Saint George's Tavern

Saint George's Tavern is a comedy tavern simulator set in the early 1800s, during the reign of King George III. You run a tavern by seating customers, taking food and drink orders, pouring ales and cooking meals; sometimes you have to catch the food first. Your goal is to improve your business and rating over 24 days, in time to host the King on Christmas Day.

Build your tavern

You begin on December 1, 1819, with 10 pounds, a rating of zero, two tables and a small supply of ingredients. Earn money by serving customers, then expand the tavern, buy rooms where guests can stay and sleep, and hire a worker to take on jobs. As each day brings more customers, you need to work quickly and make choices about how to serve them before time runs out.

At the end of each day, you can buy ingredients, review your statistics and earnings, and check the forecast for the next day's customers. A local newspaper reports your rating against competing taverns and pubs, and includes classifieds with things to buy or follow up on.

Minigames and events

The game includes minigames, some of which happen as events and others that you can buy as part of expanding the tavern. They include drinking games, tavern fights presented as funny arguments, arm wrestling and happy slaps. Other events include Christmas decorating, a choir of chickens singing carols, rat infestations and monster chickens.

Two British commentator characters react to your actions and your customers' antics, and help you get started with recipes. A soundtrack accompanies the game. Players under 13 have low-level violence switched off, receive some help beating customers in minigames and get extra time to serve customers. The estimated playtime is about 7–8 hours.