Baker’s Wild
Stock the shelves, grab ingredients, bake recipes, and please pass the salt.
2–4p · 30–45min · Age 10+ · Medium light · Active 2021–2026
Plays like: The Quacks of Quedlinburg
Categories: Card Game
Mechanisms: Hand Management, Push Your Luck, Set Collection
Players gather ingredient cards from a shared Pantry and Fridge, then take them to a row of workstations to mix, knead, proof, and bake recipes worth points. Play it safe at the shelves, or push your luck on a Grocery Order: reveal cards face-up from the deck until you stop, or bust on a duplicate and walk away with just one. Toque cards are wild, Salt and Water are passed from player to player politely, and the baker with the most points wins.
Status: Moved this game to ‘dormant’ after playtests revealed it’s too much of a shopping game and doesn’t deliver on the baking potential. Wildstar is a spinoff of Baker’s Wild (changed toque to star, with a similar wild mechanic).