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Fast-food hamburger chain Wendy's has released their very own tabletop role-playing game called Feast of Legends. No, you are not having a stroke. No, I am not having a stroke either. Yes, they actually made a Wendy's RPG.
Source: https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/feast-of-legends-is-new-tabletop-game-from-wendys
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Wendy's RPG 'Feast of Legends' Is A Real Thing
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(Score: 4, Insightful) by FatPhil on Tuesday October 08 2019, @01:10PM
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people; the smallest discuss themselves
(Score: 4, Insightful) by RandomFactor on Tuesday October 08 2019, @01:41PM (11 children)
At Wendy's? It could work.
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(Score: 4, Informative) by JoeMerchant on Tuesday October 08 2019, @02:30PM (7 children)
IDK about your local Wendys dining rooms, but ours... are not places I'd like to spend multiple hours.
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(Score: 2) by richtopia on Tuesday October 08 2019, @02:43PM (6 children)
Depends on the location, but most in my area are clean. Outside of the lunch rush I could see gaming there for a few hours.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Snow on Tuesday October 08 2019, @02:50PM (5 children)
The Wendy's in my area are pretty clean, but they all seem to have an odd, unpleasant smell.
(Score: 5, Funny) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday October 08 2019, @05:28PM (1 child)
I think that's the food.
(Score: 3, Funny) by Pslytely Psycho on Tuesday October 08 2019, @08:04PM
"I think that's the food."
Bad monkey, you forgot the scare quotes.
I think that's the "food."
FTFY!
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Gaaark on Tuesday October 08 2019, @05:28PM (2 children)
I dunno: they smell pretty good til you walk in!
;)
Thers s an Arbys not TOO far from us that PERPETUALLY has fruit flies galore around their ketchup dispenser: been there twice, twice with flies. Won't be back. Have they not heard of cleanliness and fruit fly traps?
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. I have always been here. ---Gaaark 2.0 --
(Score: 2) by takyon on Tuesday October 08 2019, @06:19PM
They are part of the ambiance.
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(Score: 2) by Snow on Wednesday October 09 2019, @03:47PM
Yeah, Wendy's definitely smells better on the outside than the inside.
Sometimes in a moment of weakness I'll stop into an Arby's. Always ends in regret. Those occurrences are getting less and less though. All the Arby's are disappearing.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 08 2019, @02:47PM (1 child)
"Coronary Of Legends"
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 08 2019, @03:01PM
"Where's the beef?"
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 08 2019, @07:26PM
No!
Dammit!
I wanted to play a Hamburgler.
https://techraptor.net/tabletop/news/feast-of-legends-is-new-tabletop-game-from-wendys [techraptor.net]
(Score: 5, Interesting) by All Your Lawn Are Belong To Us on Tuesday October 08 2019, @03:05PM (2 children)
First, it's not a board game at all, it's an RPG. (Back in Ye Olde Days a "tabletop" game meant that it was board based, i.e. you needed a Table to play it; I guess the young whippersnappers now mean tabletop as "not online"? Oh well, old Lawn.)
Interestingly, it does use polyhedral dice (specifically d4's and d20's), and their website has a free dice roller (https://www.feastoflegends.com/roll-the-dice.html ) for single rolls. It uses 4d4 for skill generation, for example.
Just off the top the rulebook looks a lot like I remember old school D&D Basic to be. Base skills are Strength, Intelligence, Charm (charisma), Arcana (magic), Grace (dexterity). Hit Points are separate and I don't see Wisdom automatically. They have skill mods.
Overall very clever - I saved the PDF. But why not go for the free D&D Basic [dndbeyond.com], or the free Tunnels & Trolls [drivethrurpg.com]?
