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Dead & Breakfast
2018
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- 2–4 players
- 20–40 min
- 6+
- Complexity 1.5/5
For 2 players
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Dead & Breakfast is a board game released in 2018 for 2–4 players, 20–40 minutes per game, and ages 6 and up. It was designed by Rodrigo Rego and its main mechanics are Set Collection, Tile Placement, and Network and Route Building.
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About the game
In this game of ghoulish guesthousery, players build a mortifying motel, fill it to the brim with horrifying inhabitants, adorn its walls with voluptuous vines of poison ivy, and invite puzzled patrons in from the cold to meet their frightening finale. However, a ghastly ghoul besieges the local Haunted Hardware Store, and other enigmatic entrepreneurs are opening horrible hostels of their own, meaning you’ll have to work fast to ensure that your Dead & Breakfast is the best of the worst! In less verbose vocabulary, Dead & Breakfast is a tile-laying game where you assemble a hotel, placing creatures, flowers, and guests to score points. Each turn, players place one of the available un-haunted window tiles into their hotel, before passing the turn to the left. Once a row (5 windows) of a player's hotel is complete, they can invite a guest, occupying one window but activating their specific scoring condition. Once everyone has built a 5x5 hotel, points are won in three ways: inviting guests who fear the creatures that live in your hotel; connecting certain types of flowers to your door via ivy; and fulfilling the conditions of the Bonus Scoring Tile. The Hotelier with the most points wins!
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Questions and answers
Dead & Breakfast supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Dead & Breakfast is 20–40 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Dead & Breakfast for ages 6 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Dead & Breakfast has a complexity rating of 1.5 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Dead & Breakfast belongs to these categories: Puzzle. Its main mechanics are Set Collection, Tile Placement, and Network and Route Building. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Dead & Breakfast are: Rodrigo Rego. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Dead & Breakfast as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.