Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
In the card game Waroong Wars, players compete for customers and fame as the owners of traditional food stalls — called waroong — in Indonesia, cooking various Indonesian delicacies such as nasi campur, sate, and nasi goreng.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Hand Management
Time and sequence a limited hand of cards to preserve future options.
Set Collection
Gather related items that become more valuable when scored together.
Memory
Remember previously revealed information, positions, or sequences.
Variable Player Powers
Each player has different abilities, restrictions, or strategic advantages.
Turn Order: Progressive
Determine or change the order in which players take their turns.
Read the full game description
In the card game Waroong Wars, players compete for customers and fame as the owners of traditional food stalls — called waroong — in Indonesia, cooking various Indonesian delicacies such as nasi campur, sate, and nasi goreng. Each round, players gather ingredients in the shopping phase by drafting simultaneously. After shopping, players try to "cook" by matching ingredient cards with menu cards. If a player cooks a menu, then they gain a customer card that grants them various advantages or allows them to disturb another player's plan. When the game ends, player tally the popularity score on their menu cards, customer cards, and VP tokens. Whoever has the highest score wins. This second edition of Waroong Wars features new artwork, streamlined and balanced rules, more food and customer options, and a new game system with a character card for each player. —description from the designer