Food Chain Magnate - Setup Aid

John Priebe v12.22.15

Setting up
40 softdrinks

40 beers

Cards setup

Filling the bank

Lay out the employee and milestone cards.

PIZZA CHEF

UNT
DISCOAGER

MAN

First burger
marketed

Produce 8 pizzas

Price

- $3

Place $50 x the number of players into the bank pool.

Put the rest of the money back into the box for now.
Players do not get any money at the start of the game.

d
bran
AGER

MAN

Place airplane or lower,

max duration 4

+ $5 for every burger sold

40 burgers

40 pizzas

40 lemonade

First to
train
someone

First to
lower prices

$15 discount on salaries

Price $1

brand director

players

employee
cards used

Billboards
removed

Map size

#12, #15, #16

3x3

#15, #16

3x4

#16

4x4

None

5x4

Player markers
Each player chooses one of the restaurant chains available and receives a
CEO card, 3 restaurants, turn order marker, and set of 3 bank reserve cards.
CEO

YOU

Create supply of marketing tiles, houses, and gardens:

+$100

RE SE RVE

RE SE RVE

+$200

+$300

Hire 1 person

14

14

3 4

16 marketing tiles: 6 billboards, 4 mailboxes, 3 airplanes and 3 radios

8 house tiles

Initial order of play

Randomly place turn order markers on the turn order track.
der
Turn Or
Track

16 busy chips
8 garden tiles

12

Map setup

Create map by randomly selecting map tiles:

(depending on the number of players)
Rotate each tile randomly before placing it in a grid.

2 players

3 players

Placing the first restaurants

In reverse turn order, each player has to place one starting restaurant.
Each player may either place or pass. If anyone passed, a second round is
executed in turn order. Each player who has not yet placed a restaurant
must now place it. Players who already placed do not participate.
Limitations on the initial placement of restaurants:
Restaurants must be placed fully on empty squares that do not
contain any other restaurants, roads, drinks, or houses.
Restaurants must be placed so that their entrance borders on a
square with a road.
Restaurants may not be placed in such a way that their entrance
is on the same tile as the entrance of an existing restaurant.
Setting goals
Each player now chooses one of their bank reserve cards. The chosen
reserve cards are placed face down next to the bank. The other reserve
cards are discarded unseen. They will not be used for now.

4 players
5 players

The chosen bank reserve cards collectively indicate how much money
will be added to the bank once it runs out of money. The higher the
value of the cards, the longer the game will last. At the start of the game,
players will not know exactly how long the game will take, which makes
balancing short and long term strategies more challenging.