A real-time board game about competitive restaurant owning.
Use your chef's power, cook recipes, and lead your restaurant to gastronomical glory.
2-6 Players, Ages 10+
Latest Updates from Our Project:
FREE Rival Restaurants Promo Chef w/ Illiterati Expansion
3 days ago
– Thu, Apr 02, 2026 at 10:46:21 AM
A Bonus Surprise - FREE Rival Restaurants Promo Chef
As an extra treat for all of our Rival Restaurants fans, each copy of Illiterati: Red Herrings & White Roses will now include our latest Rival Restaurants Crossover Chef - Viridia Vileroux:The Alchemical Countess - FOR FREE!
Vial Vile: At the end of MONEY and MOVE, Viridia may discard one recipe from each chef at her location. Chefs keep their ingredients and draw a replacement recipe. This power works at all locations. No one is safe from the Unwritten.
And don't worry, we'll also have her available for individual purchase ($5) on our website once we are done fulfilling the campaign (Early 2027)
Illiterati: Red Herrings & White Roses Is LIVE on Kickstarter!
18 days ago
– Wed, Mar 18, 2026 at 09:22:04 AM
Illiterati: Red Herrings & White Roses is officially LIVE on Kickstarter, and the League of Librarians is already whispering excitedly in the stacks. We're funded and climbing! The first 48 hours are the most important for any Kickstarter, so if you want to show your support, the time is NOW!
As a thank you to our Kickstarter backers, anyone who backs the Red Herrings & White Roses expansion will receive upgraded Acrylic Unwritten Standees … FOR FREE. We know we wouldn’t be able to do what we love without your support, so this is our way of saying THANK YOU!
Reminder, this campaign will be jam-packed with content and we’re just getting started. Back early to follow along and help us fight illiteracy for good!
And for our Rival Restaurant Fans...we have one more suprise to the campaign we'll announce in a few weeks...
Mark Your Calendar: Illiterati: Red Herrings & White Roses Launches March 17th, 2026
about 1 month ago
– Sun, Mar 01, 2026 at 12:39:34 AM
Four years to the day after launching Illiterati, we are happy to announce the official Kickstarter launch date for the expansion, Illiterati: Red Herrings & White Roses, will be March 17th, 2026.
As we’ve shared over the past few updates, this campaign is jam-packed with new content and today we want to highlight the stars of the show - The Unwritten.
You’ve faced off against the Illiterati, but now they’ve brought new challengers to the fight. The Unwritten rule their realms with an even greater zeal against reading, combining forces with the Illiterati to wreak havoc on your hard fought progress. After the Illiterati attack, add the corresponding gem to the Unwritten Board and trigger the corresponding Unwritten attack. As the game progresses, if not kept in check, these powers grow stronger and stronger, delivering critical blows to your gameplan. And unlike the Illiterati who prefer to attack from the shadows, the Unwritten are not afraid to get their hands dirty and will physically move from player to player in order to provide “personalized pain and havoc.”This expansion will feature the first 2 Unwritten - Viridia Vilebrew: The Alchemical Countess and Don Fabio Loveless: The Heart Throbber. We have designed them to give you a different fight each time, as each of them disrupts gameplay in their own unique way (more on that as the campaign unfolds). We have poured our all into making sure they not only feel thematic to their respective genres, but they also play uniquely giving you a different experience each time you go up against them.
And don’t forget if we hit 2,500 followers, each Kickstarter copy of Illiterati: Red Herrings and White Roses will include a FREE set of Acrylic Standees ($7.50 Value) for the Unwritten. If you haven't already, please be sure to hit that "Notify me on launch" button, and help us launch with our best foot forward!\
Final 48(ish) Hours for the Rival Restaurants: SPORKS Out Kickstarter Campaign
over 1 year ago
– Tue, Sep 03, 2024 at 09:47:49 AM
With just about 2 days to go, we can basically smell the finish line. For those of you who have been on the fence to join the campaign, here's what you get in the Rival Restaurant: SPORKS Out Expansion:
SPORKS Out adds Cuban, Hawaiian, Thai and Moroccan food along with 2 "cuisine-less" restaurants - The Greasy Bucket and The Frying Saucer! But obviously that's not all - each restaurant comes with their accompanying chefs (6 Total) and the SPORK Power Meeples.
But WHO are the new Chefs, and what are their powers?
Still not sure if SPORKS Out is right for you? Check out our Kickstarter Video below!
As always, we are forever grateful for your support and can't wait to share what's in the Gap Closer pipeline. Check out the campaign before time runs out!.
SPORKS Out is LIVE on Kickstarter! Back now to get a FREE MINI EXPANSION!
over 1 year ago
– Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 08:01:15 AM
This is not a drill! We repeat, this is not a drill! SPORKS Out, the newest expansion for Rival Restaurants, is now LIVE on Kickstarter! The first 24 hours of the campaign were a whirlwind as we broke all previous records (Funded in 30 Minutes, 1,000 backers in 12 Hours), but we're just getting started. The first 48 hours are the most important for any Kickstarter, so if you want to show your support, the time is NOW!
As a thank you to our Kickstarter backers, we’re doing something we’ve never done before: anyone who backs the SPORKS Out expansion will receive the Frying Saucer Mini Expansion… FOR FREE. We know we wouldn’t be able to do what we love without your support, so this is our way of saying THANK YOU.
And if that’s not enough, we’re also extremely excited to show off something that’s sure to grab everyone’s attention at game night. All 27 chefs (including the new ones!) will be available as PREMIUM acrylic standees in a beautiful magnetic box! Now you can battle for kitchen supremacy in style as these highly aesthetic, extremely durable acrylic chefs will take your cooking to new heights!
So whether you’re looking to snag the newest expansion, upgrade your chefs to premium acrylic, or grab another copy of Rival Restaurants while supplies last, this Kickstarter is for you.
