Game Info
Year
2021
Players
2-5
Age
8+
Playtime
30 min
Complexity
1.4/5
Collection
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Description
A cooperative game set in baker Kim-Joy's magical forest bakery where players work together to fulfil whimsical customer orders.
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Watch It Played News at 2:19 sentiment: positive
video_pk 90272 · mention_pk 240984
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- No baking experience required
Cons
- Host admits to burning water
Thematic elements
- keeping customers happy, running a bakery
- magical forest, small bakery
- adorable story over the course of 10 unique scenarios
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card game — A cooperative baking card game.
- Cooperative — A cooperative baking card game.
- Worker Placement
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- everything was going okay until the fire nation attacked
- you know like thanos or zordon from the power rangers who essentially is forcing teenagers to fight his intergalactic war when all they wanted to do was learn karate
- i burn water
- my dark and lonely thoughts
- seriously it's a cultural blind spot in my world
- what the romans do indeed do what the romans do
- the game that people wouldn't stop tweeting me about
- so many tweets
- yes yes to this all of that those words that's whole paragraph
- i don't know what that means but my guess is they're like a group of people who don't like the queen or something
- who keeps on ruining your monologues
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Watch It Played Top 10 List at 11:26 sentiment: positive
video_pk 90100 · mention_pk 240281
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- bakery management and baking treats for customers
- a magical forest bakery run by Kim Joy
- story-driven bakery challenges with scenarios
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- co-operative baking challenge — scenarios promote teamwork to keep customers happy
- scenario-based play — game can be played through a series of scenarios or in free play
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- i am super excited about this game because everything the flat out game team does is amazing and honestly i'd have probably picked it up based on beth sobel's art alone
- this all-time classic has made a sudden and unexpected return to our table and we can't stop playing it
- love the concept maybe i'll take better care of my plants in the future
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Video BWjZMekxVRU
Meeple University Playthrough
video_pk 70051 · mention_pk 166950
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is kim joy's magic bakery it's a cooperative baking card game where we both are bakers
- the customers are really cute
- it's very chaotic
- we bake well together
- the deluxe version has a lot of add-ons
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Video BWjZMekxVRU
Meeple University Playthrough at 6:23 sentiment: positive
video_pk 70051 · mention_pk 240215
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Cooperative play with clear theme
- Cute components and presentation
- Scenario-based variability
Cons
- Chaotic pace at times
- Requires good communication to coordinate actions
Thematic elements
- cooperative baking, customer orders
- bakery environment with customers and baking challenges
- scenario-based with story snippets (scenario 1 cat)
Comparison games
- Floating Claws
- Steam Up
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Complete customer orders — Players fulfill orders to earn progress toward the scenario goals.
- Exchange ingredients for layers — Players may exchange ingredients to assemble 'layers' for orders.
- Garnish — Garnish ingredients are optional but useful for completing orders.
- Layer Building — Players may exchange ingredients to assemble 'layers' for orders.
- Mulligan / refresh — Replace current cards with new ones.
- Pass ingredients to teammate — In a two-player game, players can pass ingredients to each other.
- Recipe — On a turn, a player can take one ingredient card from the pantry.
- Scenario-based modifiers — Scenarios introduce special conditions (e.g., a cat blocking layers).
- Take blind ingredient — A player can take a random ingredient from the pantry.
- Take ingredient — On a turn, a player can take one ingredient card from the pantry.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is kim joy's magic bakery it's a cooperative baking card game where we both are bakers
- the customers are really cute
- it's very chaotic
- we bake well together
- the deluxe version has a lot of add-ons
References (from this video)
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Video QBbbSnq8QUo
Rules Teach at 0:00
video_pk 68260 · mention_pk 164639
Click to watch at 0:00 · YouTube ↗
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the forest creatures are keen to eat
- you can discuss what you're holding and share strategies with each other
- Turns out a friendly cat has entered our shop
References (from this video)
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Rules Teach at 0:12 sentiment: positive
video_pk 68260 · mention_pk 185204
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- baking for forest creatures
- magical forest bakery
- story-driven scenarios that unfold the adventures in the magical bakery
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Baking a layer — a layer requires combining two or more ingredients; discard the required ingredients to a shared discard pile and add the corresponding layer to your hand
- Cat scenario ability — a friendly cat scenario allows moving the cat to affect the layout and unlocks special abilities when serving customers
- End of round / new customers — at the end of a round you draw one new customer; there is a defined limit to revealed customers and rounds proceed with the next player
- Free play / variants — the rulebook includes a free play mode and ways to combine multiple scenarios for advanced play
- Fulfill a customer order — discard the related ingredients to the ingredients discard pile, set any related layers back, and place the completed customer off to the side into a shared score pile
- Garnish (optional) — some customers have a garnish; you may discard the garnish with the recipe to gain a special ability tied to the scenario
- Helpful duck — the helpful duck can substitute for any one ingredient in any recipe, but it replaces only a single ingredient
- Layer Building — a layer requires combining two or more ingredients; discard the required ingredients to a shared discard pile and add the corresponding layer to your hand
- Pass a card to another player — pass any one card from your hand to another player; you cannot take a card from someone else during your turn
- Recipe — some customers have a garnish; you may discard the garnish with the recipe to gain a special ability tied to the scenario
- Refresh the pantry — discard all pantry cards, then reveal five new ones
- Scenario cards — the game includes ten scenarios; selecting a scenario reveals story and optional rules or abilities for serving customers
- Scoring and stars — scoring is tracked by stars earned based on total served customers per scenario, with stars recorded on the scenario card
- Take a card from the pantry — add any one face up card from the pantry row to your hand, then replace it with a new one drawn from the deck (or draw from the top of the deck)
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the forest creatures are keen to eat
- you can discuss what you're holding and share strategies with each other
- Turns out a friendly cat has entered our shop
References (from this video)
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