Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Set Up
• Object
• Play
• B.Q. Cards
• Winner
• Alternative Play

Contents

• Gameboard
• 50 B.Q. Cards
• 20 Actor Cards
• Sand Timer
• 2 Twenty-sided Dice; one red, one blue
• 2 Standard Dice; one black, one white
• 4 Pawns

Set Up

Place the Gameboard in the center of the table. Shuffle the B.Q. Cards, deal three to each player or team, and place the rest nearby. Arrange the Actor Cards in numerical order, and place them nearby. Have each player or team choose a Pawn and place it on the "Start" space.

Object

Players or teams must link actors to Kevin Bacon through associations in movies or TV appearances.

For example, if the "Base Actor" is Woody Harrelson, a 3-Step link would be:

• Step 1: Woody Harrelson was in "White Men Can't Jump" with Rosie Perez.
• Step 2: Rosie Perez was in "Untamed Heart" with Christian Slater.
• Step 3: Christian Slater was in "Murder in the First" with Kevin Bacon.

That's 3 Steps, or Three Degrees of Kevin Bacon!

Play

All players or teams roll one of the Twenty-sided Dice. The player or team with the highest roll goes first, and then they will take turns. On a turn, all four Dice are rolled together. While the Dice are rolling, the player must call out either "red" or "blue" to determine which side of the Actor Card will be read. The Twenty-sided Die matching the called color will determine the number of the Actor Card that will be read. The remaining Twenty-sided Die will determine the particular actor on that card that will become the "Base Actor". The Black Die determines in how many steps the Base Actor must be linked to Kevin Bacon. The White Die determines how many spaces you may move on the Gameboard if you complete the link in the appropriate number of steps.

As soon as the number or the Base Actor has been determined, the actor's name is read aloud to the player or playing team by the opponent or opposing team. At this time, the player may (but doesn't have to) play a B.Q. Plus Card or a Hint Card, and then the opponent activates the Sand Timer. If the link to Kevin Bacon is successfully made in the allotted time, the player or playing team moves its Pawn on the Gameboard the appropriate number of spaces. If the opponent or opposing team wishes to "Steal" and is in possession of a Steal Card, they may play the Steal Card and must immediately produce a shorter link. If they are successful in stealing, they may move their Pawn the appropriate number of spaces, and move the player or playing team's Pawn back to its original space.

After your attempt at linking the base actor to Kevin Bacon whether successful or not, play moves to the next person or team.

B.Q. Cards

• Plus Cards (+1, +2, +3, +4, or +5) – allow the player to raise the number of steps in which he must link the Base Actor to Kevin Bacon by the number shown, not to exceed six.
• Hint Cards – allow player to hear the name of a movie in which the Base Actor appeared. The Hint must be read to the player or playing team by the opponent or opposing team. Hints are found beneath the Actor's name on the Actor Cards.
• Steal Cards – allow the opponent or opposing team to steal the player's actor if they can produce a shorter link.
• Additional B.Q. Cards – are obtained by either rolling doubles on the Standard Dice, or when you land on a space outlined by a red circle or diamond on the Gameboard.

After a B.Q. Card is played, it should be placed at the bottom of the stack of B.Q. Cards on the Gameboard.

Winner

The first player or team to reach the Finish space on the Gameboard, not necessarily by exact count, wins the game.

Alternative Play

To make the game a little simpler for beginners, remove the Black Die from play. Play the same as above, but instead of linking the Base Actor to Kevin Bacon in a specified amount of steps, try to link them in as few steps as possible.