1P 400 - Popular Mechanics - Food

About this episode

In this milestone episode, the hosts discuss various food-themed games while celebrating the podcast's 400th episode and 15 years of broadcasting.

This week Julius and I celebrate episode 400 and 15 years of the 1 Player Podcast with a Popular Mechanics episode on food-themed games. Finding solo-friendly food games turned out to be harder than expected, but we managed to cook up a few good ones, especially master chef Julius. 05:25 Food Chain Island (BGG, Button Shy) 08:25 Wild Gardens (BGG, Rose Gauntlet) 11:15 Elevenses for One (BGG) 14:50 Kitchen Rush (BGG) 17:53 Conservas (BGG) 21:45 Maki Master (BGG) 27:50 Crumbs (BGG) 30:10 A Nice Cuppa' (BGG) 31:10 Waffles for Esther (RPGGeek) 31:35 My Mother's Kitchen (itch.io) 32:25: Recipe on Kmidysh Paper (itch.io)

People in this episode

Hosts: Albert Hernandez, Julius Besser

Topics covered

• food-themed games
• solo-friendly games
• board games
• game reviews
• anniversary episode

Keywords

• food games
• board games
• solo games
• 1 Player Podcast
• game recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Food Chain Island, Wild Gardens, Elevenses for One, Kitchen Rush, Conservas, Maki Master, Crumbs, A Nice Cuppa', Waffles for Esther, My Mother's Kitchen

More episodes of 1 Player Podcast

• 1P 399 - Cozy Stickerville · May 9, 2026 · 29 min
• 1P 398 - Fields of Fire · April 25, 2026 · 41 min
• 1P 397 - Back to the Table: Nations · April 11, 2026 · 25 min
• 1P 396 - Power Vacuum · March 28, 2026 · 45 min
• 1P 395 - Popular Mechanics: Family Games · March 7, 2026 · 26 min
• 1P 394- Dawn of the Orcs · February 21, 2026 · 24 min