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Hot Brown Surprise

Hot Brown Surprise

2026·Breeze Grigas

2 - 4 players
5 - 15 min

From BoardGameGeek

Created by Brown Hotel chef Fred Schmidt using leftover ingredients that he had on-hand, it is said that the iconic Hot Brown sandwich was made for hungry dancers seeking respite from the dance floor on frigid winter nights. While the modern Hot Brown may look different from its 1926 origins, it's a decadent, open-faced sandwich with a balanced blend of savory richness and acidity. This is achieved by its chief ingredients: bread, Mornay sauce, turkey, bacon, tomatoes, and very rarely...peaches. In Hot Brown Surprise, players take turns playing ingredient cards (e.g., tomatoes, bacon, turkey, etc.) from their hand face-down to build a single pile (known as the "Sandwich"). The Sandwich is complete when each player has one card remaining in hand. Then, the pile of cards is flipped over, and the effects on the ingredient cards are resolved in the order they were played. Once all effects are resolved, the player with the highest fullness score remaining in their hand wins!

Hot Brown Surprise

Which Hot Brown Surprise video should I watch?

Hot Brown Surprise has 3 videos from 3 creators: 2 how-to-play guides and 1 other video. They date from March to September 2026.

If you like it, try AEGIS: Combining Robot Strategy Game and AEGIS Combining Robots: Second Ignition, also by Breeze Grigas, or Oceans and Vaalbara, which share several of its mechanics.

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What I Picked Up at GAMA Expo (Board Game Haul)21:31

What I Picked Up at GAMA Expo (Board Game Haul)

Gaming Caravan

Gaming Caravan

All the Games with Steph: Hot Brown Surprise - Teach & PlaythroughHow to play8:20

All the Games with Steph: Hot Brown Surprise - Teach & Playthrough

Steph Hodge

Steph Hodge

Hot Brown Surprise - 2 Player #howtoplay #tutorialtuesday #tutorialHow to play2:17

Hot Brown Surprise - 2 Player #howtoplay #tutorialtuesday #tutorial

Merry Married Meeples

Merry Married Meeples

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Gaming Caravan
Gaming Caravan
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Merry Married Meeples
Merry Married Meeples
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Steph Hodge
Steph Hodge
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About Hot Brown Surprise

From BoardGameGeek:

Created by Brown Hotel chef Fred Schmidt using leftover ingredients that he had on-hand, it is said that the iconic Hot Brown sandwich was made for hungry dancers seeking respite from the dance floor on frigid winter nights. While the modern Hot Brown may look different from its 1926 origins, it's a decadent, open-faced sandwich with a balanced blend of savory richness and acidity. This is achieved by its chief ingredients: bread, Mornay sauce, turkey, bacon, tomatoes, and very rarely...peaches. In Hot Brown Surprise, players take turns playing ingredient cards (e.g., tomatoes, bacon, turkey, etc.) from their hand face-down to build a single pile (known as the "Sandwich"). The Sandwich is complete when each player has one card remaining in hand. Then, the pile of cards is flipped over, and the effects on the ingredient cards are resolved in the order they were played. Once all effects are resolved, the player with the highest fullness score remaining in their hand wins!

Designer

Breeze Grigas

Artist

Nadia Carrim

Publisher

Solis Game Studio

Categories

Card Game

Mechanics

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