Tasting History: The Board Game

Tasting History: The Board Game is a competitive worker-placement game inspired by Max Miller’s YouTube series Tasting History.

Players take on the role of chefs traveling through history, gathering ingredients, gaining culinary knowledge, and recreating recipes from the past. The game includes three distinct historical settings: Ancient Rome, Medieval Europe, and the American Frontier, each with its own map, locations, events, and culinary developments.

On their turn, players send their chefs to locations throughout the chosen era to collect ingredients and Knowledge. Knowledge can be used to gain Insights, unlock Culinary Tricks, and improve recipes, while completing historical dishes earns Victory Points. Throughout the game, Events inspired by both major historical moments and everyday life alter the board, while Culinary Advancements change the opportunities available as the era develops. At the heart of Tasting History are 75 different historical Recipes, represented by 225 Recipe cards across the game.

Each setting offers a different historical backdrop and its own strategic challenges, but the goal remains the same: make the most impressive dishes, outcook your rivals, and finish the game with the most Victory Points.

Tasting History: The Board Game combines approachable worker placement with historical storytelling, competitive strategy, and food history.