Cook It!
2026Ovi Nedelcu
3 - 10 players
20 - 60 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes
From BoardGameGeek
Cook It! is a card-drafting and hand-management party game played over four menu rounds: Appetizer, Entree, Dessert, and an Open round The deck consists of 100 unique ingredient cards. There's an additional deck of Attack cards to disrupt you friend's recipe. On a turn, a player draws from the central deck to modify their five card hand, aiming to craft a meal description that fits the active round's category. After three rounds, all players simultaneously reveal their five card hand and pitch their completed culinary creation to the table. Players then cast secret votes using Frying Pan tokens to determine the best dish. Players cannot vote for themselves Tiebreakers are resolved by totaling the raw Pan Points on the matching ingredient cards. After each of the first three rounds, all cards are gathered and reshuffled. The game ends in the fourth Open round, where players who have not been eliminated face off in a final showdown The player who wins the final open round wins the game. An optional real world variant challenges the winner to actually prepare and cook their winning five card recipe in real life. -description from the designer
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Cook It! has 2 videos from 1 creator: 1 review and 1 playthrough. They date from July 2026.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Cook It | When Life Gives You Lemons, Create An AMAZING DISH!" by TableTopVibes. To see it played, watch "Cook It PLAY THROUGH" by TableTopVibes.
If you like it, try Above and Below, Oath, The King's Dilemma or Lands of Galzyr, which share several of its mechanics.
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About Cook It!
From BoardGameGeek:
Cook It! is a card-drafting and hand-management party game played over four menu rounds: Appetizer, Entree, Dessert, and an Open round The deck consists of 100 unique ingredient cards. There's an additional deck of Attack cards to disrupt you friend's recipe. On a turn, a player draws from the central deck to modify their five card hand, aiming to craft a meal description that fits the active round's category. After three rounds, all players simultaneously reveal their five card hand and pitch their completed culinary creation to the table. Players then cast secret votes using Frying Pan tokens to determine the best dish. Players cannot vote for themselves Tiebreakers are resolved by totaling the raw Pan Points on the matching ingredient cards. After each of the first three rounds, all cards are gathered and reshuffled. The game ends in the fourth Open round, where players who have not been eliminated face off in a final showdown The player who wins the final open round wins the game. An optional real world variant challenges the winner to actually prepare and cook their winning five card recipe in real life. -description from the designer
Designer
Ovi Nedelcu
Artist
Ovi Nedelcu
Publisher
Self-published
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Mechanics
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