妖精の森のお菓子屋さん (The Pâtisserie of Fairywood)

In a pastel-colored fairy forest, players become owners of a magical pâtisserie, working together with curious fairy helpers to complete a recipe book full of sweets. Though the setting is charming and cozy, every decision matters as players gather ingredients, prepare desserts, and use the special powers of sweets to create clever combinations. The Pâtisserie of Fairywood is a worker placement game that fuses trick-taking-style must-follow strategy with dice action selection. Players place fairy workers into action columns, but if they have dice matching the column led by the start player, they are obligated to follow that column, creating a “must-follow” restriction inspired by trick-taking games. Choosing stronger actions can make it harder to keep the lead, while weaker actions may help secure the next start-player position. Dice results function like a managed hand of options, and sweets cards provide special powers that let players build combos, manipulate dice, convert resources, and even break free from normal follow restrictions.