Food Chain Magnate Board Game - How to Play (Full Rules) & Setup - Our BEST Tutorial?

[@MeepleUniversity]

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[@AllanMertner]

Very good explanation, thank you! My only complaint is that the cut scene sound is very loud and really grates on me!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you Allan, feedback is taken :). In our newer videos, we have used better equipment, and care about this so this shouldn't be a problem anymore. Thanks for watching :)

[@AllanMertner]

Meeple University Thank you, happy to hear that! I look forward to watching some of those :)

[@nicolegilbert3452]

Yes, agreed! It was very jarring.

[@mowfee5118]

😂 Funny you say that. I was watching this and dog tired. Totally agree the cut scene seemed way too loud and grating on me aswell. I just put it down to the fact that I was knackered.

[@drbasseri]

This is the best tutorial for this game; subscribed!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much Yashar 🙏

[@cobloeqzz2002]

This is clearly the best explanation for this game throughout the KZbin. Thanks for your effort & stay awesome!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much! :). You too!

[@pintarfacil8064]

Thank you for this brilliant video. I have this game for almost 3 years and gave up trying to play it because I couldn't understand the rulebook. Some other videos I watched didn't help a lot, but you guys just nailed it. Cheers from Portugal

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏 Oh 3 years, never too late for Food Chain Magnate! Glad it makes it better for you

[@bananawallpaper]

Absolutely fantastic, very easy to understand. Best how to play of this game by far, keep up the good work.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you kindly :)

[@brianpierce7520]

Great video! Clear and thorough rules explanation with lots of visual examples. Thank you!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much🙏🙏

[@shawnmc]

Thanks for the video. I just ordered this and have watched this through while waiting for it to arrive.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi Shawn, our pleasure! Hehe you'll be ready then!

[@guochunlee]

Superb organization of a well communicated demonstration of the actions doable for this game. Would definitely watch through your explanation of the solo variant modes that are out there too if ever you had the time to do it.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks so much Luke! Yes we have solo segment - Hen Solo, so if it's ever to happen, we may do solo playthrough, will see :). Thank you again for the kind words and sugestion

[@luizaurio]

Thank you so much, this is a hard game to teach and even harder to learn for the first time. Awesome work.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Yes I know what you mean, its a good game, the concept is a bit different. Hope you enjoy the game!

[@joshmuench4856]

I'm way late to the party on this, but just picked up FCM and this tutorial still stands out as the best out there!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Never too late Josh, especially for a good game. Thank you so much for your kind words and enjoy the game!

[@TheDiceman56]

Excellent, well done. A really clear explanation of a complicated game. Very well put together sir!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Well thank you Sir :)

[@da1otta]

A very thorough, well-prepared and executed rules explanation. It must have taken quite a bit of work to produce!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much for the generous comment :). We try our best to prepare and explain in most logical way for new player. Glad you enjoy it.

[@da1otta]

It's not at all generous, merely realistic. I made a pre-release review/rules explanation of Gaia Project and I know what it takes to make a serious effort like this while being concise and to the point.

[@MeepleUniversity]

I guess that's true. It does take a few effort to prepare and think things through. Well done on the Gaia Project!

[@averagerider92]

Not sure what went through your mind to think that the cutscene racket noise was a good idea. It keeps replaying in my head a few moments after it stopped and it drones out your voice. But once I'm back on track, I find your instructions useful

[@MeepleUniversity]

Yes we know.. we know... our earlier rookie mistake 😅. Glad that you found it useful, hope you enjoyed the game! 😀

[@andreagrp9048]

Excellent tutorial, thank you for sharing

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you for watching and your comment :)

[@Santanilla]

This tutorial has helped me find out many mistakes I made on my first game, super well explained , thank you for making it. Btw I own more than 40 medium and heavy games and after just one play I dare to say this has become my favorite one, followed by GWT and On Mars. Lets see if it remains in there after more plays.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Glad we could help! Mistakes happen to everyone, all good. Hehe, yeah it's a good game this one, love GWT and on Mars too. Also if you haven't tried, check out The Gallerist and Vinhos ;)

[@Santanilla]

Meeple University yes Vital Lacerda has awesome games.

