A star chef is born

This year, a new version was added to the exquisite series of nominees for Game of the Year award and although originating from 1989. À la Carte cooking game from Heidelberger play publishing house.

Even the cover of the pack leaves no doubt that the game was fundamentally revised. The yellow cover with the simple drawing has given way to a true colors dance and also inside the box a lot has changed. It provides the heat now with a rotating wheel a, instead of continuing to push the staple, the spice shaker sprinkle now and no longer need to be rotated and all in all, the design was simply colorful and detailed.

The basic procedure and also the goal of the game, however, remained the same. Three to four players hold their pans ready and are now trying nachzukochen recipes and it garner points. The right heat level must be achieved and the appropriate number and type land of spices in the cooking pot. If you have done that, you lay the recipe from it served so and you start with the next culinary experiment. The game is over when a player has five ready cooked dishes. After that, the points will be calculated and determined the winner.
That alone would be no art, but of course the players can a pretty spoil the tour. This is done today by making the oven too hot or let the court bestowed too much seasoning as in the first edition. But here comes the first major change in the new edition to the train.
Players take no longer randomly from a sack the cups of the tea party, which can be used for such acts of sabotage, but can without taking any action to consume at will take a coffee break and so the players adjust the stove or over salted the soup or the schnitzel ever after.
The coffee cups for the break is obtained via the Heizwürfel what happens of course accidental. Once they have been but, they can also be used accordingly in order to acquire the game now more opportunities for tactical work.
Another new feature is the culmination of the art of cooking, called crêpes Suzette. This court, each player may only once in the game to prepare to reap the five points for it. Here it is less about the seasoning and more about the destiny when turning because the crepes lands on the wrong side or even outside of the pan, it makes soon the others burned or verwürzten dishes in the trash company.
Last but not least we should mention the stars that can bring in a master chef bonus points. If you have a recipe nachgekocht errors, the court awarded such a star and must take so crowned alongside the other on the square serving tray.

The game stands out for its great presentation and the exquisite decor, ranging from good cardboard and plastic pieces as spices up to the metal pan, which is not broken even get the hyperaktivste child. The gameplay is very simple and easy to learn and makes the game for children and adults suitable. The long-term motivation seems to be not be given, at least for the older ones, but above all as a game for the whole family, there is nothing to À la Carte to complain about and we fully agree with the jury for the game of the year just to make this choice.

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