Rodízio

calendar_today 2026 settings Gabriel Toschi palette Carol Sá factory CapyCat Games/Piquinim person 2-3 (4) players timelapse 15min

A tactical game about Brazilians' favorite way to eat pizza: watching them go by on the tables and choosing which one to eat! Eat plenty to make your money worthwhile, but be careful not to throw up. Will you be able to balance your gluttony, or will your eyes grow bigger than your stomach?

Inspired by the classic mancala game, you'll distribute the pizzas on the table to decide what goes on your plate and what will be available to your opponents. In your turn, choose a column of cards to seed through the columns. The last card will determine what pizza to eat and add to your hand.

Your goal is to cause losses to the restaurant by eating too much, but be careful! Whoever finishes the game with the highest score throws up, and victory goes to the second-highest scorer. The game was launched as part of the Volume 3 of the Piquinim Collection, an 18-card game anthology inspired by Brazilian themes and culture, and includes the "Sweet Pizzas" expansion allowing for 4-player matches.

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Behind the design process

Since I learned how to play Mancala in Club Penguin, I'm fascinated by how fun and interesting is the mechanics behind it. For years, I tried to create a mancala-inspired micro game, trying a lot of different ideas using the cards as the "houses" and extra pieces for the seeds. When Piquinim's Volume 3 came, I knew this is what I wanted to do and I wasn't allowed to use anything than the 18-card deck this time.

Early in the process, the idea of distributing cards to the table reminded me of a rodízio of pizzas, and then the theme was established way before the actual rules. 8 different versions were necessary until I found the spice that I wanted: a small set of rules, thematic scoring and mancala as the core experience. The "closed sign" card — a suggestion of my friend (and Volume 3 guest) Lucas Fratini — and Carol Sá's amazing illustrations were the final touch to a delicious little game.

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