Theme: Food / Cooking

Welcome back to the Rococo era! Louis XV reigns in France and is hosting a grand festival in the gardens of Versailles. Everyone is clamoring for you to provide tantalizing and delicious pastries for the event. This isn't just about your pâtisserie – it's about creating a presence at the most prestigious festival of the era that provides the chance to gain everlasting fame, prestige, and opportunities to gain favor with important nobles.

In La Pâtisserie Rococo, players represent the pastry shops (les pâtisseries) and pastry chefs (les pâtissiers) that are preparing pastries for sale and for show at the Versailles Garden Festival. Using the unique deck-building mechanism from Rococo, players hire staff to create recipes, acquire quality ingredients, and bake delicious desserts. Then comes the challenging decision of whether to sell these delectable creations for profit or present them for possible awards. The player who creates the most acclaimed desserts will gain fame and the respect of the king and his nobles.

Chop. Drop. Chili! celebrates how Bush’s Chili Magic chili starters are the fast track to delicious, homemade chili in just three easy steps. Recommended for ages 8+, each player takes turns rolling the dice and racing to spot the ingredients that match the recipe cards. The first to claim five recipe cards wins.

An updated printing of a modern classic! Players will plant peppers, harvest them, cross-breed them, sell them, and make delicious chili to score points!

This edition includes colorblind-friendly plastic peppers, new art, and The Labs Expansion.

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New addition to the classics line from Trick or Treat Studios. An updated printing of a modern classic! 1 to 6 players will plant peppers, harvest them, cross-breed them, sell them, and make delicious chili to score points!

This edition includes colorblind-friendly plastic peppers, new art, and a new solo mode!

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NOTE: This edition also includes The Labs Expansion.

It's Restaurant Week in Bistro Bay! Restaurants are competing in food challenges, while also planning an epic meal to impress a celebrity critic. As one of 1-5 players in Critter Kitchen, you'll send your chefs into the city to gather ingredients to create amazing meals and demonstrate that your restaurant is the best in town.

Each round, new random ingredients are placed in locations throughout the city. Players simultaneously and secretly plan which locations to send their three chefs to, hoping to collect the best ingredients. Some chefs are fast, but can gather only one item, while others can carry three items but arrive late. Rumors are also available at locations and provide guidance on what the critic desires.

Challenges revealed in rounds 1-6 offer the players opportunities to earn stars for crafting dishes with specific ingredient requirements. After round 7, the players must create an epic meal to impress the celebrity critic and cater to their appetites. A multitude of different critics, rumors, and restaurateurs mean every game is fresh!

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