Toasty Toasts Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Setup
• Gameplay
  • Overview
  • Player Turns
  • Playing Cards
    • Topping Cards
    • Action Cards
    • Trading for Base Toasts
    • Plain Toast Cards
• Game End
• Scoring
• Types of Cards
  • Toast Cards
  • Topping Cards
  • Action Cards

Setup

1. Separate the draw pile, "Time to Eat" card, and Base Toast cards. Then shuffle the draw pile.

• Time to Eat card: removed from the game for now
• Draw pile: face down
• Base Toast pile: face up

2. Deal the following to each player:

• 2 Base Toast cards, placed on the table
• 3 cards from the draw pile, held in hand

3. Shuffle the Time to Eat card into the bottom 1/3 of the draw pile for 2 to 3 players, or into the bottom 1/4 of the draw pile for 4 players.

4. Place the draw pile and the Base Toast pile within reach of all players. Leave room for discarded cards.

• Draw pile: face down
• Base Toast pile: face up
• Discard pile: empty for now

5. The player who last ate toast in real life starts the game! Proceed clockwise.

Gameplay

Overview

Toasty Toasts is played over several player turns. The game ends when the "Time to Eat" card is drawn and everyone counts their points.

Player Turns

Each player turn has 3 quick phases:

1. Draw: Draw 2 cards from the draw pile or draw 3 cards instead if your hand is empty.

2. Play: Make up to 2 plays (either the same play twice or 2 different plays):

• Play 1 Topping card
• Play 1 Action card
• Play 2 Toppings that Match or form a Combo
• Discard any 2 cards for a new Base Toast (once per turn)
• Play a Plain Toast card as a Base Toast (1 play) or as a Sandwich (requires 2 plays)

3. Hand Check: If you have more than 5 cards in hand at the end of your turn, discard down to 5.

Source note: the printed sheet gives a hand limit of 5 at Hand Check. The designer's BGG description gives seven. This transcription follows the printed sheet.

Playing Cards

Topping Cards

• Each Toast may hold any number of matching Toppings or Toppings that Combo, but no Topping pairings that don't combo (e.g., PB and Tomato, blech!)
• The sheet shows these Combos: Avo + Tomato, Choco + Banana, PB + Jelly, Bacon + Egg.
• 2 of the same Topping or 2 Toppings that Combo can be placed for only 1 play!
• Combo Toppings do not require a direct 1:1 ratio of each Topping (e.g., 1 Banana can go with lots of Choco Spread!)

Action Cards

Play an Action Card from your hand and follow its instructions. It's as easy as that!

Trading for Base Toasts

Discard any 2 cards from your hand to take 1 Base Toast from the Base Toast pile and play it in front of you. You can only do this once per turn (everyone else also wants to eat Toasts!)

Plain Toast Cards

Plain Toasts can be played as a Base Toast for 1 play - ready to be piled up with tasty Toppings - or you can place it on top of another Toast to form a Sandwich. Just remember, making Sandwiches costs 2 plays!

Sandwiches – Important! You can't add more Toppings to a Sandwich, but they are immune to all Actions cards. Delicious!

Game End

Once the "Time to Eat" card is drawn, it's time to count your score, then eat up!

Scoring

Item	Score
Base Toasts (not part of Sandwiches)	1
Single Toppings	2
Sandwiches	3
Combo Toppings (per set of 2 Topping cards)	6

Scoring examples printed on the sheet:

• Combo Sandwich (9 points): Combo +6, Sandwich +3.
• Combo + 1 Topping Sandwich (11 points): Combo +6, Single Topping +2, Sandwich +3.

Types of Cards

Toast Cards

• Base Toast [18]: The foundation of deliciousness. May hold Toppings and Plain Toasts.
• Plain Toast [6]: Played as a Base Toast or on top of another Toast as a Sandwich.

Topping Cards

Added to Toasts to score points [32; 4 of each type]: Peanut Butter, Jelly, Avocado, Tomato, Choco Spread, Banana, Bacon, Egg.

Action Cards

Used to help build Toasts or sabotage others.

• Trash Toast [2]: Each other player discards 1 Topping card of their choice from 1 of their Toasts.
• Espresso-oh [2]: Take 2 more plays during this turn.
• Slimy-limy [2]: Steal 2 cards from other players' hands. You may take 2 cards from 1 player or 1 card from 2 different players.
• Toast Toasted [2]: Move all Topping cards from any single Toast to the Discard pile.
• Pantry Raid [2]: Move 1 Topping card from any Toast to 1 of your Toasts. (You must have a Toast that can hold the Topping.)
• Sriracha-cha [2]: Draw 2 cards from the Draw pile.
• Menu Change [2 – 1 left, 1 right]: All players pass their hand of cards to the player on their left or right (determined by the card.)
• Time to Eat [1]: Signals the end of the game.