Schoko & Co.
board game
Schoko & Co. is a board game published in 1987 by Schmidt Spiele that simulates life in a chocolate factory.
Gameplay
Schoko & Co. is a game for 2–4 players in which each player must buy raw ingredients, produce chocolate sweets and then sell them. Players must also deal with adverse fortune, such as squirrels eating all the nuts required for their chocolate bars.
Each turn is composed of seven phases and depicts a month in a chocolate factory. A game lasts a multiple of four months; players decide at the start of the game how many four-month cycles the game will last. Whoever has the most money at the end of the game is the winner.
Publication history
Schoko & Co. was designed by Gilles Monnet and Yves Hirschfeld and was published in German and English editions by Schmidt Spiele in 1987.
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