I'm sorry it's been about a week and a half ago since I posted my last blog post. Today is a fun one.
Everyone who knows me well, or reads my blog occasionally, know that I love board games and card games. I love video games too, but there is something about sitting around as a group of friends and family members, interacting together in a fun way. That's one reason that I might playing board games over video games, unless the video game happens to be in a board or card game format.
There is a game I bought around Christmas time called Pitchstorm. It's made by the same people who created my favorite party card game, SUPERFIGHT!. In Superfight, you have person cards, and you have good and bad superpowers or bad superpowers. You put one fighter with a weapon, and then you you argue it out over a minute, and then the rest of the group gets to decide who would win in a fight between the two. It's a great game, and I always recommend it. However, Pitchstorm is a little different. I love Superfight, but as a film and media critic, Pitchstorm is my jam!
In Pitchstorm, the base game has 500 cards. 200 Character cards, 200 Plot cards, and 100 Notes cards. The way it works is one person in the round is a "Hollywood Film Producer". He gets three notes cards, and everyone else draws a character card, and a plot card.
Once everyone has their cards, they look at them. They see who and what their character does, and the plot card tells you a storyline where you must use the character and plot to convince the producer that you have the best movie idea. You get 45 seconds to a minute, and at anytime during someone's pitch, the producer can give the active player a note, which will throw a challenge into the plot. Once everyone has pitched their movie ideas, the producer chooses the one they like the best, and then a new round begins with a new producer.
There are a also expansion packs for the game. I have all of them except for the NC-17 rated deck, which would be very naughty, but I mention it because I know some of you out there might like that kind of thing. The expansions are Perfect Date, which adds chick flicks into the mix. The Creature Feature has cards with horror film plots and characters. The Animation pack has animated movie ideas for both the big and small screen. The Superhero pack has all of your superhero needs, and then there is an Awards Ceremony where instead of notes from the producer, you are given a card with an award title, like best use of CGI, or something, and the players need to come up with parts of their pitches that have a reason to be nominated for that particular award.
My only gripe is, it seems like a game for movie buffs, and not that they would be better at the game, in fact, it might be harder because sometimes cards come up, and you know the movie being referenced, and it can be challenging to make up a new character or plot for the game. So, you don't need to be a movie buff, and if you are, it really doesn't give you an advantage over people who just enjoy movies.
Here is the Amazon link if you are interested.
I have played a few games of it where some people not playing the game actually really loved watching up playing the game because it can get so silly. It's a family friendly game, unless you play with the NC-17 Rating pack, but if you have a rowdy group of people that use colorful language, you still can.
Also, you can team up and try to pitch a movie on a team. For example, one person would get the character card, and the other person on your team gets the plot card, but they aren't able to discuss their film until the timer starts, so your team will need to use a lot of give and take.
I also find if fun when people try to incorporate movie stars, or make up a fake movie title to go along with their pitch.
The game is super fun, but it also depends on the group of people you are playing with. If you have family and friends that are creative, or can B.S. for a minute, it's a great game. I had a friend that was super excited to play it, but she was shy, and couldn't think out loud, so the game was pretty tough for her, but that is also where you can make teams to play. The age recommendation is 14 years old, but could probably be lowered a couple of years while playing in a team setting.
The link I posted goes to the Amazon website for the game. There are pictures and a video to show you what it is like.
Anywho, I am happy that things are starting to normalize a little bit. The past two Salt Lake Bees Baseball games I have been to have had over 8,000 in attendance, and just about everyone wasn't wearing a mask. There were still a few. If you feel the need to keep the masks on for a little while longer, that's great. I am hoping you are all safe and enjoying life. I have Elliot here with me this month, and we've been doing a lot of things that I want to post about in a later blog post.
So, until next time......umm..........uhhh...... Be Good!
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