# Beer & Bread

Beer & Bread is a board game for 2 players. It plays in 30–45 minutes and is meant for ages 10 and up. It is rated 7.6 out of 10 by 58 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $27.99 (United States).

- **Players:** 2
- **Playing time:** 30–45 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 10+
- **Complexity:** 2.4 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2022
- **Categories:** Card Game, Medieval, Farming
- **Mechanics:** Closed Drafting, Neighbor Scope, Multi-Use Cards, End Game Bonuses, Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, Contracts, Highest-Lowest Scoring, Turn Order: Stat-Based
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.6 out of 10, from 58 reviews
- **Owned by:** 158 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 417
- **Unique players:** 323

**Designers:** Scott Almes

**Artists:** Michael Menzel

**Publishers:** Deep Print Games

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 27.99 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/beer-bread |
| Cardhaus Games | 27.99 $ | https://www.cardhaus.com/beer-bread/ |
| 401 Games | 34.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/beer-bread |
| Mathom | 25.2 € | https://mathom.es/es/otros-juegos-de-tablero/60464-cerveza-y-pan-8436578816729.html |
| Rampi Games | 25.2 € | https://www.rampigames.com/juego-de-mesa/cerveza-y-pan/ |
| Milan Spiele | 23 € | https://www.milan-spiele.de/beer-bread-deutsch-gebraucht-p-42096.html |
| Juegos de la Mesa Redonda | 23.76 € | https://juegosdelamesaredonda.com/14816-cerveza-y-pan-8436578816729.html |
| Zacatrus | 25.2 € | https://zacatrus.es/cerveza-y-pan.html |
| TLAMA games | 629 Kč | https://www.tlamagames.com/deskove-hry/pivo-a-chleb/ |
| Svet deskovych her | 630 Kč | https://www.svet-deskovych-her.cz/produkty/12037/pivo-a-chleb |
| Ludifolie | 27.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/16202-d-orge-et-de-ble.html |
| Mono de Juegos | 28 € | https://www.monodejuegos.shop/juego-de-mesa/cerveza-y-pan/ |
| Zatu Games | 25.55 £ | https://zatu.com/products/beer-bread |
| Travelling Man | 25.99 £ | https://travellingman.com/products/beer-bread |
| Good Games | 49.95 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/beer-bread |
| Gameology | 49.95 $ | https://www.gameology.com.au/products/beer-bread-board-game |
| Games Empire | 49.99 $ | https://gamesempire.com.au/products/beer-bread |
| Spielezar | 29.9 Fr. | https://www.spielezar.ch/brettspiele/beer-bread |
| Spellenhuis | 32.99 € | https://www.spellenhuis.nl/brood-bier-bordspel |
| World of Board Games | 385 kr | https://www.worldofboardgames.com/beer-och-bread |
| Dragons Lair | 389 kr | https://dragonslair.se/products/beer-bread |
| Spelexperten | 395 kr | https://www.spelexperten.com/sallskapsspel/strategispel/beer-bread.html |
| Reflexshop | 12990 Ft | https://reflexshop.hu/sor-es-kenyer-tarsasjatek |
| Hyggeonkel | 269.95 kr | https://www.hyggeonkel.dk/produkt/beer-and-bread-1756443546 |
| Alphaspel | 429 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/173996-beer-bread-en |
| Spilforsyningen | 299.95 kr | https://spilforsyningen.dk/products/beer-bread-eng |
| Fantasiapelit | 44.8 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_220740 |
| Nexus | 7995 kr | https://nexus.is/vara/beer-bread/ |

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## Rules questions

### What happens if I harvest more resources than I have storage for?

Choose which tokens to keep from among all your tokens (stored ones and the newly collected); offer the rest to the other player, who may take any they have free storage for, and return any leftovers to the common supply (page 6).

### When do we swap hands — do we swap every round?

In fruitful years you swap hands after each pair of turns (after both players take a turn), repeating until hands are empty; in dry years you do not swap hands during the Action phase (pages 5 and 8).

### How do the exchange cards work — when can I take one and what happens to my card?

In the Card phase of dry years three exchange cards are placed face up; on your turn you may place any hand card face up onto an exchange space (making it the new exchange card) and immediately take and play the exchange card you removed (you may not add it to your hand) (page 8).

### What's the difference in seeding between fruitful and dry years?

Fruitful years seed fields to higher targets (wheat 7, barley 8, rye 6, hops 6) and add all water to the river, while dry years seed to lower targets (wheat 5, barley 4, rye 4, hops 4) and also add all water; if the supply lacks tokens, add as many as available (pages 4 and 7).

### Who gets the windmill and what if we tie?

Give the windmill to the player with fewer resource tokens in their storage units; in case of a tie, the windmill goes to the player who did not have it that round (page 7).

### How do we score at the end — do we add beer and bread together?

Count sold beer and bread separately (including any upgrade bonuses), then your final score is the lower of the two totals; the higher final score wins, with ties broken by the higher other total and then by the player who does not have the windmill (page 9).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/beer-and-bread)
- [Beer & Bread in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/beer-and-bread)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/369880)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-24. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._