''Lord of the Fries'' is a

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created by

James Ernest James Ernest is an American game designer and juggler, best known as the owner and lead designer of Cheapass Games. Career Prior to founding Cheapass Games, Ernest worked as a juggler at various venues, including Camlann Medieval Village, and a ...

and published by

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and

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. In 2008, Steve Jackson Games released a new edition with revised game components. In 2015, Cheapass Games released a fourth edition and four expansion decks. ''Lord of the Fries'' takes place at Friedey's: The Fast Food Restaurant of the Damned. Other games that take place there include ''

Give Me the Brain ''Give Me the Brain'' is a discard-style card game designed by James Ernest and released in 1996 by Cheapass Games. In the game, players assume the role of zombies attempting to complete their tasks for the day at Friedey's, "the fast food resta ...

'' and ''Change!''.

Gameplay

''Lord of the Fries'' is set in the kitchen of Friedey's where your main task is to create meals using different food cards to earn points and get rid of cards. The meals are taken from various menus including those of Ratherbee's Steakhouse, Ghicciaroni's, Friedey's Restaurant, Friedey's Long Wok, Love's Labours Lunch, and the Holiday Menu. You combine meals with humorous names like Chickacheezabunga, Sheep wit' da Fishes, Lying Dead on the Floor, Manifest Destiny, Penne for Your Tots, Synaptic Relay Deteriorator, An Unbearable Likeness of Beans, Godfather, Bovine Spongiform Yum, Yum, Yum!, the enormous Magna Carta with a side of fries, and the Lord of the Fries. In 2015, the game was relaunched in a fourth edition with first printings having a bonus deck from "McFrye's Coffee Shop." Four expansions are available, with more designed and not yet released: "Long Wok on Short Pier," "Las Cabezas," "McPubian's," and "Ghicciaroni's," each with different decks and different restaurant themes.

Awards

''Lord of the Fries'' was in the ''Games'' magazine Games 100 list of 2003.

Reviews

*''Backstab'' #12

References

External links

''Lord of the Fries'' product page
at Cheapass Games
Official online edition
at GameTable Online * Card games introduced in 1998 Cheapass Games games Dedicated deck card games {{card-game-stub