How? Eat What?

How? Eat What? is a card game designed by me. The game is modeled after a public domain game called "President" but with elements from our local Singapore food scene.

This 60-card card-climbing game features unique photographs of local food on every card. Each card also comes with little "titbits" of information about that food.

How? Eat What? plays in about 10-15 minutes and can be played from 3 to 6 players. How? Eat What? is for sale at a price of S$22. Please fill in the form below to order a copy of the game. Pickup/delivery can be arranged.

Some sample cards from the game

Rules

A round of gameplay is called a serving. In each serving, be the first person to finish the meal by getting rid of all cards from your hand.

The lower the number on a card, the better the card. For example, a Bak Kut Teh card (6) is better than a Laksa card (7). The number also tells you how many copies of that card are in the deck; for example, there are six Bak Kut Teh cards and seven Laksa cards in the entire deck. Two wild Popiah take whatever value between 1 and 10 the person playing the Popiah card chooses.

Shuffle the cards and deal out the entire deck even to all players. If a player has 2 Popiah cards, he or she may reveal them and lead the serving. Otherwise the player with the Fish Head Curry card reveals it and takes the lead.

MAKAN! - Each serving starts when the player who has the lead plays a set of one or more cards with the same number (face up). Play proceeds clockwise. For the rest of that serving, players can only play a set of the same number cards with a numerical value lower than the most recent set played. (Remember, the lower the number on the card, the better the card.) Play continues clockwise until all players have decided to pass. (Note: You can choose to pass and then play a card if play comes back around to you again and you have the appropriate card.)

When all players have passed, the serving has ended. The player who made the last play then gets to lead for the next serving.

When you have played your last card you are said to have finished your meal. (Finishing your meal occurs the second you play your last card. It doesn't matter who wins the serving.)The first player who finishes his or her meal wins the hand.

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