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Dollars to Donuts

Dollars to Donuts

2021·Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich

Videos
5
Creators
4

Mainly playthroughs. Dollars to Donuts is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 reviews, 3 recorded sessions, and 1 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
30 - 45 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

Donuts must be made whole! That's the spirit driving your actions in Dollars to Donuts, a delectable tile-layer where you can play off your mat! Match half donuts for cash and full donuts to score. Fry up a tasty win today! To set up the game, place four 1x1 starting tiles on the 6x6 game board that represents your donut shop and take five "dollar" tiles from the bag; on their backside, dollar tiles have either a half donut (plain, chocolate, sprinkle) or a set of donut holes (again in the three flavors). The starting tiles depict half donuts in these three flavors On a turn, you can purchase a 1x4 donut tile that depicts half donuts along its edges from the six available tiles for a cost of $0-5. You then add this tile to your shop - with some of the tile hanging off the edge of the board if you wish - ideally lining up the half donuts on that tile with those already on your board. If you make a matching donut, i.e., putting two sprinkle halves together, then you take a sprinkle scoring token; if you make a non-matching donut, i.e. a plain half combined with a chocolate half, then you draw a dollar tile from the supply bag. Note, however, that jelly donuts give no dollar tile if paired with a non-jelly donut because who in the world would reward something like that? To end your turn, you can place a dollar tile on your shop board to complete a donut (and score) or fill a space with donut holes (which might also score). Additionally, you can serve a customer in line by offering them scoring tokens that match their desired donuts, which will earn you more points than the tokens on their own. When one player has filled every space in their shop or the donut tiles run out, the game ends, with you scoring for satisfied customers, neighborhoods served, donuts still on hand, and donut hole pairs in the shop, while losing points for empty spaces in your shop. The player with the highest score clearly has the most popular shop in town!

Dollars to Donuts

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Dollars to Donuts: Sprinkled with Strategy??3:21

Dollars to Donuts: Sprinkled with Strategy??

Boardgames Bourbon (Boardgames and Bourbon)

Boardgames Bourbon (Boardgames and Bourbon)

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DGA Plays Board Games: Dollars to Donuts1:05:17

DGA Plays Board Games: Dollars to Donuts

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Which Dollars to Donuts video should I watch?

Dollars to Donuts has 5 videos from 4 creators: 1 review, 3 playthroughs and 1 unboxing. They date from 2022 to August 2025.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Dollars to Donuts: Sprinkled with Strategy??" by Boardgames Bourbon (Boardgames and Bourbon). To see it played, watch "DGA Plays Board Games: Dollars to Donuts" by Dad's Gaming Addiction, one of 3 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Verdant, Point City, Cascadia: Landmarks and Propolis, also by Molly Johnson.

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Dollars to Donuts: Sprinkled with Strategy??Review3:21

Dollars to Donuts: Sprinkled with Strategy??

Boardgames Bourbon (Boardgames and Bourbon)

Boardgames Bourbon (Boardgames and Bourbon)

DGA Plays Board Games: Dollars to DonutsPlaythrough1:05:17

DGA Plays Board Games: Dollars to Donuts

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dad's Gaming Addiction

Dollars to Donuts Overview, Playthrough, & ReviewPlaythrough35:08

Dollars to Donuts Overview, Playthrough, & Review

Board Game Empire

Board Game Empire

Dollars to Donuts UnboxingUnboxing5:35

Dollars to Donuts Unboxing

Board Game Empire

Board Game Empire

Dollars to Donuts ... Full Playthrough by the Crabby DicePlaythrough35:13

Dollars to Donuts ... Full Playthrough by the Crabby Dice

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The Crabby Dice

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About Dollars to Donuts

From BoardGameGeek:

Donuts must be made whole! That's the spirit driving your actions in Dollars to Donuts, a delectable tile-layer where you can play off your mat! Match half donuts for cash and full donuts to score. Fry up a tasty win today! To set up the game, place four 1x1 starting tiles on the 6x6 game board that represents your donut shop and take five "dollar" tiles from the bag; on their backside, dollar tiles have either a half donut (plain, chocolate, sprinkle) or a set of donut holes (again in the three flavors). The starting tiles depict half donuts in these three flavors On a turn, you can purchase a 1x4 donut tile that depicts half donuts along its edges from the six available tiles for a cost of $0-5. You then add this tile to your shop - with some of the tile hanging off the edge of the board if you wish - ideally lining up the half donuts on that tile with those already on your board. If you make a matching donut, i.e., putting two sprinkle halves together, then you take a sprinkle scoring token; if you make a non-matching donut, i.e. a plain half combined with a chocolate half, then you draw a dollar tile from the supply bag. Note, however, that jelly donuts give no dollar tile if paired with a non-jelly donut because who in the world would reward something like that? To end your turn, you can place a dollar tile on your shop board to complete a donut (and score) or fill a space with donut holes (which might also score). Additionally, you can serve a customer in line by offering them scoring tokens that match their desired donuts, which will earn you more points than the tokens on their own. When one player has filled every space in their shop or the donut tiles run out, the game ends, with you scoring for satisfied customers, neighborhoods served, donuts still on hand, and donut hole pairs in the shop, while losing points for empty spaces in your shop. The player with the highest score clearly has the most popular shop in town!

Designers

Molly Johnson, Robert Melvin, Shawn Stankewich

Artist

Dylan Mangini

Publisher

Crafty Games

Categories

Abstract StrategyPuzzle

Mechanics

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