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Jan 15, 2026·How to play·09:54·897·Watch on YouTube

How to Play Meat on Swords, by Cheapass Games

James Ernest

James Ernest

Watch “How to Play Meat on Swords, by Cheapass Games,” a how-to-play guide for Meat on Swords from James Ernest on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by James Ernest on YouTube:

James Ernest of Cheapass Games explains the basics of Meat on Swords, a new Zombie-themed card game based on Lord of the Fries. In Meat on Swords, you're customers at a Brazilian steakhouse, trying to eat as much as you can (but not too much). It's a simple press-your-luck game for 2 to 8 players, and all you need is the deck and the rules. Cheapass Games is back, making board and card games as cheaply as we can. You can buy our products directly from us, or from DriveThruCards, or even print them for free. Find us on on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/crabfragment Meat on Swords: https://crabfragmentlabs.com/lotf DriveThru Link: https://www.drivethrucards.com/en/product/537218/meat-on-swords Crab Fragment Labs: https://crabfragmentlabs.com/

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Meat on Swords

Meat on Swords

2026·James Ernest

2 - 8 players
20 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

About Meat on Swords, from BoardGameGeek:

Meat on Swords is a push your luck card game from Friedey's Restaurant, home of the Cheapass classic, Lord of the Fries. Most Lord of the Fries games use a menu-based system to combine ingredients into recipes and combo meals, but here at Carnespadas Brazilian Steakhouse, there's no such thing as a menu. We just bring you meat on swords until you give up or explode. In Meat on Swords, players declare before each round whether they are in or out for the round. Then the dealer asks each "in" player whether they want the next card on the deck. If they refuse the first card, they must take the next. Collecting points is good, but if you ever collect two of the same type of meat, you're knocked out. Meat on Swords is a simple, silly press-your-luck game that just happens to use a nine-suited deck: it's nine kinds of meat, each numbered 1 through 6.

Designer

James Ernest

Artists

Brian Snoddy, Nate Taylor (II)

Publisher

Cheapass Games

Categories

Card GameZombies

Mechanics

Push Your Luck
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