Top Food Board Games for Memorial Day

Miniature Market
Posted by Miniature Market on May 30, 2022

Do you want to roll some dice while waiting for the food to finish grilling? Are you ready to sink your teeth into an awesome board game that will sate your hunger? Or, if you aren’t the cook, do you want to play a board game that lets you be the head chef? If so, check out this list of top board games to play during the Memorial Day Holiday!

Adventure Mart

Have you ever dreamed of running your own convenience store? Have you ever wondered what it's like to be the shopkeeper that provides adventurers with items, food, and more? In Adventure Mart, you play as the storekeeper who is competing against other stores to provide adventurers with the most utility as possible! Fill your store with food such as Forge Steamed Buns, Blightcap Tea, Mana Bean Coffee, and more!

  • 2-4 Players
  • 45-60 Minutes
  • Age 10+

Bag of Chips

Ready to break into a bag of chips and…play a board game? This incredibly unique board game features the challenge of trying to guess what chips are going to come out of the bag next and grabbing the right ones! How do you know which chips you need to grab? Your objective cards will tell you!

  • 2-5 Players
  • 15-20 Minutes
  • Age 8+

BANANAGRAMS Classic Game

If you're looking for a quick board game to pass the time, then peel back the layer on BANANAGRAMS! This simple and addictive word game pits players against one another as they try to use all of their letters to complete words before the competition does! The first to finish wins!

  • 1-8 Players
  • 30 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Burger ASAP!

Careful not to eat the box, as this delicious looking board game cooks quickly! This brain teasing recipe combo game has players race against one another to finish recipes in the proper order! This game is perfect for testing speed, memory, and logic skills!

  • 2-5 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Cake Race

If your favorite part of the Memorial Day feast is the desert, then take a slice out of Cake Race! This relay race board game is perfect for kids to test their balancing acts while racing their friends. The trick is to balance a rolling candle in the center of the cake while traversing a brief obstacle/racecourse. The winner is the first to cross the finish line!

  • 2-12 Players
  • 30 Minutes
  • Age 6+

Candy Lab

Have you ever wanted to work in a candy lab? If so, would you try to take home as much candy as you could carry at the end of the day? If this sounds like your dream job, then Candy Lab is the fix for your sweet tooth. In this board game you will compete against other players to see who can retrieve, complete, and box the most candy orders. The winner gets to take home their weight in candy (we wish!).

  • 2-4 Players
  • 15 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Candy Match

Do you like to pair different candies together to see which combinations taste the best? Do you want to compete against your friends to see who can come up with the best combinations the fastest? Then take a bite out of Candy Match! This fast-paced board game will keep everyone entertained through each quick round!

  • 2-6 Plyers
  • 10-20 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Cheese Thief

Do you like swiping leftovers, or sneaking cheese when no one is looking? Do you want to unleash your inner mouse and feast out on some dairy delight? In this fast-paced board game you play as either the cheese thief or a cheese enthusiast dreaming about cheese. The thief is trying to steal pieces of the dreamer's cheese, and no game is ever played the same due to the games die-face combination system.

  • 4-8 Players
  • 10-15 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Crazy Eggz

Do you need a fun, quick paced game to keep the young ones entertained? Do you want to see them running around like a chicken as they try to match die sides to their correct limbs? In this quick, crazy game, the first player to collect five eggs wins!

  • 2-4 Players
  • 150 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Cupcake Academy

Have you ever wanted to run your own cupcake restaurant? Are you and your friends ready to test yourselves and see if you can pass the entrance exam for the Cupcake Academy? This cooperative board game tests you and your friend's logic skills and speed. You'll need to work together to organize your kitchen based upon specific instructions. But beware, your actions are timed so you will need to be precise!

  • 2-4 Players
  • 10 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Dollars to Donuts

You're a donut shop owner and there is a problem! Your donuts aren't whole, and your customer don't want to purchase half-donuts! This puzzle-like board game involves matching and piecing together donut pieces before your competitor shops can finish their own donuts. The first player to fill every donut space in their shop wins!

  • 1-4 Players
  • 30-45 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Food Chain Magnate

Are you ready to run your own fast-food chain? Do you want to compete against your friends on a variable city map to see who can run the most successful franchise in the city? Then place your order and pick up Food Chain Magnate. This strategy-heavy game will test your thinking skills and as you compete against your friends using a card driven resource management system.

  • 2-5 Players
  • 120-240 Minutes
  • Age 14+

Foodies

You're running a restaurant at a food court, and you need to attract more patrons to your restaurant! Only the best recipes will bring more hungry customers to your restaurant, but you're in luck! Foodies provides recipes from all over the world, you just need to add them to your menu and see how they perform! At the end of the game, the most popular and successful restaurant will win!

  • 2-5 Players
  • 20-30 Minutes
  • Age 14+

Go Nuts for Donuts!

Will your love of donuts cost you everything? What if you’re eyeing a chocolate-covered donut, and your friend is too, but only one of you can have it? In this fast-paced board game, players will need to carefully choose which donuts to grab, as each donut comes with a different point score. However, if someone else chooses the same donut, neither player gets the donuts or points!

  • 2-6 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Gudetama: The Tricky Egg Card Game - Holiday Edition

You're an egg, and your entire goal is to stay alive and not get scrambled! In this card-based board game, your goal is to survive 7 different tricks by not winning any of them, because winning actually makes you the loser! If you accrue the most points at the end of the game, you get scrambled!

