Truck Off: The Food Truck Frenzy
2017
Choose your venue, read the crowd, and use clever actions to turn five rounds of food truck rivalry into the biggest payday.
30
minutes
2 - 6
player(s)
13+
Light
About this board game
Truck Off: The Food Truck Frenzy is a lightweight food truck card game for 2–6 players that plays in about 30 minutes. Across five rounds, players compete to earn the most money by choosing profitable venues, managing timing, and navigating unpredictable setbacks.
Each round begins with every player simultaneously selecting a venue and placing their food truck beside it. Once the choices are revealed, a die is rolled at each venue to determine how many people actually showed up. The crowd may create a valuable opportunity—or leave competing trucks fighting over less business than expected.
Players then secretly select which special action or actions they want to execute. Starting with the first player token, everyone takes turns playing and resolving one action at a time in clockwise order until all actions have been used. Choosing when to act can be just as important as choosing where to park.
- Plan across five rounds while adapting to changing circumstances.
- Compete for attractive venues and share profits with other trucks parked there.
- Use special actions to disrupt opponents or improve your position.
- Watch out for low attendance, competition, crazy weather, and other unexpected twists.
After all actions are resolved, profits are split among the trucks at each venue. The player who has earned the most money after the fifth round wins.
With simultaneous decisions, tactical timing, and plenty of curve balls, Truck Off captures the ups and downs of food truck ownership in a compact game. Long-term planning matters, but short-term tactics and the right opportunity can change the result of any round.