Remixes
Part of the fun of Cinephile is the freedom to remix the rules or even make up your own. Want to submit a remix? Drop us a line.
CINEPHILE REMIX NO. 1:
Inglourious Basterd
BY: JORDAN RAUP, @JPRAUP
Movie Geek (Easy) The object of the game is to be the first player to correctly guess the actor or actress on your card.
Each player draws one card from the deck. Without looking at it, each player must place the card face out on their forehead.
Taking turns, each player must ask questions that require only a Yes or No answer in order to figure out the name of the actor or actress on their card.
Each time the player asks a question with a Yes answer (i.e.: “Am I over 30 years old?”) They may ask another Yes or No question. Continue asking questions until that player receives a No answer.
When that player receives a No answer, play moves to the next player who proceeds to ask Yes or No questions until they receive a No, and so on.
If a player correctly guesses the actor or actress on their card, they are the winner.
Play continues for subsequent rankings. Instead of sitting out, the winning player may draw another card and play another round.
CINEPHILE REMIX NO. 2:
Play Solo
BY: CINEPHILE LLC
Cinephile (Expert) The object of the game is to connect two actors through the films in which they’ve appeared. You must connect the two actors in six degrees or less, but the lower the number of degrees the better.
Draw two cards.
Connect the actors in six degrees or less.
The fewer number of connections the better.
Draw two more cards and repeat.
By Popular Demand! Recommended for when you have no one IRL who would ever play this game with you. Doesn’t require the participation of other people.
CINEPHILE REMIX NO. 3
Filmography:Director’s Cut
By: @JAREDMOBAREK
Cinephile (Expert) The object of the game is to name more Directors who an actor has worked with than your opponents.
One player draws one card from the deck and reads the name of the actor on the card. That player must then name a Director that the actor has worked with.
Taking turns, each subsequent player must name another Director that actor has worked with.
When a player can’t name another director or repeats a director that has already been named, the next player will have a chance to steal. If that player names a Director, the previous player is out and play continues.
Continue taking turns until two players remain.
When one of the remaining two players can’t name another Director, the other player must name a film to win the round. If they can, that player receives one point and keeps the card. If they can’t, neither player receives any points.
The next player draws a card from the deck to begin a new round.
The player with the highest score (after as many rounds as you can stand) is the winner.
Optional Beast Mode: For even more advanced gameplay, if a player names a director who that actor has worked with on more than one film, the player can name those films for one point each. (e.g.: Philip Seymour Hoffman has worked with Paul Thomas Anderson on five films, so you could name each film for a total of five bonus points.)
CINEPHILE REMIX NO. 4
We Pitch You A Movie Christmas
BY: CINEPHILE LLC
Movie Geek (Easy) The object of the game is to be the player who has the most Holiday Movie pitches receive the Green Light. In order to play, you will need one standard six-sided die (or you can use a dice simulator) and each player will need a pad of paper and pen.
To begin the game, each player shall receive a pen and paper. For the first round, the player closest to the deck of cards will be the Producer, all other players will be Writers.
To begin a round, all Writers shall roll the die and receive a number 1-6. Each number corresponds to a sub-genre of Holiday Film:
1. Holiday Horror (i.e.: Black Christmas, Krampus, Silent Night Deadly Night)
2. Holiday Rom-Com (i.e.: The Holiday, Love Actually, Last Christmas)
3. Holiday Fantasy (“Santa is real.”) (i.e.: Santa Clause, Elf, Fred Claus)
4. Family Comedy (i.e.: Home Alone, A Christmas Story, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation)
5. R-Rated Christmas (i.e.: Die Hard, Bad Santa, The Night Before)
6. Drama or Musical (i.e.: It’s A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, White Christmas, Miracle on 34th Street)Once the Writer has rolled the die and received a sub-genre, they should write that genre on their paper.
From the deck of cards, the Producer will deal 2 cards for every Writer to be laid face up in rows at the center of the table. (So four Writers would mean 8 cards are dealt, six Writers would mean 12 cards, etc.)
When the last card is dealt, the Producer will start a timer on their phone for five minutes and as quickly as possible, each Writer will grab one card from the table to use as the exclusive star of their movie. Once in hand, no other player may use this actor/actress.
All Writers have five minutes to come up with their best (or worst) completely original Holiday Movie pitch and hand that written pitch to the Producer.
This pitch must include four things: 1) the title of the film 2) a brief synopsis 3) the actor/actress they have chosen as the lead and 4) one or more of the actors from the remaining cards on the table as the co-star.
Once the time has elapsed, the Producer collects all the pitches and reads them aloud to the group. After all pitches have been read, the Producer will choose one Holiday Movie to receive a Green Light.
The player sitting clockwise from the Producer will become the Producer for the next round and all other players will be Writers. Place all cards from the previous round into a discard pile and draw from the deck to begin a new round.
After each player has had a turn at being the Producer, the player who has received the most Green Lights will be declared the winner.