Splotter Games

"Chef! Some guests are asking for ketchup. Do we have that too?" "We do not serve ketchup in this company." "They also ask whether the restaurant will expand soon? A restaurant in another neighborhood suddenly receives many more visitors due to the road works." "Can't you see that I'm working on my new masterpiece? How can I concentrate? I have to earn that Michelin star and I want to achieve that with this new sushi dish. Oh wait, what if I combine it with ice cream... ?" "But chef, the guests aren't asking for that new trendy food. They want ketchup and coffee. And better decoration. And a new menu..." "Get out of my kitchen. Now!" In Food Chain Magnate: The Ketchup Mechanism and Other Ideas you'll find new objective maps, coffee and baristas, new districts with different building types, new food types, and so much more! The Games Friends: " As far as we are concerned, The Ketchup Mechanism is an example of what an expansion should be. Lots of new options, but the rules are not made unnecessarily complicated. With this expansion you can move forward for a long time and you will not have to play a game of Food Chain Magnate. be the same! ”

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“These fields no longer yield as much grain as they used to,” complains the farmer. “We need to cultivate new land before our food runs out. Why don’t we start growing olives, just like our neighbors?” The carter nods. “Since those city folk started revering San Giorgio, I have to drive further and further to new construction sites. I’m currently on my way to the new inn they’ve built. There, I’ll change horses and deliver this load,” he nods towards the pile of wood on the cart, “to the sea further on. They’re going to start fisheries there. They say we’ll conquer those olive growers soon. But their land is even more polluted than ours.” The farmer nods back. As the cart starts moving again, he returns to the field to harvest the last bushels of grain, growing among the stumps of what was once a lush forest — 3 turns ago. Antiquity is a strategy game for 2–4 players, set in an environment loosely modeled after Italy in the late Middle Ages. Players choose their own victory condition: you can focus on population growth, trade, conquest, or city building by choosing your patron saint. Each strategy requires a completely different playstyle. You can also choose to revere Santa Maria, the most powerful saint of all, but then you are expected to build a civilization twice as impressive as any other player's. While your economy constantly strengthens and increasingly developed cities give you new options each turn, the land surrounding your cities slowly becomes exhausted. This forces you to travel further and further to gather resources, until eventually there is no land left to cultivate. Hopefully, one of you will have won the game before that moment arrives.

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‘I’ve had enough of smoked fish for now,’ grumbles the bailiff of a small Dutch town. ‘Bring me some apples to finish the meal.’ His servant looks worried. ‘We have no more apples, sir. The De Witt family has cut peat near our lands, and now the water level in our orchards is too high.’ The bailiff’s face creases into a frown. ‘I’ll go to the Count of Holland and file a complaint. The Count will surely take my side.’ The servant bows and leaves. He knows the Count has just transferred all water-related decisions to a new local court. And the judge in charge there is married to De Witt’s sister… Bailiff of Boskoop is a strategy game set in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern period in Rijnland, part of the County of Holland in present-day Netherlands. 2–5 players take on the role of local families. Family members can claim land. Some rise to influential figures, such as village founder, judge, or local duck trader. The family with the most land at the end of the game wins. A game lasts 150–240 minutes.

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