The Rules – Cinemaniacal

1. Setting Up

Gather your friends. Designate a phone to use during the first round or volunteer your own. Open the IMDb app. Use this link to access the official Cinemaniacal Ultimate Movie Lists on IMDb. Pick your genre/topic/category. Don't select the list until everyone is ready to play. Generally, if you are using your phone, you get to choose. Alternatively, if you're undecided or just feeling generous, put it to a vote.

Decide who goes first. You can start everything off yourself, or pass the phone off to whomever you like. The player with the phone is the "Announcer" and the person providing all the clues as other players try to guess which movie you have chosen from the list. As the Announcer, you are calling the shots, so you should feel free to put some style into it as you give out the clues.

When you're ready, pull up the first movie from the list and begin.

2. Begin Play

A basic rule of thumb when selecting a movie is this: 3 up, 1 down. You move "down" the list by swiping left and back "up" the list by swiping right. On your turn, you can swipe left (or down) no more than three moves. If you don't see what you like by then, you must either accept the movie you are currently on or you can swipe right (or up) one time to select the previous title. Once you swipe right, you are locked in.

All the clues you need are available on the IMDb page when you click the movie title. The year, rating, and genre(s) are all just below the title and they are "free" clues. Generally speaking, just about everything else on the IMDb page is free game to use as clues. You can also improvise clues of your own under the appropriate circumstances.

You begin giving clues and the other players attempt to guess your movie. The exact mechanics differ depending on the number of players and the type of game you're playing, but the goal is the same. Obscure clues are more fun and more points. Obvious clues are easier and less points.

3. Scoring & Winning

But no one said you really even have to keep score. If you don't want to, then don't; just play for fun. Actually, the idea is to have fun either way so we're not even going to discuss points yet.

Start by giving the IMDb star rating, then CAREFULLY read the brief plot summary (the first block of text right next to the picture of the movie poster). For the serious movie lovers among you, that might be all you need.

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