Add some Hollywood magic to your next family game night with What The Film, a new card game from Lethal Chicken Games.
Designed for players ages 12 and up, the game is fairly straightforward: Create a movie pitch out of the random set, plot, and character cards you are dealt. Each round, players have 36 seconds to their movie ideas based on the cards, and all players vote for their favorite (excluding their own, of course).
This can be harder than it sounds, because the cards in your hand may not make the most traditional movie ideas. For example, you may find yourself pitching a movie based on the plot “forced to fight as a gladiator,” with a stay-at-home dad as a character and a board game convention as the setting. When pitching, players can use their imaginations to incorporate all three elements — adding as many funny (or serious) details as they want to help sell the hypothetical movie.
To add another level of challenge, there are also “industry” cards at play. At the beginning of each round, players get one new industry card, in addition to refilling their hand of seven set/plot/actor cards. These industry cards help shake things up — players can use them to get new cards, force their competitors to discard cards, steal points from the winning movie, and more. Perhaps the most fun industry cards are those requiring players to make their movie fit into a certain genre, such as romance or sci-fi.
For a lighter version of WTF, you could play without the industry cards. However, they do add a level of strategy and competition to the game.
(One tip: Be sure to keep the industry cards separate when playing and storing the game. All four types of cards have the same design on the back, making it a bit challenging to differentiate between them.)
This game is sure to result in lots of laughs, and it is a great fit for a family or a creative group of teens. Who knows, perhaps you’ll stumble upon an idea for the next great American film!
