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Tonga Bonga
Family Night Choice

Tonga Bonga

Designed by Stefan Dorra

Published by Playte, Ravensburger

Casual Flow: 15 Min Teach

Players

3-4

Play Time

45 min

Complexity

1.7 / 5

Rating

6.5

Year

1998

Community Snapshot

Best with 4
Medium-Light complexity
~45 min
6.5 on BGG (687)
No text needed

Language Editions

DutchEnglishFrenchGermanItalianKorean

Categories

Economic
Buy, sell, trade, and invest — manage money and markets to build wealth.
Nautical
Life at sea — sailing, naval battles, pirates, or ocean exploration.
Racing
Be the first to the finish — speed, risk, and route choices.

How It Plays

Betting and Bluffing

You place bets and try to read (or mislead) your opponents — poker vibes at the game table!

Dice Rolling

You roll dice to determine outcomes — there's always that thrilling moment of suspense before they land!

Set Collection

You're gathering matching groups of cards or tokens to score points — the more complete your sets, the better you do.

About This Game

In Tonga Bonga, each player pilots a ship around a little group of islands with the goal of visiting four of the five remote islands and returning to Tonga Bonga Bay. Winning the race does not win the game, however; what matters is having the most money. Each player has room for three sailors (represented by dice) on their ship, and at the start of a round, in order players decide how much money to offer the sailors who will serve as their captain and first mate that round.…

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