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Title
Movie Quotes Board Game, Famous Movie Lines
Description
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In December 2000, Jim and Jonni Wilkinson attended a Christmas party in Houston , TX . A friend named Wendy was in charge of entertainment. She brought Xerox pages of lines from movies and we were instructed to pair up and identify the movies that produced the lines. We were terrible at the game but had so much fun in the effort. During the next few months, I wondered if it might be possible to develop an entire game based on Wendy's movie quote game.
The first thought was to have simple flash cards with the quotes but thought it would be more interesting to have pieces move around a board. The second idea was the realization that while some lines are quite memorable, they are not as widely known as others so there should be a point system that awards more points for correctly identifying more difficult or lesser known movies. For example, everyone knows what movie gave us "If you build it, he will come." But fewer can name the movie that brought us "Why don't you come up sometime and see me." Both are great lines but one in substantially more difficult so it should receive more points.
The prototype concept was to give the line and a number of clues, based on the degree of difficulty; the more clues you used the less number of spaces your playing piece would move forward on the board. We collected a hundred or so lines, fashioned a crude board and called together some friends and family for a field test. While they seemed to really enjoy the concept, they learned very quickly to use clues strategically to land on a certain space. I did not like the way that played so we retooled the rules and had another test with a different group. This time, we inserted the point system rather than have pieces move forward based on clues provided. From this test, we learned that the players needed some point of reference for all but the easiest quotes.
Contact
- Edward H. Wilkinson, PC-CPA
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- Houston TX
- United States 77068
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- 281-440-6800
