House of Fado
In stock at the following stores: Games København, Games Aarhus
In Portugal, some restaurants serve traditional Portuguese food along with performances of fado, a genre of music that can be traced back to the 1820s in Lisbon, Portugal, and which is often characterised by mournful melodies and lyrics, often about the sea or the lives of the poor, while being filled with a sense of resignation, fate and melancholy.
People spend their whole evenings at these restaurants, called Casa de Fado ("House of Fado"), eating and listening to the music, which speaks of "saudade", a Portuguese word meaning "longing, nostalgia, missing something or someone". Typically the tables are not turned over. Once you have entered the restaurant, you stay until it closes.
In its traditional form, fado is performed by a trio of musicians: a guitarist playing the "Guitarra Portuguesa" (a twelve-string Portuguese guitar); a singer, that is, a "fadista"; and a guitarist playing the "Viola de Fado" (classical guitar). The Portuguese guitar has a unique sound, and its chords are played in different measures from those on the classical guitar.
In the game House of Fado, players must manage their restaurant, attract customers, and hire and promote fadistas and musicians, thereby gaining prestige for their fado house. Managers move their staff to different locations to carry out particular actions, using the same bump action as in The Gallerist.
| Age | 14+ |
| Players | 1 - 4 |
| Playing time | 30 - 60 |
| Text in the game | No |
| Rulebook | English |
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