game · Office Collection

Kobayakawa

Each player holds one hidden card and may improve it or replace the shared Kobayakawa; after betting, the lowest card adds the shared value and the highest resulting total wins the round.

Players3–6 players

Player age9+

Playing time15 min

Weight1.17 / 5

Average rating6.34 / 10

People behind the game

Designer

Jun SasakiDesigner

A closer look

See what it looks like

Kobayakawa, Kobayakawa photographed in Bruno’s office collection.

About the game

Collection: Office Collection
Record type: game
Published: 2013
Publishers: Oink Games

Mechanisms

Betting and bluffing

BoardGameGeek ranks

Overall#3781

What is still uncertain

The official overview indicated six additional publishers beyond Oink Games; those hidden names were not inferred.
Average rating and voter count come from the fresher ratings page; Geek rating and rank are the official 2026-09-01 indexed snapshot with a slightly lower voter total.

Your collection

Your versions and boxes

1 version · 1 physical box

standard

Photographed office edition

Office Collection: 1 copy

Office Part 2 catalogue decision: Visible title; photographed Office collection object. One explicitly photographed physical object adds one Office holding.
Descriptive play metadata remains unresolved until a later source-backed enrichment pass.

PhotographOFFICE-PART-2-121

Source and provenance

References for this record

BGG facts checked 1 September 2026 · Manual static snapshot. Ratings, voter totals and ranks do not update automatically.

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