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
Damaged Items:
If your item arrives severely damaged due to shipping, you may request a return/replacement within 7 days of delivery. Requests after 7 days will not be accepted.
Unwanted Items:
If you change your mind, you may return your item within 7 days of purchase. A 20% restocking fee and return shipping costs will be deducted from your refund.
Refunds:
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Important Notes:
- Must include the original manufacturer packaging. Returns without it will be rejected and shipped back at your cost.
- We are not responsible for water damage; contact UPS or USPS directly.
- To ensure integrity of our inventory. No returns are accepted on sealed trading card products (e.g. Pokémon, Magic, Yu-gi-oh, etc.)
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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
