Gingerbread House
2-4 players | Ages 8+ | 30 minutes
Publisher: Lookout Games, 2018
Art: Andy Elkerton, Klemens Franz
In Gingerbread House, you place domino-like tiles in a 3 by 3 grid, covering symbols that provide you with four different types of gingerbread and special actions. Tiles may also be placed on existing types of tiles, forming a 3D structure in front of you. Covering two of the same symbol is extremely valuable as it provides a bonus gingerbread or action. Victory points are awarded for building the tallest structure, completing orders by discarding sets of gingerbread, as well as being the quickest to achieve certain conditions. In the end, the player with the most victory points wins.
One of my really early designs was about building a city by stacking domino pieces together. Multiple publishers looked at the game for some time, but it didn’t quite have that special something and so it never came out. Years later, I revisited the design, but this time giving each player their own structure to build. This opened up some new possibilities and really shifted the focus of the design. Lookout did a great job on the production and Andy Elkerton’s fairytale character illustrations are superb!
Awards
★ 2019 Spiel der Spiele Hit mit Freunden Recommended
Also released
● Gingerbread House: Spiel 2018 Promo Cards
Links
➚ Gingerbread House at Lookout Games
➚ Gingerbread House at BoardGameGeek