  • 2-7 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Kitchen Rush

Did you just inherit an old restaurant? Do you now have to make sure it turns into a successful business? If so, hop into the kitchen and get ready for rush hour! In this real-time cooperative board game, you race against hourglasses to take orders from customers, get food ready, and make sure the kitchen is ready for all challenges!

  • 2-7 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Kiwi Chow Down

The Kiwis are hungry, and now you have to try to control them! You have four seasons to corral and grow your kiwis to outnumber your opponents and take over the island! At the end of the 4 seasons, the player with the most territory wins! In this strategic miniatures board game, you’re pitting your building and movement skills against your opponents to see who can force who from their territories!

  • 1-5 Players
  • 45-60 Minutes
  • Age 12+

Nacho Pile

What can be better than a plate of nacho's piled high? Snatching someone else's nachos as well! In this fast-paced board game, you will need to pile your nachos as high as possible while also taking nachos from your opposing players!

  • 2-4 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Point Salad

Don't forget the salad with your feast! But watch out, not every veggie is going to score you points! In this card drafting boardgame, players will need to collect veggies to score points and utilize a variety of different strategies to snatch victory! The player with the most points at the end wins!

  • 2-6 Players
  • 15-30 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Popcorn Dice

Everyone likes popcorn, but can everyone cook it without burning the kernels? In this dice-based board game, you compete against the other cooks to see who can accrue 30 points the fastest, with six-sided die determining how many points you score but be careful! If your die lands on a burnt kernel, you will lose those points for the round!

  • 2-6 Players
  • 10-20 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Ramen Fury

Are soups part of your Memorial Day feast plans? If so, don't forget the Ramen! In this uniquely packaged food board game, you will be tasked with preparing soup with special ingredients to create delicious bowls! But watch out for your fellow players! They will be trying to sneak spicey peppers into your bowl, or snatch ingredients while you’re not looking!

  • 2-5 Players
  • 30 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Rick & Morty: The Pickle Rick Game

Do you love Rick & Morty? Is there a special place in your heart for Pickle Rick? If so, you're in luck! In this board game, you play as Pickle Rick who is trying to escape a heavily armed compound! Or, if you want Pickle Rick to meet his demise, you can play as the Russians and Jaguar, who are out to crush Solenya!

  • 1-2 Players
  • 30 Minutes
  • Age 17+

Sriracha: The Game

Do you like spicey games that are fast, fun, and require you to react in an instant? Or do you like Sriracha, and want to play a game that features your favorite condiment? If so, this card pairing game is the perfect addition to any feast! Players will need to act fast and pair cards as they see them placed on the table, and whoever collects the most cards wins!

  • 2-4 Players
  • 10-15 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Steal the Bacon

Who doesn't love bacon and waffles? Who would love to play a game featuring bacon and waffles? In this card-based board game, you and your friends are dealt stacks of pancakes, and as you flip through your stack, if your card matches another player's card you race to snatch the bacon in the center of the board! The first player to 10 strips of bacon wins! But watch out, there are bacon thieves on the loose!

  • 3-8 Players
  • 10 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Sugar Blast

Combining candies to try new unique flavors is always a blast, and in this game, that's the goal! You must pair candies together to create strings of candy to clear the board! In this Tetris-like game, the player who collects the most candies at the end wins!

  • 1-4 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Sushi Dice

Have you ever wanted to be a sushi chef and create incredible sushi rolls? Do you want to test your skills and see how fast you can slice, dice, and put a roll together? If so, this is the game for you! But watch out, the other sushi chefs are going to try to stop you as they try to complete their rolls first! In this dice-based board game, players will compete against one another to finish rolls as fast as possible. Dice rolls determine which food items you are provided with, and one side of the die is face with a “Yuck!” symbol, and if another chef sees you roll the dice before you snatch it, you have to discard all of your food items you've set aside!

  • 2-6 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Sushi Go!

If you love sushi and want to try as many sushi dishes as possible, then roll into this board game! Sushi roll pits players against one another to grab the best sushi dishes as fast as possible to score points, and different combinations of dishes add different points values. So, picking which dishes to take and which dishes to keep your friends from grabbing is critical to winning the game!

  • 2-5 Players
  • 15 Minutes
  • Age 8+

Sweets

Children love candy, they go crazy for it! Do you want to take advantage of this and use it to teach children how to identify objects, make decisions, and use critical thinking skills? In this game, young children are tasked with identifying objects to clear their hands, and the first player to discard all of their cards wins!

  • 2-4 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Age 4+

Throw Throw Avocado

If you love throwing food and playing dodgeball, this game combines both! In Throw Throw Avocado, you rack up points by collecting cards and when an avocado card is drawn, you battle your opponents by throwing squishy toy avocados at them! The winner is determined by the first player to reach five wins!

  • 2-6 Players
  • 15 Minutes
  • Age 7+

Truffle Shuffle

Chocolate Truffes are some of the world's best delectable delights. Who doesn't love a box full of chocolates? In this quick playing card drafting board game, you will take turns picking truffles from a box of overlapping cards with the intent to combine and sell the truffles.

  • 2-4 Players
  • 15-30 Minutes
  • Age 14+

Tsukiji

Do you want to be Tokyo's richest fish seller?! Do you want to dominate the 1930's market and face off against other fish sellers to determine who sells the best seafood? If so, put your stand up and face off against your competition! In this board game, players manipulate price, set traps, and attempt to sabotage opponents as they fight for the highest profit possible! The winner is whoever has the most cash at the end of the game!

  • 2-4 Players
  • 20 Minutes
  • Age 8+