A la carte: Dessert — Rules Manual

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Content
1 stove
(consisting of: 1 plate, 4 pedestals, 1
adjusting knob, and a plastic rivet in two
parts)
1 pan
1 condiment dispenser
with lid, for the condiment assortment
20 condiments in 4 colors
(5 x lemon, 5 x pepper, 5 x paprika,
5 x herbs)
5 even weirder salt dishes
6 coffee cups
for the coffee breaks
1 delicious Crêpe
1 tray
for finished dishes

3 star tokens
16 menu cards

Set Up
Gently punch all components out of
the punchboard. The stove is con-
structed according to the illustration
on the right. After all, the new fifth
player must have his or her own
Schmiel 2010, too! The plastic rivet
halves for the adjusting knob are in-
serted from both sides (you may want
to use pliers to get a firm connection
of the rivet halves). Turn the knob
several times until it moves smoothly.
Rules

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Introduction
This expansion for A la Carte contains all components for
a fifth player: 1 stove, 1 pan, 1 tray for finished dishes, and
1 Crêpe. This expansion is not playable without the base
game.
If playing with the expansion, the original rules of the base
game apply. However, there are some new elements which
are explained below. Players will decide if they want to use
any or all of the new elements for
A la Carte. All elements
can be combined with the base game.
Menu Cards
Menu cards are challenges which generate additional victory points if a player is able to cook all the dishes required on the card. Before the game all menu cards are shuffled thoroughly. Each player is
dealt 3 menu cards. Each player then secretly chooses one of the cards, places it face down adjacent to his or her stove and discards the other two face down. The unused and discarded cards are put back into the box. If a player successfully fulfills all challenges from his or her card, the card is turned face up. At the end of the game the player will receive the victory points printed on this card. If a player did not fulfill all challenges from his or her menu card before the end of the game, he or she will not earn any victory points from this card.
Special note: Four menu cards call for a star token. This
means that a player must have at least one star in order to
create this dish. However, the star token does not need to
be earned with any specific dish.
New Coffee Cups
All 6 coffee cups in this expansion are added to the cof-
fee cups in the base game and shuffled face down. Then, each player randomly draws one cup and places it face up in front of his or her stove. There are 2 new types of coffee cups which are explained below:
Trash can: Instead of choosing a new dish from the table, the player may “recycle” an already spoilt dish. He or she puts a dish which had previously been thrown in the
trash can into his or her pan.
Flavor Neutralizer: The player may remove
any one condiment (even salt) from his or
her pan. This is also allowed if the dish al-
ready was spoilt. Removing this one condi-
ment can make the dish “edible” again or
even make it “perfectly cooked” in order to
earn a star token.
Briny Dishes
These dessert dishes offer new challenges for the chefs. They are cooked as usual, but they call for the condiment “salt.” These dishes can be much more difficult to complete than they seem!
Assorted Condiments
Twenty condiments (5 condiments of each color)
are poured into the new dispenser to create the
assorted condiments dispenser. Note: There is
NO salt in the assorted condiments. The active
player may choose to use the assorted condiments
dispenser instead of the other dispensers. If this
dispenser is empty, it is refilled with all available condi-
ments – up to a maximum of 5 condiments per color (but
without any salt!).
End of the Game
The game ends just like in the base game. A game is over:
- if a player is unable to place a dish in his or her pan
because no more dishes are available
- if a player has finished 5 dishes
- if a player has collected 3 stars
The player with the most victory points at the end of the
game is the winner.
Remember that both finished dishes AND completed menu
cards are worth victory points.
Components for Fifth
Player
All components not yet mentioned in these rules (stove,
pan, tray for finished dishes, Crêpe, stars) are used only if
the game is played with five players. The conditions for
winning the game are the same with five players.
Kitchen staff
Designer: Karl-Heinz Schmiel
Illustration and Graphic Design: Christof Tisch
Cover Art: Jochen Eeuwyk
Editing and Layout: Heiko Eller
Translation: Michael Kröhnert
English Version: Sally Hoper
With collaboration of: Harald Bilz, Oliver Erhardt
Special thanks to: Trieb family, Spielekreis Spielmilben, the
kids of Kinderhaus Harthof, all participants of “Gathering of
Friends”, the attendees of Heidelberger Spieleverlag’s Burgevent
at Castle Stahleck
Distribution in the US: Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc., 1975
West County Road B2, Suite 1, Roseville, Minnesota, 55113,
USA. www.fantasyflightgames.com

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