At an Italian fair yesterday I was given a Burger King book that reads like a D&D-style TTRPG manual; classes, abilities, dice, the works. I’ve never seen this at other BKs. Is this an Italy-only promo? Is there an English version or any official release news? Links or details appreciated.
>>96889861can't find any info via google, probably a small press euro only thing, check the inside cover for production date/ company info etc
>>96889861Perhaps this is a sign that you are the rightful heir to the burger kingdom.
>>96889884I checked inside and it looks like it was printed by an Italian company. If it’s only for this country, that’s a shame; I would’ve liked to play, but I don’t understand much Italian
>>96889906You might be right haha, I found a map of the Burger Kingdom inside.
By the way, who knows these characters? Well, besides Burger King, obviously. This page has the Duke of Doubt
>>96890001and on this page, the Wizard of Fries and Sir Shakes-a-Lot
>>96890001neat art for the duke
>>96889861You know what you have to do. Scan it and donate it to PDF share thread.
>>96889912Weird, with the obvious English names you would think the Italian is the translated version. If you would be a champ to scan it, others can handle that OCR and translation work.>>96890001>>96890002Art style is kinda cool.
>>96890003There's another illustration of the Duke—I think he's the campaign’s bad guy lol.
>>96890442>>96890219When I get back home, I’ll try to scan it. I hope someone who knows Italian can help translate it—it’s 56 pages.
>>96890574>Burger King RPG>villain is a clown
>>96890442>Art style is kinda cool.seconded, it actually looks better than some mainstream stuff
>>96890589That would’ve been sick!
>>96890001>>96890574fwiw, the Duke of Doubt was a real attempt in the 70s to give the Burger King mascot a sidekick/rival who basically existed to shit on every claim made by the Burger King that he's as fun or his franchise's food is as delicious as he says it is, so whoever made this is doing one hell of a deep dive and should be commended
>>96889933>tfw Italian Burger King has better worldbuilding than fa/tg/uys.
>>96890611Wait, what? So this Duke is a redesign of the ’70s mascot? So are the other characters, too?
>>96890638Correcto. Looked for a commercial where the french fry powered robot and ice cream addicted knight are in the same shot, so forgive the grainy screenshot quality.
Didn't Wendy's do this a few years back with some evil ice wizard as a meme about how their burgers aren't frozen?Why are TTRPGs an advertising venue now
>>96889861This reminds me of the time that Wendy's did their own tabletop RPG promotional thing. It was actually playable (And actually kind of good, except it was short.)I was loosely based off of early 5e rules. It handled Crits in an interesting way. If you rolled a natural 20 during combat, you basically got another turn.
>>96890686Yeah, Wendy's did the exact same thing.
>>96890686>Why are TTRPGs an advertising venue nowStranger Things got red hot
>>96890686The wendy's RPG was legit
>>96890664I did some research and wow—are these the original characters? Whoever made the book really cooked, haha. The original wizard was super weird, haha
>be in Italy>be surrounded by some of the best food in the whole fucking world>"nah, I'm gonna go have some corporate fast food burgers and fries"! ?
>>96890687Yeah, I remember the Wendy’s game! Is there anywhere to download it—PDF version works too?
>>96890818Yeah, that's the original characters. I am definitely curious how this book recontextualizes these guys for the game, considering how goofy the originals were.
>>96890862I can try translating them with Google Lens and see what comes out
>>96891088Go for it, anon
>>96890862>>96891212>Burger KingThe King and lord of the Domain, a fervent lover of burgers and the grill, wants to share his passion with the entire multiverse.His crown allows him to partially reshape the Domain to reflect his taste. His nature as Lord of the Domain grants him near-divine traits.A lover of adventurers’ tales of glory, he invites them to his table for incredible banquets and receptions.He is the third of his dynasty, a refined connoisseur of good food who, in his youth, lived many adventures alongside Sir Shake-a-Lot: expeditions beyond the Sesame Lands, duels against elemental lords of fire, and the legendary quest for the “perfect recipe.”Today he keeps those memories as a guide for new heroes.>Duke of DoubtIn service to the Burger King-Dom, he uses the arts of divination—and his order of specialized Clerics—to find heroes to bring to the banquet, pleasing the Burger King with their stories.During one of his adventures with the Burger King, he picked up a cursed object—noticed by no one—which increased his powers of divination but sparked in him an insatiable hunger for knowledge. From that moment on, he lost his faith and began to doubt that the Burger King had the best burgers of all, because they can no longer sate him.Since then, he secretly gazes into other worlds in search of whatever or whoever granted him those powers, so that it will allow him to steal the Burger King’s crown and become lord of the Domain himself, for he believes that changing the tastes of the entire King-Dom is the only way to satisfy the hunger of the curse.
