Foodtown Throwdown Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Rules for Play
  • Objective
  • Components
  • Setup
  • Playing The Game
  • Maximum Hand Size
  • Winning The Game
  • Types of Cards
  • Ingredients
  • Recipes
  • Territory and Publicity
  • Action Cards
  • An Example Of Play

Rules for Play

Objective

The goal of Foodtown Throwdown is to establish the best food truck in town. Players earn stars by completing recipes and playing territory and publicity cards. The first player to collect a total of ten stars is the winner!

Components

Foodtown Throwdown includes two decks: a recipe deck of 20 cards and a play deck of 85 cards.

Setup

Separate the recipe cards (black borders) from the play cards and shuffle them up to form the recipe deck. Shuffle the remaining cards (white borders) to form the play deck. Place both decks in the center of the table leaving room for a discard pile.

Deal out four cards from the play deck to each player to start with and flip two recipes face up in the center of the table. If there are only two players, flip three recipes up. These are the active recipes that all playeres [sic] compete for.

Playing The Game

Determine the first player through any means of your choosing. Each player begins their turn by drawing one card from the top of the play deck. You may not draw from the discard pile, however. The health department frowns on that. Should the play deck run out of cards, shuffle the discard pile to form a new play deck.

During your turn you may make any number of the following moves:

• Play an action card. Simply do what the action card says. (limit one action card per turn)
• Complete a recipe. If you have all of the required ingredients in your hand, you may take one of the displayed recipe cards. Place that along with the ingredients you use in front of you; you immediately score the points for it. Once a recipe is claimed, replace it with the top card of the recipe deck. There should always be two recipes available to all players (or three in a two-player game). You can claim any number of recipes in a single turn that you have the ingredients for.
• Play a territory or publicity card. These cards award one star each to whoever controls them.
• Discard any two cards to draw one new card.
• Pass. If you have no more available moves, pass your turn to the next player.

Maximum Hand Size

The maximum hand size is eight cards. If at the end of your turn you have more than eight, you must discard down until you have eight cards.

Winning The Game

The first player to have ten stars at the end of their turn between their recipes, territories, and publicity events is the winner!

Types of Cards

There are five different types of cards. Recipes, Ingredients, Territories, Publicity events, and Action cards.

Ingredients

While each ingredient is different, there are 6 main categories that each falls into: beans, bread, cheese, meat, potatoes, and veggies. The type of ingredient is listed in white text under the name on the top of each card. It is this type that you must match up to the required ingredients listed on each recipe card.

Recipes

Recipe cards require a certain number of ingredients, listed under their name at the top of the card. Once you have all of the required ingredients in your hand, play them in front of you along with the recipe card. Be sure to let everyone know what you are making and what ingredients you are using!

Territory and Publicity

Publicity cards each award one star and may be played as soon as they are drawn or held for later turns.

Territories are each worth one or two stars. The territory is worth one star initially, with a bonus star being available if you meet whatever the card's condition is - such as having recipes with meat or a sandwich on your menu.

Action Cards

Action cards can only be played on your turn. They do not award any stars but instead are played to stifle your opponents' progress.

An Example Of Play

Round 1

Jacy: Draws one card, it is an ingredient card but does not match either recipe up for grabs. He is not over his hand limit, so he holds on to it and passes his turn to Joel.

Chris: Draws a territory card. He plays it immediately for one star and then passes the turn to Justin.

Justin: Draws a card and gets an ingredient he needs to finish one recipe. He takes the hot dog recipe and lays down his ingredients with it: Whole Wheat Bread, Hamburger meat, and a potato medley. He now has two stars.

Jen: Draws one card and it is an action card. She plays it to force Chris into discarding two of his ingredients.