MEDIEVAL MEALS
INTRODUCTION
Card game about Food in England in the Middle ages.
VICTORY
The first player with 100 Meal Points is the winner.
MEAL POINTS
Use Poker Chips to keep track of Meal Points (MP).
THE FOOD DECK
Players share a common deck.
The deck is kept Face-down.
The discard is kept Face-up.
There are 10 Types of Cards:
Meat
Fowl
Fish
Bread
Cheese
Spice
Herbs
Fruit
Drink
Event
DEFINITION OF TERMS
The Cheese Suite also covers other types of dairy.
The Bread Suite also covers any Grain type foodstuff.
Fowl can always substitute for Meat unless a rule specifically forbids it.
The older term Herbs is synonymous with the newer term Vegetables.
SETUP
Shuffle the deck.
The oldest Player goes first.
Each player is dealt 5 cards
TURN SEQUENCE
Players take turns.
Each turn has 4 Phases:
1. Cooking Phase
2. Event Phase
3. Meal Phase
4. Spoilage Phase
COOKING PHASE
Draw 1 card from the deck or the discard.
If the deck runs out, shuffle the discard and draw from it.
EVENT PHASE
You may Play 1 Event card from your Hand.
MEAL PHASE
You may cook one recipe.
Discard cards from your hand that satisfy 1 of the Recipes on the Recipe list.
Gain Meal Points according to the Recipe List entry.
You cannot use the same recipe more than once per game (keep track).
A recipe may not contain both Common and Noble cards.
A recipe using Unwholesome ingredients score -2 MP.
SPOILAGE PHASE
Max hand size is 7 cards.
Discard excess cards.
THE RECEPE LIST
Recipe: MP Notes:
Butcher Shop 16 4 Meats
Bakers Dozen 16 4 Breads
Cheese Maker 16 4 Cheeses
Soup 9 1 Fish, 2 Herbs
Stew 9C 1 Meat, 2 Herbs
Pottage 16C 1 Meat or Fish, 1 Bread, 1 Herb, 1 Herb or Fruit
Sallat 16 4 Herbs
Ploughman’s Lunch 4C 1 Bread, 1 Cheese
Supper 25 1 Drink, 1 Meat, 1 Bread, 2 Any
Monks Meal 16C 1 Bread, 2 Herbs, 1 Drink
Common Meal 16C 1 Bread, 1 Herb, 1 Meat or Fish, 1 Drink
Royal Banquet 36N 1 Drink, 1 Spice, 2 Meats, 1 Fish, 1 Bread
Fruit Pies 16 2 Fruits, 2 Breads
Fisherman’s Catch 16 4 Fish
Spice Shipment 16N 4 Spices
Staple Diet 9 1 Bread, 1 Meat, 1 Fish
Harvest Festival 25 2 Bread, 2 Herbs, 1 Fruit
Drinking Hall 16 4 Drinks
Hunters Feast 25N 2 Fowl, 2 Meat, 1 Drink
Pease Porridge 4C 1 Meat, 1 Herb
MP = Meal Points
C = Common Only
N = Noble Only
CARD NOTATION
N = Noble ingredient
C = Common ingredient
B = Can be used as either a Noble OR a Common ingredient
FOOD DECK CARD LIST
Card Title: Type: Use Notes:
Lentils & Cucumbers Herb C Unwholesome
Long & Broad Beans Herb C
Asparagus & Artichokes Herb C
Nuts & Pistachios Herb B
Onions & Leeks Herb B
Rape & Garlic Herb B
Parsnips & Peas Herb C
Fennel & Parsley Herb C
Endive & Lettuce Herb C
Shallot & Watercress Herb C
Carrots, Turnips, Beetroot Herb C
Olives & Oil Herb B
Cabbages: Roman, Easter, White Herb C
Cabbage of Senlis Herb B
Vinegar Herb C
Sugar Herb N
Twice Baked Biscuits Bread C
Yeast Pastries Bread N
Brown & Black Bread Bread B
