Donut Shop: Build Displays and Box Donuts - Strategy Board Game - 2 to 4 Players - 25th Century Games

Well made game. This was quick to learn, has interesting and engaging pieces and allowed for various stratagies, but not so complex that you can't interact and goof around while playing. We enjoy it!

Lots of family fun! Patience is a must to win the game! Love it!! But there's no pink donuts inside the game!

This game looks simple, and it is in the mechanics of the gameplay, but there is a lot of strategy in this little game.You may or may not choose to match similar donuts when placing donut tiles, but you get points for placing donut tiles that match color, and can really rack up points when the number of matching donuts that are connected increase each turn.You have to decide when and where to box up donuts by laying different sized box tiles over donuts based on cards you hold that match the donuts you are boxing. Do you want to get some quick points and possibly block your opponent from claiming a larger area of donuts, or do you want to gamble and let the donuts increase in size to get more points when laying future tiles and/or boxing a larger order?Points are tracked with punch out tokens representing various coin values. Oddly, $1 was not give a dollar coin, but a green dollar bill with 100 on it, to represent 100 cents. No idea why this wasn't printed as either $1 on the bill, or given a $1 coin, since there are 1c, 5c, 10c, 25c, and 50c coins.Art is OK, nothing very exciting, but does nicely depict different types of donuts. The component quality is good, although the cards are a little thin in my opinion.Thematically, there is a donut case you put together to hold the tiles and a napkin holder to hold the cards. This is a cute addition, but totally not necessary to play the game.There is a lot of replay value here for a light filler game.Edited to add: When I received my new unopened game, it was missing a punchboard tile. I was able to tell because each board is numbered 1 - 10. I emailed 25th Century Games and received a replacement board (tokens were punched out to save on space when mailing) within about a week.

Excellent gateway game into the contemporary board gaming hobby. My husband and I enjoy playing this game, but be warned! You might end up getting donuts the next day =-) I think kids would like this, says 8+. It would be especially good if they are learning multiples of 5 because at the very least, they could score every turn using their donut tile. Plus, you collect money. Who doesn't love that?

This is a great game that arrive safely. My criticism is that I paid the extra $3 for a new copy. What I got was an already opened game with all the parts strewn around the inside of the box, getting nicked up. Very unhappy about this, but I need it now as a gift.

We had a great time playing! I mean, a donut shop? Of course everyone wanted to play this one first. The rules were quick to explain, and we were able to jump in trying to complete as many orders. Great theming, and it was a fun game!

This is a joy to play and very pretty. Easy to learn. Points at the end of play are always fairly close.The explanation of what triggers the end of the game is a little bit confusing and ambiguous.

The 50's diner-style artwork is excellent! This is a reverse-Tetris game in disguise as you place tiles, each with 4 donuts, to create chains of like pastries and hopefully in a group that you can box up for extra coins. A fun little game that only takes 5 minutes to learn and about a half hour to play.