• Recommended: 1 player; age 8+
• Materials: A deck of playing cards and a handful of 6-sided dice. Optional: Printouts of the cards (cut out) and card sleeves
• About: A solo café simulator brought to the table with dice and cards. Customers may not always get the drink they want, but they’ll always get what they need.

Thank you for joining us at Whistling Wolf Café! Our motto is “You might not always get what you want, but you’ll always get what you need.” As you can imagine, serving customers by giving them what they need to feel better instead of what they prefer can be tricky, but I trust that your amazing tea-brewing skills and customer service will win them over. We average three customers an hour, so you’ll have breaks in between.

Oh! Before I forget, there’s a small shop right next door with things that could help you out. Sometimes there are even people looking for a bit of work. Just be sure you use your own tips to purchase them or the owner will be, well, not so happy. Also, I hate to say it, but if you get three bad reviews, it’s really not going to look good for either of us. So do what you can to avoid that.

Whistling Wolf Café is a solo café sim game that takes 10-20 minutes to play. You are a master brewer who is more focused on what a customer might need rather than what they want, and that can complicate things. All you need is a deck of playing cards, a handful of six-sided dice, and something to take notes with.

A very special thank you to Antonio for writing a Spanish translation of this game! He not only translated it, but took the time to fix any potential cultural gaps for anyone outside of the US! Please be sure to visit Café El lobo aullador!

And a shout-out to Newtlings Angel and Beth for backing this project! Thanks to you, more community copies were added!