Food Chain Magnate XP: The Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas

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.

"Chef! Some of our guests are asking for ketchup. Do we have any?" "We don't serve ketchup in this company." "Also they are asking whether the restaurant will expand anytime soon? There's a restaurant in the new quarter and with all the roadwork lately, it is getting a lot of traffic." "Can't you see I am working on my new masterpiece? How can I concentrate like this? I need that Michelin star! And this new sushi dish is just the thing. Or maybe if I combine kimchi with ice cream..." "But chef. Your guests are not asking for fancy stuff; they want ketchup and coffee. And better decorations. And a new menu." "Get out of my kitchen. Now!"

The Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideasis an expansion for Food Chain Magnate.

Includes:

• materials to play with 6 players
• a new set of milestones that completely changes strategic options
• coffee and barista's: places where people stop on the way to get food
• new tiles with different types of buildings
• new food types that attract customers in different ways
• new employee cards and available promotions