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1-4 players | 15min | 14+ | by Gabriel Toschi
Windows alone aren't always enough to handle the
Brazilian heat... Take on the role of architects trying to
plan a mosaic of cobogó bricks to suit your clients'
whims. Time to get to work!
COMPONENTS
● 18 cards

SETUP
1. Shuffle all the cards and make a draw pile with
them in the center of the table with the cobogó
side down.
2. Drawing from the pile, reserve 3 cards next to it,
pattern side up. Each card should show patterns
made with different cobogó bricks. Each type of
cobogó brick has a different color and pattern for easy identification. ● If a card appears whose cobogó brick is already in a reserved pattern, place it at the bottom of the
deck and reserve a new one.
3. Deal 2 cards to each player to form their starting hand. The side of the cobogós must be kept secret
throughout the game.
4. Whoever built a wall most recently goes first.

GOAL
Use the cards to create a cobogó mosaic that matches the patterns on the 3 reserved cards. Cobogó is a
cooperative game, in which everyone wins or loses together.

HOW TO PLAY
During a game of Cobogó, you'll take turns, starting with the first player and proceeding clockwise. You can
communicate about the patterns and progress of the game, but you're not allowed to show or tell which cobogó
bricks are in the cards of your hand.

On your turn, perform the following actions, in this order:

1. Place cobogó bricks
Choose a card from your hand and place it on the table to expand the cobogó mosaic. The first card can be placed
anywhere. From the second onward, you can rotate the card, place it adjacent to other cards, or even overlap cards
already on the table, but you must follow certain conditions/rules:
● Cards must touch each other at the sides, not just at the corners.
● Cards must align with the cobogó grid, but they don’t need to align with the card grid.
● Cards must not cover glass blocks from other cards.

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2. Draw a card
Draw a card from the draw pile to your hand. If the draw pile is already exhausted, you will only have one card
option on your next turn.

COBOGÓ PATTERNS
During the game, you'll place cards on the table with the goal of trying to form the patterns shown on the 3 cards
reserved at the start of the game. The number at the top indicates how many times that pattern must be made in
different locations of the mosaic.

Patterns can be rotated or mirrored to be considered correct. However, when analyzing a pattern, consider the
entire group of identical, orthogonally adjacent cobogó bricks (diagonals do not count). If there are any
additional cobogó bricks that break the pattern but are adjacent to the others, that pattern is not considered
correct.

[1] The pattern is correct (rotated, with no adjacent identical
cobogó brick).
[2] The pattern is incorrect (it has a 5th adjacent identical cobogó
brick). However, another card could be used to cover the extra brick
and make it correct later.
[3] The patterns are incorrect (they should be separated).

GAME END
If you manage to get all the patterns indicated in the mosaic, in the correct amounts, and at the same time, the
game ends instantly and you win! If you were exceptional and still have cards left in your hand, consider each
remaining card an extra merit. See the table below to see which title you received:

Merits Team Title
0 Promising Interns
1 Competent Builders
2 Great Construction Foremen
3 Incredible Engineers
4+ Exceptional Architects

If all the cobogó cards have been placed on the table and a pattern has not yet been fully met, you have failed to
assemble the complete mosaic and lose the game — but you can try again!

CREDITS
● Gabriel Toschi: game design and rules writing
● Larissa Toschi: illustrations and graphic design
● Pedro “Cabelinho”: development
● Thiago Leite: review
● a game from Piquinim

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Cobogó: VIDRAÇARIA
The glass blocks you used for structure were a hit! But now clients want them to have beautiful mosaic patterns too…

Components
● 4 cards with glass patterns
Setup
1. Prepare the base game as normal.
2. Shuffle the glass pattern cards and reserve 1. In this game, you'll have 4 reserved cards with patterns to
complete.
3. Shuffle the remaining cards with the other cards from the base game.
How to play
Patterns made with glass blocks must be made like regular cobogó patterns: they can be rotated or mirrored to be
correct and must exist in the mosaic in the quantity shown at the top of the card. As with cobogó bricks, a glass
block orthogonally adjacent to a pattern made with glass blocks renders it invalid.

You win the game if you correctly complete all 4 pattern cards, including the glass block pattern.

Cobogó: JANELÃO
The client just bought this beautiful window and wants it decorated with cobogós! How you're going to do that is no
longer my problem...

Components
● 2 cards with windows
Setup
1. Prepare the base game as normal, but reserve only 2 cards.
2. Choose 1 of the window cards and use it as the 3rd pattern card.
3. Place the other window card in the center of the table to start the mosaic.
How to play
The window pattern can be made with any type of cobogó, as long as they are all the same. We recommend
choosing a cobogó type that isn't already requested in the other two reserved patterns.

Cobogó bricks used to form the window pattern cannot be used to form the other patterns, even if the shape of
the pattern remains intact.

Cobogó: CLIENTES ESPECIAIS
Everyone's talking about your cobogó mosaics! Some new customers have arrived with special requests.

Components
● 3 cards with special patterns (capybara, circus and roller coaster)
Setup
1. Prepare the base game as normal, but reserve only 2 cards.
2. Choose 1 of the special cards and use it as the 3rd pattern card.
3. Shuffle the remaining cards with the other cards from the base game.
How to play
The special pattern can be made with any type of cobogó, as long as they are all the same. We recommend
choosing a cobogó type that isn't already requested in the other two reserved patterns.

(The special patterns are inspired by Capivárias and Malabares, other games from the Piquinim Collection, and
Vomitland, from Cyber Rhino Studios.)

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