Max Miller’s Tasting History Is Coming To Your Tabletop With A New Board Game
Behind his cheerful delivery and presentation, it turns out that Max Miller, known for turning historical recipes into entertaining yet educational YouTube lessons with his show Tasting History, is also quite serious about board games. Now, game designer Michael Shinall (Marvel Zombies, DCeased, and others) and publisher Salt Games are working with Max to bring him from his kitchen straight to your tabletop with a brand-new worker-placement game based on his popular series, which launched on Kickstarter this week. Recently, we had the chance to sit down with both Max and Michael to hear about how this new adaptation will play, a bit about how it all came to be, and why, whether you are coming at this as a fan of Tasting History or board games, there will be something on this plate you may like. In Tasting History: The Board Game, each player works to collect ingredients from various locations on the board, which they use to cook and prepare delicious, historically accurate recipes. They host parties and progress through ages, watching the offerings grow with the passing of time. Featured in the base box will be three different historical periods, including ancient Rome, medieval E…