Donut Shop Review

boardgamequest.com:

We review Donut Shop, a delicious looking tile-laying game published by 25th Century Games. In Donut Shop, players will be arranging donuts in the display case trying to earn the most points.

As a board game reviewer, I obviously like board games and will happily play them with people as often as possible. I also really like unhealthy foods like donuts as I picture fellow Board Game Quest reviewer/editor/healthier eater Chris groaning, “so many carbs…”.

But don’t worry Krispy Kreme, Dunkin’, and Winchell’s. I’m here for you. I’m here for the carbohydrates in generic pink boxes as I review Donut Shop, a two to four player game by Jeffrey Allers that plays in 20 to 40 minutes for players ages 8 and up.

The goal of this game is to make the most money by placing matching donuts and filling orders. Tiles will be added to the display case which starts as a cross-shaped tile of donuts in the middle of the table.

A player’s turn plays out in four steps starting with playing the donut tile in your hand to the display case. The added tile must line up neatly where the edges of the tiles line up with other tiles, but donuts don’t have to match. Tiles also can’t be overlayed over other tiles as we’re trying to run a professional organization here.

Once a tile is placed, the player picks a donut type on it and earns 5 cents for each donut of that type on the tile placed and orthogonally contiguously connected to that tile. Donut holes are wild and extra features like sprinkles don’t change the donut type. Contiguous basically means all the matching donuts on all the tiles in both axial directions, which is more than continuous and could more easily be interrupted.

The third step is optional which is to box donuts up by placing one of the different-sized donut boxes over the display case. To box donuts, you need to cover donuts for which you have order cards. Some of these cards will grant bonuses for sprinkles, and coffee bonuses to earn even more money.

The fourth step is to