Still and all, very cool that people were apparently (?) paid to develop this and it might be fun for a night's distraction play to try it out. The sheer ridiculousness vaguely has me thinking it's D&D meets Paranoia! [wikipedia.org]
This sig for rent.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Tuesday October 08 2019, @04:54PM
Yeah, but the all time champion of "Corporation puts out cheap game as marketing gimmick" is Chex Quest, and that's a big hill to climb.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @01:20PM
It's a nice promotion that might get a few people into Wendy's, and then act as a gateway to other tabletop RPGs. The actual staying power can't be that great. Who wants to be seen playing it 5 years from now?
(Score: 5, Insightful) by richtopia on Tuesday October 08 2019, @03:12PM (2 children)
These rules are very similar to D&D 5e, but largely simplified. Which is good, most likely the GM has played 5e and can handle the rules easily while new players can easily have a fun afternoon in the Beef's Keep.
Some differences:
- Character creation uses 4d4 for rolling stats, instead of 3d6 like in D&D. The Die modifier table is also adjusted down to handle the on-average lower character stats (the rules state they cap at 16)
- There are only 5 stats, it appears that constitution is missing. HP uses the same rules for each character
- There is only gold, no other money units
- "Feast Mode" occurs during combat on a natural 20. It is very similar to 5e's critical hit, but it also gives advantage on the next attack, so you have a chance of continual feasting. I like this rule, and may incorporate it into 5e
- The equipment shopping list is simple, but very fast foot themed (eg. apron for armour)
- There are buffs and debuffs based on what you eat (stuff from the Wendy's menu buffs your character, other stuff debuffs). I'm not sure why a character would eat a pizza (debuff) for example, but maybe the GM guide has the players require eating on a regular basis
- There are only three classes (Orders) with three sub classes per class. I haven't read them too close, but from the flavour text, I gather Order of Chicken is spellcasters, Order of Beef is fighers, Order of Sides is utility characters (theif, healer, druid, bard)
(Score: 3, Funny) by Mer on Tuesday October 08 2019, @03:55PM
Sir, we had doordash deliver them to orbit
Shut up!, he explained.
(Score: 2) by SunTzuWarmaster on Wednesday October 09 2019, @11:57AM
Side note - I haven't read enough, but I *think* that the Order of the Potato (bard and healer) is brokenly good - all unlimited ability uses (unlimited healing, unlimited buffs), and the level 3 ability (guaranteed 2 actions per turn) make it a little too good. As an example lvl3 character, they have 14 Arcana (+2) and are outdoors (+1). They heal a teammate for 2d4 the first round (guaranteed success, Warm Bite) and then use Hearty Fulfillment (everyone has advantage on all attacks for 2 rounds). The next round they heal another character 2d4 (guaranteed success, Warm Bite), and use Root of the Problem (50% chance of success for 1d6+3 damage).
Generally, the character restored 25-50% of HP of 2 characters, doubled success chances for all attacks, and had a 50% chance of doing 50% hp damage to an equally matched opponent across 2 rounds - this is roughly twice as good as the other characters in the game. Note that the Order of the Baked Potato characters also get heavy armor/weapons, the third-highest base defense in the game, and medium hp addition. So, a power-gamer is going to use Bacon Armor (+3 def), and dual-wield FryingPan/PairingKnife combo (1d12/1d8 throwable) because shields don't exist. Second highest def in the game, highest damage, decent attacks (usually self-buffed) and 2 actions/round?
Someone really loves bards.
(Score: 4, Funny) by DutchUncle on Tuesday October 08 2019, @04:35PM
http://www.dorktower.com/files/2019/10/DorkTower1612.jpg [dorktower.com]
(Score: 2) by Walzmyn on Tuesday October 08 2019, @05:52PM (2 children)
It's worth following the link just to see Wendy kitted up in a cape holding a sword.
(Score: 2) by SunTzuWarmaster on Wednesday October 09 2019, @11:29AM (1 child)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 09 2019, @01:18PM
Should inspire new Wendy's r34.
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 08 2019, @06:35PM
Well paid, I mean, played.