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Pablo
2017
Rules assistance for Pablo
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- 3–8 players
- 30 min
- 12+
- Complexity 1.0/5
For 3 players
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Pablo is a board game released in 2017 for 3–8 players and ages 12 and up. It was designed by Marcos Mayora and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Memory, and Singing.
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Pablo: Sofrência
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- 30 min
- 2016
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About the game
Welcome to the wonderful musical world of PABLO! Pablo comes with 140 cards with words and categories in Portuguese and English, divided among wild, hard, medium and easy cards. All players are dealt a hand of cards and can also use the cards open on the table to sing a song using the words they have available. For every card played matching a word on the song, you get points according to the difficulty of that card. But the real fun is that anyone can jump in and sing a long with you if they have a word in their hands that is also on your song. After singing each player score the cards used. A wild card can be used as any word that fits its categories and will be worth the number of cards you played that round in points! Also included are the Microphone Token that will let you exchange cards, the Onomatopoeia Token that will double your points if the song has words like Yeah-Yeah-Yeah, and the Tomato Token that doesn’t has a specific rule to it other than throwing at your opponents play area when they sing a song wrong! Components: 140 Musical Notes Cards 30 Microphone Tokens 30 Onomatopoeia Tokens 10 Tomato Tokens 30 Golden Disc Tokens 20 Platinum Disc Tokens 20 Diamond Disc Tokens Rules
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Publishers
- FunBox Jogos
- Mandala Jogos
- Funbox Editora
Questions and answers
Pablo supports 3–8 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.
The catalogue lists Pablo for ages 12 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Pablo has a complexity rating of 1.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Pablo belongs to these categories: Party Game, Memory, and Music. Its main mechanics are Hand Management, Memory, and Singing. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Pablo are: Marcos Mayora. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Pablo as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.