Everyone is so excited there seems to be a new Cafe opening but what has everyone questioning it, is supposedly a 24/7 Halloween themed Cafe no matter what time of year it is always Halloween themed even if they ad in other decorations for other holidays everyone is supposed to be in costume 24/7 while working, but the truth is even more creepy or surprising depending on who you ask cuz the truth is it's an average Abomination Cafe filled with mythical creatures just trying their best to live.
It isn't until a certain biblical accurate Angel joins in as the chef that everyone seems to understand hey maybe they aren't humans and saying that it's just a costume doesn't help.
Blue and Honey had been hearing rumors about a brand new Cafe that was run by humans wearing costumes to match their monster coworkers The cheerful and energetic skeleton had heard that it was a 24/7 Halloween Cafe that served many different dishes and pastries.
Even Muffin the spider monster had become curious enough about this Cafe to go try it.
She was the one to tell Honey about it for after visiting it she fell in love with one of their cakes and was now trying her best to get one of the staff to tell her how to make it.
What Blue didn't know was that when he had decided to bring his brother to the cafe to reward his brother for finishing his college classes that his and his brother's life were about to change forever.
For the good or the bad, I don't know why don't you read and find out?
Biblical accurate angel (Dan- they/them)
Bigfoot (Gavin- he/him)
Mothman ( ???? - he/they)
Chimera (Jean- she/her)
Water nymph (lumina- she/her)
??????? (Cole- he/him)
Under swap Sans (Blue - he-him)
Art made by the absolutely amazing @shitpostmultiverse
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I recommend them both but with an asterisk*. They have some wonderful strengths but also have some specifics Iâll get into that may or may not make them suitable for your friends.
Zoo Vadis was a game I found off kickstarter that is actually a remake of the game Quo Vadis?: where players in a roman senate advance their senator tokens and make deals along the way. From the changes Iâve seen Zoo Vadis makes some good tweaks!
In Zoo Vadis each player picks an animal in the zoo. You have 6 tokens of that animal. The board has four starting enclosures at the bottom and through branching paths and enclosures of varying sizes ends with the star enclosure at the top. On your turn you place one of your animal tokens on the bottom, advance one to the next enclosure, advance a peacock, or move the zookeeper.
The trick of the game is you need to accrue more laurels, victory points, than the other players AND you need to get one token in the star exhibit. If you arenât in the star exhibit you get 0 points.
To advance your animal token you need the majority vote of the enclosure youâre in. An enclosure with 3 spaces needs 2 votes, 5 spaces needs 3 votes, and so forth. You require minimum those votes, so if youâre the only animal in a 5 space enclosure you arenât going anywhere. You can use your victory point laurels to bribe the neutral peacock faction OR make deals with other players.
And thats the heart of Zoo Vadis. This is a highly social negotiation game. If you play solitaire and secure your own path to zip to the end you will end the game with barely any points. Voting for another animal awards you a 1pt Laurel as the winning player claims a laurel token between 2-5pts. You need to spend time advancing your tokens and helping others advance, aka extorting your friends. All deals made within the turn must be abided by but not if the deal extends beyond that turn. âIf you pay me 2 laurels Iâll vote for you this turnâ must be abided by. âYou vote for me this turn Iâll vote for you next turnâ can be broken as a deal. But if you arenât trustworthy, who will make deals with you?
And thats what I love about Zoo Vadis. Thereâs a balance here: shoot right to the end and you barely score any points. Spend too much time racking up laurels the other players can and will block you from the star exhibit.
The zookeeper token allows you to advance without a vote, but you donât acquire the normal laurel token for advancing. The peacocks also add a lot of strategic depth, using them to block paths or gum up enclosures for rough votes. Our 4 player game had 5 spaces in the star enclosure and 2 spaces were taken up by peacocks so one player ended with 0 points since we all couldnât make it.
The production design is also stellar. I love the art direction, each faction is a different kind of fancy. The art looks great, the pieces are high quality, its amazing.
There are optional powers but every review Iâve seen says the powers cause unnecessary clutter so we opted not to use them.
This is where I bring in the asterisk*. If your friends enjoy more solitaire style games like Earth where we largely work on our own engines then compare scores at the end you wonât have a good time. Everyone needs to be social and be aggressive, you get the most points if you make the most deals. If your friends enjoy lots of gotcha! mechanics or interaction heavy games this is a top tier one for the group. Just light enough on mechanics to keep the game from bogging down with 3-7 people making it a great game for large groups.
Cryptid Cafe! I bought this game just bc of the flavoring and art and I donât regret it! In Cryptid Cafe you have cryptids coming to your cafe! They have an order at the top youâre looking to fulfill! Send your three server tokens to the chef up top to get ingredients like Brain-Lettuce-Tomato sandwiches or Hot Apple Spider, Cinnemonster Rolls. Serve them before your cryptid guests get mad and walk out on you. Play 8 rounds and the highest score wins!
This is a game I bought bc it looked cute and Iâm glad its mechanics had some meat on them bones. You have 3 worker tokens (your servers). The kraken chefâs board has all 3 ingredients with 3, 2, 1, 1 spaces beneath each. Place your worker on a chosen spot to gain that many of that food. At the end of worker placement players can tip the chef. If youâre last in line you can pay one money (victory point) per space to go higher, get more ingredients while bumping everyone down. Its a fairly cutthroat mechanic, one tip from my roommate at the last round stopped her brother from being able to fulfill his last order. Its also a great worker placement mechanic, since you can place anywhere 3-1, you can intentionally place last to tip, and just bc you snagged the first spot doesnât mean youâre safe.
At its heart its an efficiency game. Guests request 2-4 foods and you can only gather with three workers per turn. Figure out how to use your gathers efficiently and serve your guests. Its theming is an absolute delight and its puzzle of getting the right food was just meaty enough for us to enjoy. Its not the deepest game but for what its doing its good.
I will mention, if this is a dealbreaker for you, that the developers arenât aware of the taboo nature of the wendigo and that is included here.
The rulebook also lists out origins of each cryptid in the game with brief descriptions. We had a lovely time with Cryptid Cafe if you donât mind a simpler worker placement with a twist. My asterisk comes in with the wendigo part as well as this is a thematic game, if youâre charmed by the theme youâll have fun. If you arenât you might not have the same experience I did.