[NEWS] Food Chain Magnate Special Edition

by | Sep 23, 2023 | Reviews

Lucky Duck Games has announced that they’re bringing a special edition of Splotter’s hit game, Food Chain Magnate, to Gamefound on November 14th, targeting a late 2024 delivery.

Lucky Duck Games reports that the gameplay will be untouched and that this special edition features a complete visual overhaul for both the base game originally released in 2015, and the Ketchup Mechanisim & Other Ideas expansion that was released in 2019. In addition to new visuals, the project will bring plastic minis for the restaurants and houses, screen printed tokens, and a storage solution for the entire game. While they’re looking to maintain the original box dimensions of 31cm x 22cm, the new box will be significantly deeper. Lucky Duck Games has also promised that this will be a one-off print run with no retail release.

Victor Maristane is credited as the artist creating the new illustrations, and they’re collaborating with Matt Paquette & Co. which includes more artists and graphic designers.

Original designers and publishers, Splotter, has commented that they’ve known Scott Morris at Lucky Duck Games for years, which lead them to accept Lucky Duck Games proposal of making this new edition with completely overhauled graphics. Lucky Duck Games has taken on all the risk and work of this project, with Splotter only giving them their blessing, along with a few conditions, such as an English only requirement, no gameplay changes, and that there will only be a single print run. Splotter has also commented that they have deliberately stayed away from the design process of this edition to ensure that their aesthetic preferences aren’t influencing the Lucky Duck team.

Splotter will continue to produce and sell the original version of the game, and all non-English editions will be based on the original graphic design.

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