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Project: Master Sweets RP

Designer: Tihomir Yunakov

Artist: Viktoria Gosheva

Publisher: Board Games Yunak (Master Sweets: Second Edition, MasterSweets)

Genre/Mechanisms: card game, cooperative game, hand management, player elimination, set collection, variable player powers

Player Count: 1-5

Solo Mode: yes

Complexity: light

Risk: medium-high

Summary: “In the elimination game ‘Clash of Sweets,’ each player creates their own unique cookbook and tries to steal their opponents‘ recipes. This reveals other players’ culinary secrets, and their cookbook becomes less unique. After the last recipe from a player’s cookbook is stolen, the player leaves the game. The last surviving player with recipes that have not been revealed is the winner. In the cooperative variant ‘Sweets Workshop’ a member of royalty has taken notice of the various masters of sweets, and wants them to make incredible desserts for her birthday. Players must combine their efforts and team up in order to exactly fulfill all of the royal’s requirements. Each player holds the cards in their hand facing the other players, who must provide clues about the player’s cards.”

Base Pledge (w/shipping): $45

All-In (w/shipping): $45, same as above

Campaign Ends: 1/13

Game Ships: Aug. 2023

Funding Status: Currently at 27% with 14 days to go.