We then tried out King's Breakfast, yet another new game from the Alan Moon / Aaron Weissblum partnership. This one is a quick, light card game and works pretty well as a family game. The game plays over several rounds and, on each round, a series of cards is turned face up in the centre of the table and players take as many food cards as there are of one type from the table or a single card from the draw pile. Once each player has done this, the King (dummy player) receives the remaining cards and a new round is played. When there are not enough cards to refill the table, the game ends and players score. If a player has more cards of a particular type than the King, then he scores nothing for these cards. For all remaining cards, each one is worth the number of cards the King has of that type. The player with the highest total wins.

We all enjoyed King's Breakfast: It plays quickly and there is also the opportunity to spoil other players' plans by use of a dragon card to deplete the King's food stocks. Unfortunately, Mark G completely misunderstood one rule and, consequently, ruined his own chances. Nige, on the other hand, grabbed all the right cards at the right time and ran out a comfortable winner. A nice end of evening filler.