Critter Kitchen (NL) - Board game

Critter Kitchen

Welcome to Bistro Bay, where Restaurant Week is underway! Animal chefs compete to gather the finest ingredients, meet culinary challenges, and impress a discerning food critic.

Key Features:

• Hidden chef placement: Players secretly decide where to send their three chefs (workers) to collect ingredients. 

• Fast vs. high capacity mechanic: Fast chefs arrive earlier but carry little; slower chefs arrive later but can bring back more.

• Rounds of challenges & a final critic meal: Over rounds 1-6 you fulfill specific ingredient challenges; in round 7 everyone presents an epic meal to win over the critic.

• Variable player powers & rumors: Each player has a unique chef power; rumors about what the critic wants add strategic depth. 

• Solo mode available: Play alone using the solo mode rules.

• For 1-5 players, ages ~10-12+, ~60 minutes playtime: Good for families and mixed player groups.

• Quality components & charming artwork: Includes beautifully designed boards, meeples, cards, rumors, etc.

Why Choose Critter Kitchen?

Critter Kitchen offers a rich blend of strategy, hidden information, and competition, all wrapped in a delightful culinary theme. Its mechanisms guarantee that each game feels different thanks to varying chefs, rumors, and challenges, but it remains accessible enough to introduce to newer players. If you value thematic immersion, attractive components, and a game that rewards adaptability and foresight, Critter Kitchen is a superb pick for your shelf.