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Cacao: Volcanoes
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Cacao: Volcanoes

Requires:Cacao

Designed by Phil Walker-Harding

Published by ABACUSSPIELE, G3 + 1 more

Expansion
Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach
Food & Drink: Chocolate

Community Snapshot

Medium-Light complexity
~45 min
6.9 on BGG (449)
No text needed

Categories

Expansion for Base-game
This is an expansion — requires the base game to play.
Economic
Buy, sell, trade, and invest — manage money and markets to build wealth.
Farming
Grow crops, raise animals, and manage a farm — peaceful but strategic.
Territory Building
Claim and control areas on the map — expand your territory and defend borders.

Designed for 2–4 players and playable in ~45 min, Cacao: Volcanoes delivers a medium-light experience that earned a 6.9 on BGG.

How It Plays

Area Majority / Influence

You're competing to have the most presence in key areas on the board — think of it like a friendly turf war.

Hand Management

You have a hand of cards and deciding which to play, save, or discard is the core puzzle.

Tile Placement

You lay tiles on the table to build a map, landscape, or pattern — every piece you place changes the board.

About This Game

Cacao: Volcanoes contains three volcano tiles that replace the three gold mines. Each volcano tile has two edges that give a player 2 gold per attached worker and two edges that make a player pay 1 gold per attached worker. .…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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Theme: Volcanoes

Players

2-4

Play Time

45 min

Complexity

1.9 / 5

Rating

6.9

Year

2015