Piece o' Cake

Cut the cakes so the pieces look fair while you quietly end up with the best slices.

Designer: Jeffrey D. Allers
Published by: Winning Moves Germany
Editions by: Rio Grande Games, Swan Panasia Co., Ltd., New Games Order, LLC, Oya, PS-Games

Piece o' Cake, published in German as ...aber bitte mit Sahne, is the classic cut-and-choose rule with a mean streak. Five cakes with eleven slices of different varieties are on the table, and each variety is worth a different number of points. You can eat a slice right away for guaranteed points, or hoard it and hope to win the bonus for having the most of that variety at the end. The fun is in the cutting: whoever divides can cleverly offer bigger pieces to others and still come out ahead. A 2008 party-flavored game for two to five that takes twenty minutes and rewards people who watch what everyone else is collecting.

Cut-and-choose with five cakes and eleven slicesEat now for sure points or hoard for bonusesEach variety is worth a different amount

Who it's for

You enjoy games where a clever split matters more than a lucky draw, and you want twenty minutes of dessert-flavored scheming.

Not for you if…

You want a long, deep strategy game or you hate being the target of a sneaky split.

Vibe's take

Cheeky and watchful. Every cut is a small act of salesmanship, and everyone is secretly counting who has how many slices of what.