Game Info
Year
2025
Players
1-4
Age
10+
Playtime
25 min
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Description
A competitive dice placement game where halfling chefs gather ingredients and bid at auction to be elected Best Innkeeper of the 7 Shires
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Chairman of the Board Discussion at 10:40 sentiment: other
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Overall sentiment (raw)
cautiously optimistic
Pros
- Dice placement mixed with Euro mechanics
- Visually appealing components
Cons
- Risk of being bland if not for twists
Thematic elements
- Cooking Competition
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- contract fulfillment — it sounds like a kind of contract fulfillment resource management game
- Dice Placement — but it does use dice placements.
- Resource Management — it sounds like a kind of contract fulfillment resource management game
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Quotes (from this video)
- So, Night Soul actually made my most anticipated list of games to be released in 2025.
- Love this idea of um kind of Victorian London, The Sewage System.
- And from the gist of what I've read, it sounds like a kind of contract fulfillment resource management game, but it does use dice placements.
- Now, I tend to like the kind of mix of a Euro game with dice placement.
- If you have enjoyed the video, please be sure to hit like and subscribe to the channel.
- Check out my other content, too.
- And for everybody else, I'll see you next time on Chairman of the Board.
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Chairman of the Board Top List at 14:37 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- One of the most gorgeous games ever played, visual appeal off the charts.
- Artwork is as good as it gets, truly wonderful.
- Nice stepping stone to introduce players to dice-driven mechanisms.
- Up tension of not having cards in reserve and needing to invest heavily.
- Great job of drip-feeding mechanisms seen in more advanced games.
- Lots of autonomy on a very simple and introductory level.
- Good halfway point, comparable to Lords of Waterdeep for standard worker placement.
- Fantastic option for regularly introducing games to new players.
- People will understand and grock this one quite quickly.
- Still has enough interest to keep them hooked and not get bored.
- Pleasantly surprised by this one.
- Really did like that up tension of not having your cards in reserve.
- Turn angst is turned up to 11.
Cons
- Might be a little bit repetitive.
- Maybe a few rounds too long.
- Isn't going to have that evergreen quality; players will swiftly move on to something more advanced after a few plays.
- Normally finds recipe fulfillment games a bit rinse and repeat, plotting, and monotonous.
Thematic elements
- Cooking, Recipe Fulfillment
- Tolkien-inspired (Hobbits, Lord of the Rings)
Comparison games
- Castles of Burgundy
- Kais
- Lords of Waterdeep
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- action selection — Actions are resolved in a particular order on a track, and players can reserve abilities to complete recipes.
- dice manipulation — Includes mitigation spots (soups) that allow players to reroll or convert dice pips, similar to Castles of Burgundy.
- dice-driven worker placement — Roll three dice and use them to allocate to different worker placement spots to collect ingredients and complete recipes.
- recipe fulfillment — Collect ingredients to complete recipes, which are located on the main board and can be taken by other players.
- Resource Management — Managing ingredients, money, and collecting specific types of items like wines and decorations.
- Set Collection — Collecting sets of wines and meals (starter, main, dessert) for bonus points.
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is where I take a look at the last five new to me board games that I've played and I rank and review them in order of preference.
- although it's a cool twist on trick taking, it does just feel like another trick ticking game to me, which automatically does kind of handicap it really because I'm not a big fan of trick ticking games in general.
- Yes, mechanisms wise, uh this is pretty terrible. Um but in practice, the game is a lot of fun.
- So, this definitely did have that perfect DNA to have constant um expansion material coming out for it.
- But I think I would rather lean towards something a bit more, I don't know, a bit more in your face, a bit more exciting, and with a bit more interesting player action.
- And I have to say this is one of the most gorgeous games that I've ever played. You know the visual appeal is off the charts here.
- So, it's all very straightforward stuff, but as I mentioned earlier, it does a great job of introducing or yeah, kind of like drip feeding you mechanisms you're going to see in more advanced games.
- So, be sure to check this one out when it comes up on um on crowdfunding.
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Chairman of the Board Top List at 0:03 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Gorgeous game with outstanding visual appeal and artwork.
- Good stepping stone for introducing dice-driven worker placement mechanics.
- Tension from shared recipe pool and the order of action resolution.
- Engaging for new players due to quick understanding and enough interest.
- A surprising take on recipe fulfillment games, avoiding monotony.
Cons
- May be a little bit repetitive.
- A few rounds too long.
- Lacks evergreen quality; players will likely move on to more advanced games after a few plays.
Thematic elements
- Collecting ingredients and completing recipes to score victory points
- Tolkien, Lord of the Rings, The Hobbits
Comparison games
- Lord of the Rings
- The Hobbits
- Kais
- Castles of Burgundy
- Lords of Water Deep
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Drafting — The order in which actions are resolved is very important, you could reserve your ability to complete a recipe before you have the ingredients.
- Dice driven worker placement — This is a diced driven worker placement game where we are trying to collect ingredients and complete recipes to score victory points. At the start of each round, you're going to roll three dice, and you're going to be using those dice to allocate to different worker placement spots.
- mitigation — Soups allow you to roll dice and convert pips, similar to Castles of Burgundy.
- recipe fulfillment — Completing recipes to score victory points. The recipes are on the main board and are up for grabs by other players.
- Resource Management — Collecting ingredients and managing money, which is pretty tight.
- Set Collection — Collecting all the different wines is going to be giving you points based on set collections. Also collecting starter main and dessert meals, for each set you collect or complete these recipes and you'll get some additional points.
Video topics + discussion points
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Quotes (from this video)
- This is one of the most gorgeous games that I've ever played.
- the artwork is as good as it gets.
- this game is a really nice stepping on point to introduce players to dice driven mechanisms they might not have seen before.
- when it comes to the the recipes you're trying to complete, they're not actually in your personal supply. they are on the main board, meaning that they are up for grabs by the other players at any time.
- again, there's lots of autonomy here on a very simple and introductory almost gateway plus level game.
- I think this one isn't going to have that evergreen quality to it.
- normally I find these recipe fulfillment style games a bit rinse and repeat and I find them a bit plotting and a bit monotonous.
- that turn angst is turned up to 11 with this game which is definitely what you need for a worker placement game.
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