Fast Food Franchise is a business strategy board game where players compete to build nationwide chains of fast food restaurants. Often described as “Monopoly with strategy,” the game features a two-level board: an outer track for player movement and an inner grid representing a national market map. Players roll dice to move around the outer track, land on market squares to open restaurants in cities, launch advertising campaigns, and compete to be the first to make a million dollars or be the last player standing.
Components
Double-level game board (outer movement track + inner franchise grid)
Player tokens
Franchise markers
Money (paper currency)
Advertising tokens
Dice (2 six-sided)
Cards (market cards, event cards)
Player reference sheets
Setup
Place the board centrally.
Each player selects a token and receives starting capital.
Place all franchise markers and advertising tokens nearby.
Shuffle relevant card decks.
Each player places their token on the Start square of the outer track.
Turn Structure
On each turn:
1. Roll and Move
Roll two dice and move your token clockwise around the outer board track.
2. Resolve the Square
Depending on where you land:
Market Square: Opportunity to open a franchise in the connected city on the inner grid, or interact with existing franchises there.
Advertising Square: Launch advertising campaigns that boost your restaurant revenue.
Event Square: Draw an event card and resolve its effect.
Other squares: Various effects (pay taxes, collect bonuses, etc.).
3. Collect Revenue
Earn income from your chain of restaurants based on their locations, advertising, and market share.
Actions
Building Franchises
Open a restaurant: Pay the cost to place a franchise marker on an available city square on the inner grid (only one franchise per square).
Chain bonuses: Multiple franchises in adjacent cities or the same region create chains, increasing revenue.
Advertising
Launch campaigns: Spend money on advertising to increase revenue from your restaurants.
Market dominance: Advertising campaigns can help your franchises outperform competitors in shared markets.
Financial Management
Collect revenue: Earn money from your franchise network each turn or at designated intervals.
Pay costs: Restaurant operating costs, taxes, and other expenses.
Strategic investment: Choose between expanding quickly or consolidating existing territory.
Scoring / Victory Conditions
The game ends when:
A player accumulates one million dollars, winning immediately, OR
All other players go bankrupt, leaving the last player standing as the winner.
Special Rules & Edge Cases
Inner grid: The franchise grid represents cities across the United States. Only one franchise may occupy each city square.
Market connections: The outer track’s market squares connect to specific cities on the inner grid, determining which cities you can access on a given turn.
Chain effects: Building restaurants in a connected chain of cities provides revenue bonuses beyond individual restaurant income.
Bankruptcy: If a player cannot pay required costs, they go bankrupt and are eliminated.
Strategic comparison to Monopoly: While the dice-rolling movement is similar to Monopoly, the franchise grid and advertising systems add significant strategic depth.