Blockbuster
Blockbuster Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Aim
Be the first team to collect a movie from all eight genres: Action, All-Time Classics, Drama, Comedy, Horror, Family, Animation, and Sci-Fi & Fantasy.
Setup
Split into two teams and assemble the Car Park Sign/Board as shown in the picture. Next, place the Buzzer, the board, the Movie Cards and the Head-to-Head Cards in the middle of the table.
Components shown in the setup picture: the sound effect Buzzer, the Head-to-Head Cards, the Car Park sign and the Car Park Board. The Car Park Board is where you park your movie cards when ready, with squares marked One Word, Quote It and Act It.
Play
Each team chooses a player to represent them in the Head-to-Head Round.
The Head-to-Head Round
Both players from each team sit opposite each other with the buzzer in front of them. Count down from three then flip over a Head-to-Head Card. This will reveal a random category, such as 'Movies with dogs'.
The first player to think of a movie with a dog in it shouts it out and presses the buzzer to start the 15-second countdown. Their opponent must now shout out another dog movie and hit the timer before the 15 seconds are up. Now it's back to the first player.
Players keep firing movies at each other like action heroes trading punches, until someone runs out of time. The winner now takes an advantage into the Movie Round.
Important! This is a one-on-one battle, so teammates aren't allowed to speak but they can mime clues if they want. Don't be afraid to go over the top.
The Movie Round
The player who won the Head-to-Head Round draws six Movie Cards from the deck and secretly looks at them.
They give the 'hardest' three to their opponent from the Head-to-Head Round (who keeps them secret from their team) and takes the 'easiest' three for themselves.
Both players must now decide which cards to place facedown on each of their category squares on the Playing Board. This is where it gets tactical. They are:
One Word Only
Describe the movie to your team using one carefully chosen word. Feel free to repeat until you're blue in the face. For example, for Shrek: "Swamp".
Quote It
Describe the movie to your team by shouting out a quote. If you don't know one, make it up. For King Kong: "My oh my, what a big monkey that is!"
Act It
Channel your inner Marcel Marceau and silently act out the movie to your team. No talking allowed. For example, Raging Bull.
Playing the Movie Round
When everyone's ready, the player who won the Head-to-Head Round starts. To set the 30-second timer, hold down the buzzer for 2 seconds. As soon as the slower ticking starts, get going!
Players can tackle their three cards in any order they want, and can always come back to one later if their team gets stuck. Once a movie has been correctly guessed, flip the card over. If a player flips over all three of their Movie Cards and still has some time to spare, they can try to steal their opponent's cards by looking at them and describing them in the same way. When the time's up, they add all the Movie Cards they won to their collection.
Now it's the other team's turn. The player who lost the Head-to-Head Round tries to describe them to their team in the same way as before. They can also steal any remaining Movie Cards left by their opponents, but they have to get theirs first.
Go Again
Choose two new players to go head-to-head and start the process all over again.
Steal Movies
Sometimes, in order to win, you have to fight dirty. At the end of the Movie Round, teams can discard three movies of the same genre and choose a movie to steal from their opponent's collection. Each team can only do this once per round.
Winning
The first team to successfully collect a movie from all eight genres wins the game.
Extra Rules
No Sequels
In the Head-to-Head Round, if a player says a movie that's part of a series, all other movies from the same series are off the table. For example, if a player said Jurassic Park, you can't say Jurassic Park 2 or Jurassic World.
Challenge an Answer
If you suspect a player of saying the wrong movie in the Head-to-Head Round, you can shout out "Challenge," which ends the round immediately. Look up the movie to determine who's right. If the answer was wrong, the challenger wins that round and gets the advantage. If they were right, they get the advantage.
New Words Only
During the Quote It and One Word Only categories, players can't say words that appear in the title of the film. For example, in Alien, they can't say, "Aargh, an alien is busting out of my chest."
Assembly Instructions
Stick the two halves of the Car Park sign together, then insert the sign's post into the base on the Car Park Board.
Battery Information
The buzzer requires 2 x 1.5 V (AAA) batteries, not included.
- Remove batteries for prolonged storage.
- DO NOT mix old and new batteries or types of batteries (i.e., alkaline/standard/rechargeable).
- Replacement of batteries must be done by adults.
- See important battery and product disposal information inside the case.
Important info:
- Make sure the batteries are replaced by an adult.
- Keep batteries away from children.
- Only use the batteries specified and make sure to put them in the right way around, matching the + and - polarity markings.
- Never, ever mix old batteries with new batteries, or carbon-zinc with alkaline batteries.
- Remove batteries if the product isn't going to be used for a long time.
- Always dispose of dead batteries properly.
- Do not short-circuit the supply terminals.
If you use rechargeable batteries:
- Don't mix them with other batteries.
- Remove from the product before recharging.
- Always recharge them under adult supervision.
- Do not attempt to recharge other batteries.