Abuela Co. (2021)

About this game

In Colombia, every few years a cooking competition is held to highlight typical recipes from all regions of the country. This is where a group of grandmothers who love cooking meet and display all their culinary knowledge in a fierce competition, where they decide who is the fastest and most seasoned grandmother. Use your culinary skills to cook the most delicious Colombian dishes and be faster than your rivals to take home the title of Abuela Co. (Colombian Cooking Competition) Abuela Co. is a game for 2 to 4 players, in which you will have to cook several typical dishes on a four-burner stove while avoiding other grandmothers to cook faster than you. Play the cards on your stove. The grandmother who cooks 3 recipes finishes the game. The grandmother with the most points at the end of the game is the winner.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 2.5/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 12 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.