Critter Kitchen

What is Critter Kitchen

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!

—description from the publisher

Game details

Players

1–5

Age

+12

Duration

60 min

Difficulty

Medium

Type

Board game

Year

2025

Mechanics

Contracts · Programmed Movement · Variable Player Powers

Categories

Animals · Economic

Designer

Peter C. Hayward · Alex Cutler

Publisher

Maldito Games · Cardboard Alchemy · Gém Klub Kft. · Lucky Duck Games