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RULES
HOLLYWOOD
BABYLON
ADULT DRINKING GAME 3 TO 6 PLAYERS  Description of the Game:-
Influenced
by Kenneth Angers book of the same name and other references this game
simulates the interaction that the quest for fame and celebrity brings
between
those that seek it and those that follow it. And
where else does the link between celebrity and the camera exist more
than the
centre of the city of angels and the film industry. The
obsession that many have for celebrity often has a much darker side and
those
Hollywood dreams don’t always go as planned. From
the days of silent film and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle’s career destroying
rape of
the actress Virginia Rappe resulting her death to the shattered dreams
of the
young would be starlet Peggy Entwistle’s decision to suicide off the
old
Hollywood Hills sign, celebrity scandals and tragedies are a constant
food
source for camera cowboys out to make a buck through the gossip
tabloids
selling to a ghoulish public right up to the present day. Basically
a drinking game and not brain taxing each player plays the role of a
rogue
photo journalist whose ethical behaviour is often under question while
walking
the Boulevard of broken dreams moonlighting as paparazzi. This
is Hollywood Babylon. To collect
more money (clean or dirty) than your opponents within a set period of
time agreed to by all players. Description of Playing
Parts:- 1. Playing Board. There are forty playing spaces around the perimeter of the
board and two card stack positions shown within the perimeter.
THE BOARD
There are twenty four
blank playing
spaces and sixteen that require some form of action that will involve a
money
pick up or money return. The centre playing space
on each side
of the board has a “Charlie Chaplin” image representing a $1,000 “clean
money”
pick up each time a player lands on it as payment for general
photographic
work. Each side also has a
“Hollywood Star”
image playing space which works in conjunction with “clean money” cards
that
have both the Hollywood Star and Charlie Chaplin images on the back
face.
Players landing on this space pick up from the clean money card stack
and
respond to it. Two sides have a playing
space with a
“movie reel” image and another two sides have a playing space with a
“blood
splatter” image that all work in conjunction with “dirty or blood
money” cards
that have both the movie reel and blood splatter images on the back
face.
Players landing on these spaces pick up from the blood money card stack
and
respond to it. Two opposite corner
playing spaces
have a photographer image and work in conjunction with a laminated
“photo
shoot” form and marking pen. When landing on one of these spaces a
player picks
up the laminated form which has its own explanation written on it. Two opposite corner
playing spaces
have the image of a gavel / plate and work in conjunction with a
laminated
“litigation” form and marking pen. When landing on one of these spaces
a player
picks up the laminated form which has its own explanation written on
it. 2. Cards. There are a total of one
hundred
playing cards of two types. Fifty “clean money” cards. The fifty Hollywood Star/Charlie Chaplin cards tell a Hollywood News story for major newspaper publishers and involve a dice throw for clean money when acting more in the role of a photo journalist.
Fifty “dirty/blood” money
cards. The
fifty Film Reel/Blood Splatter cards tell more scandalous
and ghoulish Hollywood stories for the gossip magazine publications and
involve
a dice throw for blood money when acting more in the role of a
paparazzi
photographer
3. Laminated Photo Shoot
Form There is one laminated photo shoot form to be used wiped clean and reused by all players on each occasion a player lands on the photo shoot space.  4. Laminated Litigation
Form.
There is one laminated
Litigation
form to be used wiped clean and reused by all players on each occasion
a player
lands on the photo shoot space.
5. Money. There are two types of money “clean” and “blood” in note values of $1,000, $5,000 and $10,000.
There
are two 1 to 6 dice one “clean money white” and one “blood money red"
7. Pawns There are six players’
pawns of six
different colours and although described as a game for 3 to 6 players
it is not
restricted to that number. To Play Each player collects
$20,000 ($10,000
white clean money and $10,000 red blood money) to begin. Placing their pawns on any
blank
playing space and having decided an order of play continue clockwise
around the
board by throwing the white 1-6 dice. After a predetermined time
for play
has expired players tally their monies to determine a winner.   
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