2025 · Humor
La Cuenta
Players hop from tapas bar to tapas bar, placing orders and trying not to be the one who has to pay the bill. Each bar is a round made up of turns; on a turn a player must play one card from their hand or, if unable, ask for the bill and pay. The player who pays starts the next round. If a player who starts a round cannot play, they discard and redraw to their hand limit and continue. The game ends when a player runs out of savings; the winner is the player with the most money left, with ties broken by the most cash on hand.
- Players
- 3–8 best 7
- Playing time
- 5–15 min
- Age
- 7+
- Complexity
- 1.1 / 5
About the game
- Design
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Shop prices and second-hand copies, checked every day.
On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 1,087
- Plays logged
- 1,279
- Players
- 23m 54s
- Average play
- 234
- In collections
- 15
- On wishlists
- 3
- Pre-ordered
7.7/10
from 53 Ludoya reviews
Krennaste7.0 Diversión 4/5 · Interacción 3/5 · Atractivo 3/5 · Originalidad 4/5 · Rejugabilidad 3/5 · Accesibilidad 3/5
No plays logged
Iggy9.3 Diversión 5/5 · Interacción 4/5 · Atractivo 4/5 · Originalidad 5/5 · Rejugabilidad 5/5 · Accesibilidad 5/5
Played it 5 times
Juanlu7.1 Diversión 3/5 · Interacción 4/5 · Atractivo 3/5 · Originalidad 4/5 · Rejugabilidad 4/5 · Accesibilidad 5/5
Played it 3 times
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All eventsRules questions
Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.
Do I draw a card at the end of my turn?
No — after you play a card the turn passes and you do NOT draw a card from the deck; cards are only drawn to refill hands after a bill is paid (or when starting a new round) (pages 2, 3).
When can I ask for the bill — can I ask anytime?
You must ask for the bill if you cannot play, and you may also ask at any time provided the total number of cards played this round is at least equal to the number of players (page 2).
Can I always play wine cards on any stack?
Yes — you can always play a wine card on your turn; on the table wines are grouped into sets of up to 5 cards (a 6th wine in the same round starts a new set) (pages 2–3).
What happens to hands and hand‑increase tokens when someone pays the bill?
If the round had at least as many cards played as players, the payer may discard unwanted cards and gains or flips a hand‑increase token (hands max 10); if fewer cards were played the payer must discard their entire hand and gets no increase; in either case all players then draw to 5 plus increases (max 10) (page 3).
Which special cards can be played after the bill has been asked?
Fifty‑Fifty, Go Dutch and Tip can only be played after someone has asked for the bill; other special cards are played on your turn or have specific timing — see the special cards list (pages 2, 4).
What do Burnt Dish and Premium do when played?
Burnt Dish is played on a tapas stack regardless of its price and locks that tapas type so no more of that type can be played this round; Premium is played together with a tapas or burnt dish and doubles the value of the card it accompanies (page 4).
Official score sheet
La Cuenta score sheet
Every scoring category, from the Ludoya kit. On your phone the totals add up by themselves.
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