THINK: Baker’s Dozen

2009/10/30

Playroom (featured game)

Designed by Reiner Knizia, Baker’s Dozen is the kids’ cover version of Poison (sorry, no pun intended!).

I say “cover” because the game-play is still the same challenging strategy version as the original, and only the theme and graphics have been made over to appeal to kids and doughnut lovers (we’re all really still kids when it come to doughnuts).

If you can count until 13, you can play Baker’s Dozen! The game begins with each player given an equal share of cards that comes in three different “doughnut types” and are valued “1-7”. Beware for some may draw “bad” doughnuts (numbered “4”)! Each round, players choose one doughnut from their hand to bake in any of the three ovens (note that each oven bakes only one type of doughnut). “Bad” doughnuts can be tossed into any oven. Of course, the master doughnut maker is the one who is the sifu of one/more types of doughnuts and makes no “bad” ones — i.e. the player with the least penalties!

Baker’s Dozen