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2015 Ranked #39

Food Chain Magnate

A competitive business strategy game where fast-food chains hire staff, create demand, and sell meals across a changing city. Marketing and the job market reward careful planning, while one missed demand signal can hand customers to rivals.

Strategy Games Economic Industry / Manufacturing Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Delayed Purchase

Players

2-5

Play time

120-240 min

Age

14+

Complexity

4.21/5

Rating

8.07

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.6/5

Deep strategy

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"Lemonade? They want lemonade?

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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. German: "Limonade? Sie wollen Limonade? Was ist mit der Welt los? Ich will Werbung für Burger auf allen Kanälen, alle 15 Minuten. Wir sind die Heimat des Original-Burgers, kein Hippie-Gesundheitsparadies. Und stellen Sie eine Werbetafel neben das neue Haus an der Ecke. Ich will, dass sie jede Sekunde, in der sie in ihrem schicken neuen Garten sitzen, nach Bier lechzen." Der neue Management-Trainee zittert vor dem CEO und versucht, höflich darauf hinzuweisen, dass... "Wie meinen Sie das, wir haben nicht genug Personal? Der Personaldirektor berichtet an Sie. Stellen Sie mehr Leute ein! Bilden Sie sie aus! Aber was auch immer Sie tun, zahlen Sie ihnen keine echten Löhne. Ich bin nicht ins Geschäft eingestiegen, um arm zu werden. Und feuere diese Discount-Managerin, sie kostet mich nur Geld. Von nun an werden wir Gourmet-Burger verkaufen. Derselbe Mist, nur doppelt so teuer. Holen Sie meinen Marketingdirektor her!" Food Chain Magnate ist ein schweres Strategiespiel über den Aufbau einer Fast-Food-Kette. Der Schwerpunkt liegt auf dem Aufbau des eigenen Unternehmens mit Hilfe eines kartengesteuerten (Personal-)Managementsystems. Die Spieler konkurrieren auf einer variablen Stadtkarte durch Einkauf, Marketing und Verkauf sowie auf einem Stellenmarkt für wichtige Mitarbeiter. Das Spiel kann von 2-5 ernsthaften Spielern in 2-4 Stunden gespielt werden.

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Players
2–5
Best with
2–5
Play time
120–240 min
Age
14+
Complexity
4.2/5
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Designers

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Jeroen Doumen Joris Wiersinga

Artists

4
Snow Conrad Iris de Haan Sarah Kelly Victor Maristane

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Lucky Duck Games Splotter Spellen

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