Burger Academy Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Objective
• Components
• Setup
• Gameplay
  • Counting Steps
• Game End
• Variant Rules
  • 1. Rookie Chef
  • 2. Master Chef
  • 3. Solo Chef

Objective

Complete the burger orders in the fewest steps possible to earn Fries. Claim your title as the greatest burger chef by winning 5 Fries!

Components

• Ingredients ×20:
  • Burger Buns ×5
  • Patty ×3
  • Cheese ×3
  • Lettuce ×3
  • Tomato ×3
  • Onion ×3
• Plates ×4
• Fries ×30 and Fry Pouch ×1 (one set)
• Menu Cards ×40:
  • Value Menu Cards ×20
  • Gourmet Menu Cards ×20
• Rulebook ×1
• Sand Timer ×1

Setup

1. Select a menu – Value Menu burgers are easier to make than Gourmet Menu burgers. Then shuffle the chosen Menu Cards and place them face down into a deck within easy reach of all players. Place the unused Menu Cards back in the box.
   • Each Menu Card has a number on the front. We recommend playing your first game with number 1–10 cards from the Value Menu.
2. If the Value Menu was chosen, return all Onions back in the box. If the Gourmet Menu was chosen, use all the Ingredients.
3. Place 4 Plates in the middle of the table.
4. Place a Burger Bun on each of the 4 Plates. Then shuffle the remaining Ingredients well and place them on 3 of the 4 Plates in roughly equal amount, leaving one plate with just a Burger Bun.
5. Place the Sand Timer on the table within easy reach of all players.
6. Put all the Fries into the Fry Pouch and place the pouch within easy reach of all players.

(The rulebook illustrates "Setup for 'Value Menu'" with a picture of the components laid out in the order above.)

Gameplay

The contest is organized into rounds where players compete to complete an order of burger. Each round is played out in the following order:

1. Take an Order

Take the top Menu Card from the deck and place it face up on the table.

2. Declare Your Steps

When the Menu Card is revealed, take some time to calculate how many steps it would take to complete the burger shown on the card. You must assemble the burger shown on the drawn Menu Card in the fewest steps possible.

Note: Burger Buns can be used interchangeably. A Burger Bun can go on top or bottom of the burger, depending on the player's choice.

You must make the burger order exactly as shown on the Menu Card. The completed burger must not have any Ingredients on top or under it.

(The rulebook illustrates this with a sample Menu Card "Burger 06" and three burgers: a correct one marked "O", one marked "X Different Order", and one marked "X Extra Ingredient".)

Once you are sure, declare a number, indicating that you can complete the order in that number of steps. The first player to declare a number becomes the challenger and flips the Sand Timer to begin the countdown. Other players can declare that they can complete the order in a fewer step than the initial challenger before the Sand Timer runs out to become the new challenger. Players may only declare once per round.

Counting Steps

Here is how you can move Ingredients to complete the order:

• MOVE: Move a stack of Ingredients to another Plates without changing the order of the stack (see Example 1).
• FLIP: Flip a stack of Ingredients. You can either FLIP the Ingredients on the same Plate (see Example 2-1) or FLIP them onto another Plate (see Example 2-2).

A stack can be any number of Ingredients, even a single one. Whether you MOVE or FLIP one or multiple Ingredients, it counts as 1 step.

(Example 1 illustrates a MOVE of a stack to another Plate. Example 2-1 illustrates a FLIP of a stack on the same Plate. Example 2-2 illustrates a FLIP of a stack onto another Plate.)

3. Cooking time!

Once the Sand Timer runs out, the challenger who declared the lowest number of steps flips the Sand Timer and begins making the burger on the Menu Card. Once you move the Ingredients and let them go, it counts as 1 step. Steps cannot be undone once completed. All other players should count out loud the number of steps the challenger has taken.

4. Get some fries!

If the challenger succeeded in making the burger within the number of their declared steps, they receive 1 Fry. If the challenger failed to make the burger within declared steps OR the Sand Timer ran out before the challenger could complete the order, all other players receive 1 Fry each.

Once the fries are distributed, flip the next Menu Card and begin the next round! If the deck runs out of Menu Cards shuffle the used cards to create a new deck.

Game End

The game ends when a player has gained 5 Fries at the end of a round. Congratulations, you are the greatest burger chef!

If multiple players won their fifth Fries at the same time, a sudden death round begins with only those players. In the sudden death round, any player who fails to make the ordered burger is immediately eliminated. If a player succeeds in completing an order, they win immediately. If you are the last one standing with all the other players eliminated, you are the winner!

Variant Rules

1. Rookie Chef

You are allowed to have other Ingredients on top or under your burger. Everyone needs a little help starting out!

2. Master Chef

Once you get the hang of it in the kitchen, shuffle the Value Menu and Gourmet Menu cards together and play the game with both sets. A true Burger Master should be able to cook all kinds of burgers!

3. Solo Chef

For solo play, Sand Timer is not used. Select a menu and draw the top Menu Card, and complete the order in fewest steps possible. Repeat this until you complete 5 orders. Count up the number of steps it took for you to make all 5 burgers. Your score is determined as follows:

Solo Chef's Score

• 27 steps and above: Burnt black… Better luck next time!
• 25–26 steps: Pretty good for a beginner!
• 22–24 steps: You'll make a good line cook!
• 20–21 steps: Are you sure you are not a gourmet chef?
• 19 steps or less: You are truly the burger master!