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Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas
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Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism & Other Ideas

Requires:Food Chain Magnate

Designed by Jeroen Doumen, Joris Wiersinga

Published by Splotter Spellen, Ediciones MasQueOca + 6 more

Expansion
Hardcore Commitment: Extensive Rules

Community Snapshot

Very Heavy complexity
120–240 min
8.8 on BGG (1.3K)

Categories

Economic
Buy, sell, trade, and invest — manage money and markets to build wealth.
Expansion for Base-game
This is an expansion — requires the base game to play.
Industry / Manufacturing
Build and optimize production chains — factories, logistics, and efficiency.

A very heavy deck building game playable in 120–240 min, rated 6.6 on BGG.

How It Plays

Deck, Bag, and Pool Building

You start with a basic set of cards or tokens and gradually add better ones — watch your engine grow stronger over time.

Modular Board

The board is made of separate pieces arranged differently each game — no two setups are ever quite the same.

Network and Route Building

You connect locations to form networks — the bigger and smarter your network, the more points you earn.

Simultaneous Action Selection

Everyone chooses their action at the same time and reveals together — no waiting around, and plenty of surprises.

About This Game

"Chef! Some of our guests are asking for ketchup. " "Also they are asking whether the restaurant will expand anytime soon?…

Source: BoardGameGeek

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Components: Map (City Scale)
Digital Implementations: Online Board Gamers

Players

2-6

Play Time

120-240 min

Complexity

4.5 / 5

Rating

8.8

Year

2019