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2020 Ranked #18,734

Recipe For Disaster

This timed set-collection card game has players gather ingredients, pitch improvised dishes, and earn awards through rival ratings. A frantic dumpster dive and absurd ingredient combinations turn culinary presentation into the route toward three Golden Turnips.

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Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

8.40

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Are you cool as a cucumber under pressure? Is your games night a bit of a dog’s dinner?

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Are you cool as a cucumber under pressure? Is your games night a bit of a dog’s dinner? Now is the time to put your eggs in one basket with the card game of culinary chaos. Recipe for Disaster is a new set collection card game with a twist where you will be collecting the necessary ingredients for a dish by any means necessary - Even a hectic, timed dumpster dive! Once all your ingredients are collected and the bell its rung, its time to get your snake oil pitch on, as each player takes turns to describe which ingredients they've used and why their dish is better than everyone else's! Once all dishes have been presented, players rate their opponents dishes 1-5 stars, and whoever has the most points is awarded the coveted Golden Turnip Award! The first player to collect 3 Golden Turnips Wins!

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
4–6
Age
6+
Complexity
1.5/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Duncan Drury

Artists

1
Alex Drury

Publishers

1
(Self-Published)

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