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@Santanilla For sure!

[@Lirky77]

Well explained. I have this game since 2016 but I needed a refresh :D

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi David, thank you! Totally understand. We still watch this video too, when we want to play again :).

[@parajdiszabolcs]

Congrats, this is perfect how to play video of FCM so far. Thanks for your job. :)

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you very much!

[@Thorsummoner0]

i think the script is really well done. sorry to say i had really trouble trying to focus on the content of the video over being alert enough to adjust the volume down for the section break clips that seemed to render very very loudly on this one

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you for your kind words and feedback. Oh gosh yea, this is one of our earlier videos, it hasn't happen again!

[@gabriel262]

Im interested in those aftermarket solutions you mentioned about cutting the space.

[@Skarpo89]

Great video! Tomorrow is going to be my first game and I'm really excited and nervous at the same time! Hope I don't fall behind, or at least not too soon.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you :). Oooh so exciting! Have played this a few times, I would say, at the start, please try be the last player rather than the first, and WATCH what other players are doing, what cards they are taking and response to that. Getting the milestones are so important, so by watching other players, you may not miss out on the important milestones! Good luck! xx Stella

[@Skarpo89]

@@MeepleUniversity Awesome, thanks for the tips!

[@Skarpo89]

​@@MeepleUniversity I won! It probably won't happen again though, basically no one contended with me on prices, so I constantly sold everything I produced while the other people where marketing everything. It was a really fun game ^^. Happy New Year!

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@Skarpo89 Niceee, congrats! Hahah thats really good. Hard if lagging behind in this game. Happy New Year! xx Stella

[@you3001]

An excellent and helpful video. Thank you!Watched, liked, and subscribed :)Well done!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Oh thank you! Hope you enjoyed playing, the new expansion is coming out sometime this year I think.

[@markalexandermaron5531]

Watched this on a whim and now im going to buy it

[@MeepleUniversity]

Haha oops. Is that good or bad? Hopefully good 😆

[@markalexandermaron5531]

@@MeepleUniversity i'll be adopting an acquaintance's copy for a very reasonable pricetag 🤣 it should be all good

[@MeepleUniversity]

Haha that's good 😊

[@Santanilla]

I just bought it and it is my top game now , totally worth the buck

[@MeepleUniversity]

Just follow what your opponents are doing, the milestones are VERY valuable. Be the last player in the early round if you could ;P

[@wichhouse]

Fantastic video. Keep up the good work!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you🙏

[@Diskomehl]

Thank you so much for the explanation.

[@MeepleUniversity]

You are welcome!

[@Santanilla]

Amazing explanation! Thanks

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks so much Angel!

[@l3oogle]

This needs time stamps, great video btw.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you! Oh timestamp was there but wasn't setup properly, it's there now, thank you!

[@Eliza-io5wm]

Great explanation!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you :)

[@stogrady]

Very well explained video! Thanks for this.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks so much Sean! Hope you enjoy the game!

[@stogrady]

@@MeepleUniversity There's a lot going on here and I'm brand new to the game, but your video was a tremendous place to start. Thanks again.

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@stogrady It is that type of game! :D.

[@stogrady]

@@MeepleUniversity Haha! Yes I'm learning that very quickly :)

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@stogrady If it helps at all, I have one of the designers of Food Chain Magnate giving you beginners and advance tips for this game. It's one of the videos in our channel :)

[@fenix6297]

At the 37:33 mark of the video, wouldn't the pink restaurant be a distance of 3 since the doorway of the restaurant is in the lower right corner tile?

[@williwanderer]

Does it mean that there is no demand from the houses on the first round as no marketing phase has occured yet ?

