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Food Chain

Food Chain

(Self-Published) · 2009
2–430 min8+ yrs1.2/5 complexity5.4 BGG
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How do you play Food Chain?

By playing cards in Food Chain, players create natural food chains, hunting and eating in the forest and competing against one another for the best dishes. In game terms, each player holds four cards in hand, and four cards are placed in the middle of the table, which represents the forest.

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Food Chain box art
official art · (Self-Published)

By playing cards in Food Chain, players create natural food chains, hunting and eating in the forest and competing against one another for the best dishes.

In game terms, each player holds four cards in hand, and four cards are placed in the middle of the table, which represents the forest. The card deck has twelve different types of animals/objects, in addition to special cards like the hunter, who can hunt any other card, and angry bees, which scare cards out of the forest. Players take turns in clockwise order and can choose one of five actions each turn:

Hunt the food to create natural food chains
Eat the food
Leave the food 
Swap one card in hand for one in the forest
Pass by discarding a card and drawing a new one

The game ends when the deck runs out, and passing is the only option available to all players; alternatively, the game ends when one player has lost all of his tokens to opponents. All players then add up their points from the top-left corner of each card, and also each token scores one point. The player with the most points wins.

game anatomy
Complexity1.2 / 5
BGG rating5.4 / 10
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
8+ yrs
from Trișache · verified

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Q1How much does Food Chain cost?
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Q2Where can I buy Food Chain cheapest?
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Q3How do you play Food Chain?
Food Chain is a animals game, for 2–4 players, taking ~30 minutes, featuring hand management. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Food Chain — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Food Chain support?
Food Chain is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Food Chain take?
A game of Food Chain takes about 30 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Food Chain for?
Food Chain is recommended from age 8.
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