Board game · 2015

Food Chain Magnate

Players: 2 to 5
Duration: 120 min
Age: 14 and up
Complexity: Expert

Jeroen Doumen · Joris Wiersinga · Splotter Spellen · Lucky Duck Games

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01 Start 00:00 02 Setup 00:42 03 Gameplay 03:37 04 Restructuring 04:30 05 Order of Buisness 06:54 06 Working 9 to 5: Recruiting and Training 08:12 07 Distance 12:53 08 Working 9 to 5: Marketing 15:21 09 Working 9 to 5: Getting Food and Drink 18:58 10 Working 9 to 5: Building Houses, Gardens and Restaurants 23:04 11 Marketing Campagins 27:06 12 Dinner Time 31:55 13 Payday 40:39 14 End of Round 42:11 15 Milestones 43:12 16 Mid Game and End Game 45:34 17 Tips 47:15
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01 Intro 00:00 02 Important Info 00:58 03 Game Overview 01:30 04 Set up and Key Concepts 02:15 05 Turn Overview 04:06 06 Restructuring 04:57 07 Set Turn Order 06:15 08 Working Overview 06:53 09 Recruiting Employees 07:17 10 Training Employees 07:51 11 Get Food & Drinks 09:07 12 Dinnertime and Marketing Overview 10:39 13 Initiate Marketing Campaigns 11:27 14 Resolve Marketing Campaigns 12:37 15 Feeding the People 14:28 16 Placing Houses/Gardens 16:41 17 Placing/Moving Restaurants 17:14 18 Waitresses and CFO 18:03 19 Payday and Cleanup 18:29 20 Milestones 19:30 21 Reserve Cards and Endgame 22:07 22 Outro 23:22
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01 Présentation 00:00 02 Mise en place 01:14 03 Aperçu 10:41 04 Les employés 11:43 05 1- Restructuration 15:52 06 2- Ordre du tour 17:36 07 3- Au travail 18:39 08 Embaucher 19:06 09 Former 21:07 10 Ouvrir des drive-in 22:56 11 Préparer des publicités 23:42 12 Préparer les produits 30:51 13 Construire de nouvelles maisons 33:28 14 Ouvrir ou déplacer un restaurant 34:13 15 4- Diner 35:23 16 5- Payer les salaires 44:20 17 6- Marketing 45:24 18 7- Nettoyage 48:00 19 Milestones (bonus) 49:43 20 Mi-partie et fin de partie 53:57 21 Ext. nouveaux quartiers 55:51 22 Ext. Milestones 57:56 23 Ext. Nouveaux produits 1:03:48 24 Ext. Kimchi 1:05:25 25 Ext. Sushis 1:06:44 26 Ext. Nouilles 1:08:03 27 Ext. Frites 1:09:17 28 Ext. Cafés 1:09:40 29 Ext. Lobbyiste 1:13:53 30 Ext. Manager de nuit 1:19:57 31 Ext. Nouvelles publicités 1:21:49 32 Ext. Stars de ciné 1:27:53 33 Ext. Cartes Réserves 1:29:00 34 Ext. Choix difficiles 1:29:50 35 Ext. Ketchup 1:30:39 36 Ext. 6 joueurs 1:31:21 37 Conclusion 1:31:49
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01 MISE EN PLACE 00:00 02 TOUR DE JEU 08:48 03 PHASE 1 RESTRUCTURATION 09:13 04 PHASE 2 ORDRE DU JOUR 13:03 05 PHASE 3 TRAVAIL 9h00-17h00 14:46 06 PHASE 3.1 RECRUTER 16:04 07 PHASE 3.2 FORMER 17:41 08 PHASE 3.3 CAMPAGNES PUBLICITAIRES 22:15 09 PHASE 3.4 OBTENIR NOURRITURE/BOISSON 34:11 10 PHASE 3.5 PLACER MAISON/JARDIN 40:27 11 PHASE 3.6 PLACER/DEPLACER RESTAURANT 42:33 12 PHASE 4 HEURE DU DÎNER 44:54 13 PHASE 4.1 RESERVE BANCAIRE 55:49 14 PHASE 5 SALAIRES 58:47 15 PHASE 6 CAMPAGNES PUBLICITAIRES 1:01:54 16 PHASE 7 NETTOYAGE 1:06:11 17 CONCLUSION 1:07:35
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In brief

"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.

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"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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