[@MeepleUniversity]

That is correct. The third round is actually the earliest that there could possibly already be demand tokens present on houses at the start of the dinnertime phase (spending Round 1 hiring the marketer, and then Round 2 putting it to work)

[@IosifStalin2]

Well done!!!

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks so much!

[@francorama6400]

THANK YOU!!!

[@MeepleUniversity]

:) Hope you enjoy the game!

[@francorama6400]

@@MeepleUniversity just played it earlier and I taught it. Wish I was as clear as you lol, but it was a ton of fun!

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@francorama6400 Haha, this video has gone through some editing ;P . Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you didn't destroy others too much lol

[@bwrpwr]

Is there an effective way to recall how many uses of each hiring employee were not used to hire so that they can be used for saving on payroll? It seems with the time the round takes, players could well forget how many hires each card had done.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hello! The game doesn't come with any specific way to track it, so you may need to come up with your own method, maybe use the left over drink tokens or something like that. Thanks for watching and hope you enjoy the game.

[@bwrpwr]

@@MeepleUniversity It was a very good video(minus the elsewhere mentioned loud hammering noises.) Have the game on it's way in the mail as we speak!

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@bwrpwr Haha thank you, yes we noticed this and hopefully rectify this in our future videos. Thank you for bearing with us about this. Have fun playing! :)

[@thomanarchos]

At 3:20, you mention "When placing subsequent restaurants (after the first) during the setup step, a restaurant cannot be placed such that it's entrance is on the same big tile as another player's restaurant." I cannot for the life of me find this rule anywhere in the official rule book.

[@ThisReallyArmorsMyCore]

Page 6, halfway down the page, left column, just above "Setting Goals" "Restaurants may not be placed in such a way that their entrance is on the same tile as the entrance of an existing restaurant."

[@MeepleUniversity]

Oops didnt see that apologise. It was answered below

[@MeepleUniversity]

@@ThisReallyArmorsMyCore Thank you for answering this :) . Small rules are quite easy to miss I guess :)

[@thomanarchos]

@@ThisReallyArmorsMyCore Thank you. Can't believe I missed that rule all these times!

[@rosco43]

The way the video creater has that part worded is incorrect. You can place your restaurant down on a tile that has another player's restaurant partially on the tile given that the opponent's entrance isn't on the same tile as yours.

[@TheMunchBunchy]

Great tutorial!! Really clear and easy to follow :-)

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thank you so much Jordan 😀

[@szymonkoczowski4898]

Hi! Very good tutorial! However the 'cuts animation' sound are much too loud and a bit annoying ;)

[@MeepleUniversity]

Thanks for the feedback 🙏 yes one of our older videos, we've taken this for our future ones☺️

[@austrikulaland5357]

36:10 sale price should be $12 not $7 due to the distance of five correct? Total sale to house number 5 would than be $36.

[@adama5]

The distance doesn't increase the actual sale price, it just determines the "effective" price to determine where the house residents want to go. (As in real life, I might go to get a nearby $8 burger rather than travel to get a $7 burger)

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi, yes Adam is correct. The "effective price" of $12 is used only to determine where the customers go; but the price earned by the company is only $7.

[@rosco43]

Your part about restaurant placement during setup isn't correct with the way you word it in the video. If an opponent's piece is straddling two tiles, you may place your restaurant on the tile that doesn't have the entrance of an opponent's restaurant.

[@MeepleUniversity]

Sorry if it sounded wrong, thought thats what we said lol. Hope you enjoy the game still, it is still our favorite 😀

[@Diskomehl]

At 37:02 Why the Restaurant becomes 20 Dollar? Is it one step away from the House. I think it becomes 18 Dollar???

[@MeepleUniversity]

Hi Diskomehl. The distance never impacts the price paid to the restaurant; only the effective price when determining where the house shops. Think of it as petrol/gas money. The "effective price" for House 8 to purple restaurant is 11 (10 + $1 in distance money), but the actual price paid is 10×2 for the garden.