Lucky Duck Games2025Alex Cutler & Peter C. Hayward
Critter Kitchen
- Ships from Hudsonville, MI. Free in-store pickup.
- 30-day returns on sealed, unused items. No restocking fee.
Is it for your table?
Plays solo, or with up to 5 at the table.
About an hour, start to finish.
Some meaty decisions. Best with players who game regularly. (2.4 / 5 on BGG)
Good for older kids, teens and adults.
About the game
Critter Kitchen is a board game from Lucky Duck Games, designed by Alex Cutler and Peter C. Hayward (2025). It plays 1–5 players in 60 minutes, for ages 12+. BoardGameGeek players rate it 7.7 out of 10 and call it medium (2.4 / 5 weight).
It’s Restaurant Week in Bistro Bay! Challenges are set for restaurants to meet, and a Critic will be coming to determine who is the greatest competing restauranteur! As one of 2-5 players, you’ll be sending your Chefs out into the city to gather ingredients to make those meals.
Critter Kitchen is game where players secretly decide where to send their 3 different Chefs (workers) in an effort to gather the best ingredients faster than their competitors. Rumors abound about the Critic coming to town, and your Chefs have opportunities to listen in. Play with a different Critic, Rumors, and Restaurateur abilities to ensure a different experience every game!
CONTENTS:
• 1 Box
• 1 Chipboard insert
• 1 Rulebook
• 1 Waterfront board (long game board)
• 8 Gameboards (locations, 2 larger)
• 5 Player boards
• 1 Solo Player mat
• 5 Folding Player shields
• 6 Punchboard A (ingredients, spice, rumors, soup, stars, Zous Chefs, etc)
• 5 Punchboard B (plates for players)
• 160 Poker cards:
♦ Player locations
♦ Zous Chefs
♦ Critics
♦ Challenges
♦ Restaurateurs
♦ Rumors
♦ Solo Decks
♦ Reference
• 1 Cloth bag
• 5 Mouse meeples, silk screen printed both sides
• 5 Lizard meeples, silk screen printed both sides
• 5 Boar meeples, silk screen printed both sides
• 5 Chef hat meeples, silk screen printed both sides
• 1 wood round marker, silk screen printed both sides
Details
- Designers
- Alex CutlerPeter C. Hayward
- Publisher
- Lucky Duck Games
- Mechanics
- Auction: Sealed BidContractsProgrammed MovementSimultaneous Action SelectionVariable Player PowersWorker Placement, Different Worker Types
- Published
- 2025
- SKU
- LKYCA05GAMSEN
Ratings, player counts, play time and weight are from BoardGameGeek.
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