2018Cassandra Clark, Sarah Como, Breeze Grigas, Zach Kettell, Ryan "The Boulder" Richford, Tom Wozencraft
- Videos
- 29
- Creators
- 16
2 - 6 players20 - 120 minMedium weight

2026Breeze Grigas
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 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.
2018Cassandra Clark, Sarah Como, Breeze Grigas, Zach Kettell, Ryan "The Boulder" Richford, Tom Wozencraft
2 - 6 players20 - 120 minMedium weight
2025Cassandra Clark, Breeze Grigas, Zach Kettell
1 - 6 players25 - 120 minMedium weight
2020Nick Bentley, Dominic Crapuchettes, Ben Goldman, Brian O'Neill
2 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
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
Mechanics