How to Serve Man

About this board game

How to Serve Man is a light worker placement game for 2–6 players, with approximately 60 minutes of intergalactic cooking competition. Each player takes on the role of an intergalactic Chef, competing to become the champion of Space Kitchen Stadium.

The featured ingredient is human beings, and gathering them is only the beginning. Chefs must collect resources, cook them up, and combine them to create Dishes worthy of presentation to the Celebrity Judge panel. Keeping those ingredients from running away adds another challenge to the competition.

Celebrity Judges play an important part in shaping each Chef’s strategy. Claiming a Judge awards bonus points for future Dishes, creating opportunities to build an effective approach while pursuing culinary glory. Choosing which Judges to claim can influence how your competition develops over the course of the game.

• Light worker placement: Gather resources and manage your cooking plans.
• Dish creation: Combine resources to prepare Dishes for the Celebrity Judges.
• Strategic Judges: Claim Judges to earn bonus points on future Dishes.
• Space hazards: Deal with the inevitable dangers of outer space while watching the clock.

Success requires more than simply collecting ingredients. The best Chef must balance resource gathering, cooking, Judge selection, escaping ingredients, time pressure, and the hazards of outer space. Every decision contributes to the race for the highest score.

With its unusual culinary theme and competitive worker placement gameplay, How to Serve Man challenges players to impress the Celebrity Judges while keeping their kitchen operation under control. The Chef who handles the contest most effectively wins the title of champion.