Café International

Café International is a 1989 tile-laying board game created by Rudi Hoffmann that won the Spiel des Jahres in 1989.

At the end of the game, each player must deduct five points from their score for each tile left in their hand.

He gave the game a below-average rating of 2 out of 5, saying, "it quickly becomes apparent that winning is heavily dependent on the luck of the draw.

"[2] The German website SofaHelden liked the game, saying, "It contains luck components as well as strategic and tactical parts and is fascinating because of the different process each time, in which you have no idea until the end who will leave the table as the winner.

"[3] The Dutch website SpellenMolen comments, "The game seems so simple, but there is a lot more strategy in it than you would suspect!

The website concludes by giving this game an above-average score of 8 out of 10, saying, " A strategic classic that deserves all your attention!