La Pâtisserie Rococo

About this board game

La Pâtisserie Rococo is a board game for 1–5 players, with sessions lasting about 150 minutes, set during the Rococo era of Louis XV’s France.

A grand festival is being held in the gardens of Versailles, and pastry shops are competing to make their mark. As a pastry shop and its pastry chefs, you must prepare enticing desserts for sale and for display while building a presence at one of the era’s most prestigious events.

Using the distinctive deck-building mechanism from Rococo, you hire staff who help create recipes, acquire quality ingredients, and bake delicious pastries. Each decision shapes how your shop develops and how effectively it can contribute to the festival.

• Hire staff to expand your pastry shop’s capabilities.
• Create recipes, acquire quality ingredients, and bake desserts.
• Choose whether to sell pastries for profit or present them for possible awards.
• Seek fame, prestige, and opportunities to gain favor with important nobles.

The festival offers more than a chance to earn money. Selling your creations can provide profit, while presenting them may lead to recognition and awards. Weighing these possibilities is central to the challenge, as every pastry can contribute to your wider ambitions.

In La Pâtisserie Rococo, the player who creates the most acclaimed desserts earns fame and the respect of the king and his nobles. Set against the lavish backdrop of Versailles, this pastry-focused experience combines staff management, recipe creation, ingredient acquisition, and difficult choices about how best to showcase your work.