LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: THE ULTIMATE GAME FOR MOVIE FANS

OBJECT OF LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: THE ULTIMATE GAME FOR MOVIE FANS: The object of Lights, Camera, Action: The Ultimate Game for Movie Fans is to be the first player to win 5 cards

NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 3 or more players

MATERIALS: A rulebook, 50 movie cards, 1 die, 1 pad of paper, 1 mini pencil, and a 1-minute sand timer.

TYPE OF GAME: Party Card Game

AUDIENCE: 8+

OVERVIEW OF LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION: THE ULTIMATE GAME FOR MOVIE FANS

Lights, Camera, Action: The Ultimate Game for Movie Fans is a party card game playable by 3 or more players. The goal of the game is to be the first player to win 5 cards.

SETUP

A player should shuffle the movie cards while another places the paper, pencil, timer, and die all centrally to all players.

The youngest or a random player will be chosen to go first.

GAMEPLAY

The game starts with the first player and proceeds clockwise from them. On a player’s turn, they will draw the top card of the movie deck and be careful not to show any other players. They will then roll the die to decide which game will be played for the card. There are 5 different game types which are Description (which shows up twice on the die), Charades, Humming, Drawing, and Trivia.

Description

For the description game, the player will get the timer ready. Once the player is ready, they will flip the timer and start to describe the movie without using the 5 words written net to the speech bubble on the card.

Other players may guess as many times as they like before the minute is up. The player who correctly guesses gets the card.

Charades

For the charades game, the player will get the timer ready. Once the player is ready, they will flip the timer and start to act out the movie without using noises or mothing out words.

The other players have 1 minute to correctly guess what the movie is and may guess as many times as they like. The player who correctly guesses gets the cards.

Humming

For the humming game, the player will get the timer ready. Once the player is ready, they will flip the timer and start to hum any music from the movie without singing or mothing out words.

The other players have 1 minute to correctly guess what the movie is and may guess as many times as they like. The player who correctly guesses gets the cards.

Drawing

For the drawing game, the player will get the timer ready. Once the player is ready, they will flip the timer and start to draw a picture to convey the movie. They cannot speak or make noise, nor can they use any kind of hand gestures. They also may not write words. 

The other players have 1 minute to correctly guess what the movie is and may guess as many times as they like. The player who correctly guesses gets the cards.

Trivia

For the trivia game, the player will get the timer ready. Once the player is ready, they will flip the timer and start to read the question on the card out loud to the other players. They may repeat the question but cannot give hints or say anything other than what is in the question.  

The other players have 1 minute to correctly guess what the movie is and may guess as many times as they like. The player who correctly guesses gets the cards.

END OF GAME

The game is played till a player has collected 5 movie cards. They are the winner.  

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