Manchet & Fine White Bread Bread N
Ravelled & Cheat Bread Bread B
Court Loaf & Popes Loaf Bread N
Knights Loaf & Squires Loaf Bread N
Varlets Loaf & Table Loaves Bread N
Trenchers: Thin Bread Plates Bread B
Unleavened Bread Bread B
Common Bread & Coarse Bread Bread C
Barley Bread Bread C
Porridges & Gruel Bread C
Buck Wheat & Rye Breads Bread C
Millet & Oat Breads Bread C
Public Ovens Bread C
Wild Raspberries Fruit C
Wood Strawberries Fruit C
Red Currants Fruit C
Cultivated Apples Fruit B
Quinces Fruit B
Dates & Figs Fruit N
Marmalade Fruit C
Pears & Pomegranates Fruit N
Lemons & Melons Fruit N
Peaches & Plums Fruit N
Oranges & Apricots Fruit N
Salt Spice N
Pepper Spice N
Mustard Spice N
Cinnamon Spice N
Cloves Spice N
Nutmeg Spice N
Ginger Spice N
Saffron & Caraway Spice N
Cardamon & Coriander Spice N
Cumin & Turmeric Spice N
Mace & Anise Spice N
Water Drink C Unwholesome
Milk Drink C
Spiced Ale Drink C
Honey Mead Drink C
Fermented Apple Cider Drink C
Beer: Malt & Hops Drink C
Godale & Perry Drink C
Small Beer Drink C
Fruit Wine & Sour Wine Drink B
Cherry Water & Apricot Syrup Drink B
Apple Wine & Milk of Almonds Drink B
Spanish & Cypress Wines Drink N
Malmsey, Madeiran, & Muscatel Drink N
Bordeaux & Rosette Wines Drink N
White Wines & Rhine Wines Drink N
Nectar & Honey Wine Drink N
Pickled Herring Fish B
Smoked Salmon Fish B
Conger Eel Fish B
Whiting Fish B
Plaice Fish B
Salted Cod Fish B
Mackerel Fish B
Freshwater Trout Fish B
Shad & Carp Fish B
Skate, Sole & Turbot Fish N
Pike & Perch Fish C
Tench & Crayfish Fish C
Fish Eggs Fish B
Crabs & Cockles Fish B
Mussels & Oysters Fish B
Salted Whale Fish C
Butter Cheese B
Fresh Cream Cheese B
Smoked Cheese Cheese B
Wheel Cheese Cheese B
Cottage Cheese Cheese C
Soft Cheese Cheese B
Semi-Soft Cheese Cheese B
Hard Cheese Cheese B
Farmers Cheese Cheese C
Green Cheese Cheese C
Herb Cheese Cheese C
Goat Cheese Cheese C
Mountain Cheese Cheese C
Bird Eggs Fowl B
Swans & Cranes Fowl N
Storks, Crows, & Cormorants Fowl N
Plovers, Turtle-Doves & Larks Fowl N
Quail, Partridges, & Cuckoos Fowl N
Thrushes, Starlings, Blackbirds Fowl N
Jellied Peacocks Fowl N
Poultry Fowl B
Chickens Fowl B
Game Birds Fowl B
Fattened Geese Fowl B
Ducks Fowl B
Turkey Fowl B
Pheasants & Capons Fowl B
Poaching Meat C
Venison Meat N
Beef Meat B
Pork Meat B
Veal Meat N
Goat Meat B
Milk Fed Lamb Meat N
Rabbit & Hare Meat N
Mutton Meat B
Bones Meat C
Red & Roe Deer Meat N
Boar Meat N
Hams & Sausages Meat B
Suet & Black Puddings Meat B
Black Bears Meat B
Hedge Hogs & Squirrels Meat B
Crusaders Event Draw 3 Cards from Deck
Cookery Book Event Draw 3 Cards from Deck
Harvest Event Draw 3 Cards from Deck
Exotic Imports Event Draw 3 Cards from Deck
Famine Event Opponent Discards 2 Cards
Blight Event Opponent Discards 2 Cards
Lent Event Opponent Discards 2 Cards
Fasting Event Opponent Discards 2 Cards
LINKS
Medieval Food
