
- I think it's an exciting game to play
- the biggest thing with the AI is that you know that they're gonna start from left to right when they're completing their lattes
- People who don't like luck-based games probably may not enjoy this as much, but the Barista cards definitely do help with the mitigation and their strategy involved
- Surplus device as well like I used good steam to milk in my first game
- Latte Throwdown the solo version
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