>>96891333>Wizard of FriesThe court wizard. Though acknowledged as one of the realm’s principal powers, he is a guardian construct, created by magic to open the Domain to new heroes and make its inhabitants happy.He was left as a tribute to the Burger King by a famous and mighty wizard who, after tasting BK’s burgers during a dimensional journey, decided that the realm deserved an eternal guardian.He administers the Griglioteca, the greatest library-pantry in the Burger King-Dom: shelves of arcane recipes, maps of spices, frying scrolls, and chronicles of heroes. There he selects the worthy, assigns trials, and preserves the knowledge that feeds the realm’s flame.>Sir Shake-a-LotCommander of the royal guard, faithful companion to the King and protector of the realm, he trains the troops dedicated to defending and safeguarding the subjects of the Burger King-Dom.His incessant cold-induced trembling has made the clatter of his armor unmistakable, to the point that every monster or rogue now flees as soon as they hear it.His over-the-top passion for smoothies led him to ask BK for a castle on the snowy peaks so he could have them on hand in every season.Through relentless patrols he has crossed every province of the continent, mapping safe routes and reactivating forgotten bastions.He has compiled training notebooks distributed to every garrison and, when he takes the field, morale rises and many surrender before the fight begins.On the Peaks he trains recruits with high-altitude drills: cold hands, warm heart.
>>96889861You were 'given' the manual? As in, a free promotional gift?I suppose you've been going to Lucca Comics, if so where did you get it precisely? I have some friends there right now and they might snag a copy for me too if I'm lucky.>>96891342On a quick skim, the translations seem accurate.
Now i want an RPG world with warring restaurant factions.
>>96891333>multiverseUgh.
>>96892043Yes, exactly! I was at Lucca Comics yesterday! And yes, the copy was a freebie; a guy in a Burger King jacket handed it to me as I was leaving the fair. I can’t say exactly where, but it was near a red-brick gate.
>>96892136I found this fanart.
>>96892255And this
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>>96891333>>96891342Thanks greatly for the translations, anon. They do sound like they have the spirit of these mascot characters down, and at least they're doing more than just advertising cheap (well, used to be) burgers.
>>96892136>>96892255>>96892267That would be so awesome! A game where each class is the mascot of a different chain, haha. Too bad they’d never agree to make something like that
>>96892377Yeah, it looks like the characters are well-developed; really weird for a burger company, haha. It’s making me want to play it; too bad it’s not in English.
>>96892255So I can recognize (top right, going clockwise)Burger KingTaco bell chihuahuaRonald McDonald?Colonel Sanders?The Noid (Domino's Pizza)WendyWho's the minotaur and the green lady?
>>96893226I think it’s the Starbucks siren, while the minotaur (cow) might be associated with Chick-fil-A.
Can you scan it, OP? Or take really good fat photos?
>>96893618I’ll see if I can find a way to scan the manual in the next few days.
>>96893618flat*
they have a page that links to their instagram page:https://www.burgerking.it/burger-kings-questhttps://www.instagram.com/burgerking_it/The manual and sets of dice are distributed at the Lucca and Milan con; more unspecified items beginning December 1st in the fast food restaurants. Perhaps plastic toys?
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>>96895131Thanks, anon, for the sites! They’re super useful! So starting December 1, are they going to distribute something? It’d be interesting to know what, haha. Let’s hope some Italian gives us an update
>>96896469 #Italian here, we don’t know anything as well. Two italian streamers were supposed to advertise this thing but they didn’t. I tried to find them in lucca but it was difficult. I’ll keep you updated! Meanwhile, I’m really interested in the pdf lol
>>96891333>>96891342this honestly sounds pretty fun, what the heck
Burgershill advertising threadNever had non-burnt buns at booger king
>>96890582italian here. i can traslate whit no prob
>>96896554so this the start of the Burger-Verse? haha
>>96898280Update us on the progress.
I could help with the translation as well, any update with the scan?
Bumping, this looks actually interesting
