2020 · Card Game
Chef Umami
Players compete as chefs building menus to satisfy picky customers by drafting and playing ingredient cards. Cards combine into dishes that score based on each customer’s specific cravings and preferences. Action cards and special abilities modify ingredients, swap cards, or alter scoring as players aim to maximize points over several rounds. The game emphasizes hand management, set collection, and tactical use of actions to outscore opponents.
- Players
- 2–4 best 4
- Playing time
- 20–35 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 1.9 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 41
- Plays logged
- 40
- Players
- 31m 42s
- Average play
- 20
- In collections
6.8/10
from 6 Ludoya reviews
Free, on web, Android and iOS
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