History TabletopGame / NinjaBurger

Ninja: The smallest deck, these cards have a short description of each ninja and their skills. Some ninja have special abilities as well; for instance, Neko Otome will never fail a Climbing skill roll. To start the game, each player is dealt three ninja cards, and picks one to play.

Mission: Where will you be taking a tasty Ninja Burger meal this round? The Ninja Burger corporation prides itself on being able to deliver anywhere, from a remote desert island to the International Space Station to a nuclear submarine on maneuvers. Each delivery will have two or three associated skill rolls that must be made for the delivery to be a success. Success earns you Honor points, and failure makes you lose them. (If your Honor ever drops to zero, you must [[DeadlyEuphemism apologize to your ancestors]] -- in person. You have to draw a new Ninja card and start over.)

For example, if you're delivering to that nuclear submarine, you will need to make three rolls. First, your choice of an Animals roll or a Swimming roll (do you hitch a ride on a dolphin, or swim out to the sub yourself?). Second, a Computers roll to hack the airlock door. Third, a Stealth roll (at a -1 penalty due to the tight quarters) to remain unseen while making the delivery.

Some of the Mission cards describe Errands that your ninja has been assigned. Don't ask why your franchise has a pet leopard, get the leash and take Kitty for her walk. These normally bring less Honor (if any), but you can sometimes palm them off on another ninja with a lower Honor than yours.

Fortune: The final deck is a mix of cards. Some can be played on yourself to give you bonuses to your skill rolls. "Ninja Stuff" cards will also give you bonuses, but you need to pay for them out of your salary before you can play them. Finally, "Interesting Times" cards are played on your opponent to make their deliveries harder.

''[[http://www.sjgames.com/ninjaburger/ Ninja Burger]]'' is a non-collectible card game produced under license by Steve Jackson Games. It is based on the ''[[http://ninjaburger.com/ Ninja Burger]]'' website. The players are delivery ninjas for the Ninja Burger fast food chain, trying to be promoted to Branch Manager. There are three different ways this can happen, but they all add up to "have a higher Honor than anyone else". How does a ninja gain Honor? By successfully delivering tasty Ninja Burger meals to their honorable customers, some of which live in the strangest locations around (in 30 minutes or less).

* FryingPanOfDoom: The spatula is as deadly as the Ninja Burger Official Wakazashi.

* ThirtyMinutesOrItsFree: "Delivery in 30 minutes or we commit 'seppuku''. For anybody and anywhere, such as to lost hikers, monks in Tibetan monasteries, or the President aboard Air Force One. It's also based on Greenwich Mean Time for locations in geosynchronous orbit.

Aside from ways to die horribly, the game also allows bonuses. For example, rolling two 1's on a die roll turns your character into Snake Eyes (yes, from GIJoe) with bonuses on all dice rows... with the caveat that the player isn't allowed to speak at all, or he loses the bonuses. Also, shouting a BattleCry when attacking also grants a bonus, though the game recognizes this is antithetical to the whole endeavor.

* MundaneUtility: ''In theory'', all these ninjas do with their awesome ninja powers is deliver fast food. However, they need all of their skills to perform seemingly impossible deliveries such as to a submarine at the bottom of the ocean while avoiding being seen by anyone except the customer.

* MundaneUtility: ''In theory'', all these ninjas do with their awesome ninja powers is deliver fast food. However, they need all of their skills to perform seemingly impossible deliveries such as to a submarine at the bottom of the ocean.

For example, if you're delivering to that nuclear submarine, you will need to make three rolls. First, your choice of an Animals roll or a Swimming roll (do you hitch a ride on a dolphin, or swim out to the sub yourself?). Second, a Computers roll to hack the airlock door. Third, a Stealth roll (at a -1 penalty) to remain unseen while making the delivery.

* DeadlyEuphemism: A ninja who loses all their honor "apologizes to their ancestors - in person".

The tabletop RPG was created before the game, and was built on the same engine as KoboldsAteMyBaby (otherwise known as the "Beer and Pretzels Engine", called as such because of the extremely casual nature it was geared towards).

[[http://www.sjgames.com/ninjaburger/ Ninja Burger]] is a non-collectible card game produced under license by Steve Jackson Games. It is based on the Ninja Burger website. The players are delivery ninjas for the Ninja Burger fast food chain, trying to be promoted to Branch Manager. There are three different ways this can happen, but they all add up to "have a higher Honor than anyone else". How does a ninja gain Honor? By successfully delivering tasty Ninja Burger meals to their honorable customers, some of which live in the strangest locations around (in 30 minutes or less).

[[http://www.sjgames.com/ninjaburger/ Ninja Burger]] is a non-collectible card game produced under license by Steve Jackson Games. It is based on the Ninja Burger website. The players are delivery ninjas for the Ninja Burger fast food chain, trying to be promoted to Branch Manager. There are three different ways this can happen, but they all add up to "have a higher Honor than anyone else". How does a ninja gain Honor? By successfully delivering tasty Ninja Burger meals to some of the strangest locations around (in 30 minutes or less).

** ... and does not return.

Aside from ways to die horribly, the game also allows bonuses. For example, rolling two 1's on a die roll turns your character into Snake Eyes (yes, from GIJoe) with bonuses on all dice rows... with the caveat that the player isn't allowed to speak at all, or he loses the bonuses. Also, shouting a BattleCry when attacking also grants a bonus, though the game recognizes this is antithetical to the whole endeavor.

* {{Acrofatic}}: One character abuses his employee discount and is grossly overweight, "only capable of climbing as well as ''Olympic athletes''", and has the lowest climb skill in the game.

* FryingPanOfDoom: The spatula is as deadly as the Ninja Burger Official Wakazashi.

* KillerGameMaster: Similar to ''{{Paranoia}}'', the RPG is designed to be very death-prone. Simply being seen by an NPC can result in being forced to commit seppuku.