Food chain magnate is an economic game for 2 to 5 players. We havent played the game in a year and even the newbie. A card accordion that fits the box bottom, with icons of each card shown on the accordion. The food chain magnate expansion is a set of 16 modules. Most of the time i play with my older sister and younger brother. Food chain magnate a longer, heavy strategy game from the dutch publisher, splotter spellen. Players compete on a variable city map through purchasing, marketing and sales, and on a job market for key staff member. The heaviest game weve played is star wars rebellion. Burgers golden duck diner santa maria pizza siap faji asian food xango blues bar.
This print is identical to the previous print runs. This set of game aids for food chain magnate contains two elements. Food chain magnate is designed by jeroen doumen and joris wiersinga, and published by splotter spellen. We make a wide variety of custom bits for games, including character meeples, full game upgrade kits, mini meeples, mega meeples, animeeples, cubes, shaped resource bits. Food chain magnate transports you to the arteryclogging diner era of the 1950s. Going through the bgg top rated 3021 top ten games that need a sequel live at pax unplugged load more. Food chain magnate is a strategy board game about building and operating a fast food chain with a particular focus on human resources. Dec 31, 2019 tom vasel takes a look at the food chain running game food chain magnate.
Food chain magnate first impression with tom vasel. You need to know it well to fully appreciate it and to play well. The focus is on building your company using a carddriven human resource management system. The game continues until the bank runs out of money twice. Tom vasel takes a look at the food chain running game food chain magnate. Food chain magnate was designed by jeroen doumen and joris wiersinga, and published by splotter spellen in 2015. The modular map tiles are shuffled and dealt out randomly to make a board size corresponding to the number of players.
Antiquity and food chain magnate are games from splotter spellen 2004, 2015. The box is of the same size as the base game, and it is heavy. Food chain magnate gioco da tavolo gdt tana dei goblin. The only randomness that ever factors into a game of food chain magnate happens at the very beginning building the board. Buy food chain magnate board game splotter spellen. Basically what i want to know is if this game is too heavy for me or the people i play with.
Th e focus is on building your company using a carddriven human resource management system. Card drafting deck, bag, and pool building income market modular board. Food chain magnate fcm was my highest splotter last year, but its begun to pale a bit. You can add just one module at a time, or you can play with a few at the same time. In it, you are the ceo of a fast food company trying to outmaneuver and outsell your competitors chains. The english rule book included in the new printing. The focus is on building your company using a carddriven human resource. Its an economic game about building a fast food franchise, and has earned a lot of praise since its release. I plan to only keep one brass game and following the majority of bgg it will likely be birmingham. Strategy articles are still few and far between given the youth of fcm. Food chain magnate compare prices australia board game. Brett macdonald lays out the current top strategies to help get you started in his so you want to be a food chain magnate. Hey gang, im trying to find a good primer on how to play food chain magnate to send to some friends before we play.
Feb 21, 2020 the food chain magnate expansion is a set of 16 modules. That said, tips and tricks are trickling in on the bgg fcm strategy forum. Suitable for 25 players, food chain magnate is all about making the most money by the end of the game. I want commercials for burgers on all channels, every 15 minutes.
Food chain magnate first impression with tom vasel youtube. Food chain magnate organizer bgg dry erase milestone boards. Fits inside original game box, holds all components and the box lid closes tightly. Card drafting deck, bag, and pool building income market modular board network and route building simultaneous action selection. This copy also comes with the card accordion to hold the employee market from the bgg store. This is the kind of game that doesnt force you to behave in a mean way, but instead puts a rule set in front of you that allows you to behave in a mean way, and then steps back and throws its hands up. Holds all cards in the same order as the player aid layout. Each player starts as a single entrepreneur and builds up a fast food chain.
Players compete on a variable city map through purchasing, marketing and sales, and. It is a pretty good abstract game, and i really do like the small amount of theme it has. Earned food and drinks are kept in front of the player and are available to all restaurants in the players chain when needed. Its probably not a good idea to throw everything in though. Food chain magnate is a heavy strategy game about building a fast food chain. Food chain magnate english rulebook file boardgamegeek.
The player menus have been laminated to allow you to mark off milestones with a dry erase marker. Nevertheless, i would rather play something more thematic or complex most of the time. I love the theme but it is classified as a pretty heavy game. The expansion consists of seventeen modules which each add something new and different to the game. You are not permitted to copy any part of this web site without the permission of the author. Speeds up set up time and drastically reduces the space required to play. They do this by hiring and training staff, represented by cards. If you make a mistake, it can be impossible to catch up. The good news is that food chain magnate is an absolute barn stormer of a game. Food chain magnate first impression with tom vasel the. Top 100 games of all time 2017 top 100 games of all time 2017.
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