Caramba
BGG rank
BGG #23,612
BGG rating
5.8

Caramba

2017

Rules assistance for Caramba

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–4 players
  • 20 min
  • 7+
  • Complexity 1.0/5

Rules assistant for Caramba

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

Caramba is a board game released in 2017 for 2–4 players and ages 7 and up. It was designed by Haim Shafir and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Real-Time.

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About the game

You want to grab the game figures in Caramba, but they can be grabbed away from you again if you're not quick enough to end the round. Each player has five special dice that show black on three sides, blue on two, and red on one. At the start of each round, black, blue and red tokens are placed in the middle of the playing area, then everyone starts rolling their dice, rerolling whenever and whichever dice they desire. When they've met the goal — presumably having all of the dice the same color — they can grab that token from the center of the table or from whoever currently holds it. The rounds ends only after all tokens have been claimed and when someone knocks three times on the table. Whoever holds the black token advances their cube one space on the scoring track, while the blue and red tokens advance a cube two and three spaces respectively. Whoever circles the scoring track first wins!

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  • AMIGO

Questions and answers

Caramba supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.