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Designers | |
Publisher | Splotter Spellen |
Players | 2-5 |
Playtime | 120-240 mins |
Suggested Age | 14 and up |
Honors |
2015 Board Game Quest Awards Best Strategy/Euro Game Nominee 2015 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Nominee 2015 Golden Geek Best Strategy Board Game Nominee 2015 Golden Geek Board Game of the Year Nominee 2015 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2015 Meeples' Choice Winner 2015 The Golden Elephant Award Finalist 2015 The Golden Elephant Award Best Heavy Board Game Winner 2016 Goblin Magnifico Nominee 2016 Goblin Magnifico Winner 2016 International Gamers Award - General Strategy: Multi-player Nominee |
Expansion | Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas |
Accessory |
Folded Space - Food Chain Magnate |
Additional Info |
175914/food-chain-magnate
https://boardgamegeek.com/forum/1614891/food-chain-magnate/reviews
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"Lemonade? They want lemonade? What is the world coming to? I want commercials for burgers on all channels, every 15 minutes. We are the Home of the Original Burger, not a hippie health haven. And place a billboard next to that new house on the corner. I want them craving beer every second they sit in their posh new garden." The new management trainee trembles in front of the CEO and tries to politely point out that... "How do you mean, we don't have enough staff? The HR director reports to you. Hire more people! Train them! But whatever you do, don't pay them any real wages. I did not go into business to become poor. And fire that discount manager, she is only costing me money. From now on, we'll sell gourmet burgers. Same crap, double the price. Get my marketing director in here!"
Food Chain Magnate is a heavy strategy game about building a fast food chain. The focus is on building your company using a card-driven (human) resource management system. Players compete on a variable city map through purchasing, marketing and sales, and on a job market for key staff members. The game can be played by 2-5 serious gamers in 2-4 hours.
This game is great! You get to run a fast-food chain from a small joint to a somewhat dominant position… after all, a well-placed marketing campaign by another competitor could hinder your sales but hey… this is business! The game really lets you steer the boat in the direction you like: will you go more pizza or burger?, will you hire more trainers to get more high-level staff?, etc. These are all questions you’ll have to answer while keeping an eye on the competition and making sure you get the sale!
On the minus side, the game can feel a bit slow in the beginning as you have to build up your engine and making sure that you do stuff every turn. Otherwise, you’ll find yourself producing goods that nobody wants or not having enough to satisfy all the consumers. There are also a LOT of cards (the employees you can recruit and the milestones). They take a lot of space on the table. There are solutions for this: purchasable inserts, DIY-insert that you can find on BGG, etc. to store the cards in a more space-friendly way. But at this retail price, I am quite disappointed that the company didn’t include one from the start.
One of my top games ever. So many ways to build your engine, all while throwing wrenches into your friends’. The game can, and will, get mean. To that I say, don’t be a baby. The art style is a point of contention for some. I love it for its simplicity, as the game board is always clear and concise because of it. Fantastic game, that gets the brain burning.
Sure, the map doesn't look great, but the rest of the game does. And the most important thing, the gameplay, is top-notch! I love how open it is, how everyone starts off the exact same, but after a few rounds, people are really doing their own thing. My groups never delve deep into the strategy side of things - I know you certainly can - but we just want to have fun and run our restaurants. I would play this every day if I could. It took my #1 spot in my list of favourite games really quickly, and it will stay there for the foreseeable future.
I love figuring out what I did wrong when I lose.
You like endorphins? Serotonin release? Then get this game and play it.
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Great store, fast shipping! Will definitely shop here again!