Picky Eaters

Five dinner guests arrive one by one, each with a distinct list of likes and dislikes. Players draft food cards from an open market, prepare recipes from their hand, and play item effects over five rounds to build meals that match guest preferences. Each round reveals a new guest, deals food to players, refills the market, and runs an action phase where players take up to five actions: take a market card, cook a recipe (by spending matching ingredients and its recipe card), play an item, discard two to draw one, or pass. Scoring after the fifth round awards points for prepared recipes adjusted by how well they satisfy the guests; ties favor the later-starting player.

Players: 2–6 best 6
Playing time: 20–40 min
Age: 8+
Complexity: 1.5 / 5