Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Low interaction
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft a carriage of eccentric guests, seat them around VIP tables, and compose the most memorable photograph of the evening.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
The Great Evening Banquet is a compact drafting and pattern-building game about arranging a lavish guest list. Players select guest tokens from a shared carriage, place them around personal tables, and score relationships among guest types, colors, toasts, and each VIP’s preferences. The final photograph adds row and column incentives that can reward a carefully composed room or expose awkward seating. An expert mode deepens the scoring puzzle, while the included solo mode turns the same spatial decisions into a focused challenge. Its approachable draft hides a tightly connected placement puzzle.
