How
to Play
"anim5
- The Home Game"
What You'll Need:
___The printed
pages that create the Game
___Adhesive tape
and Scissors <-- ( Kids,ask a grown-up! )
___An empty coffee
can
___A few pens
and pencils
___Rubber bands
___A glass of
water in the 'fridge
___A phone book
___An old magazine
( Disposable. NOT a keepsake from the 1940's PLEASE! )
___Snack Food!
( chips, Doodles, pretzels etc. - - and at least 1 wrapped
candy bar.)
___A Nickel,
Penny, Dime and Quarter
Useful, but
not essential:
___A Kitchen
Timer
___A video Camera.
( Trust us, if you play this game right, you'll want a tape for posterity.)
BUILDING
THE GAME
It's recomended
that you set aside enough time to Make the Game before playing it.
The
actual game construction is a piece-a'-cake!
The hardest part
of the whole process is cutting out the Paper Players.
Once you've got them cut out and standing, the rest is EASY.
Remember: Neatness Does NOT count!
We have also found
that singing Viking Songs or Whistling T.V. Theme songs makes the process
a whole lot more enjoyable. Just watch those Scissors.
Step 1
Print
out the Game Pages.
( Those of
you with any amount of craft skill can skip these instructions entirely
once you see the game pages. There really isn't any order you need to follow
for this. )
Step 2
Trim only the
Edges of the Game Board that need to meet, and tape them together.
It only takes
a few pieces of tape, and lining them up EXACTLY is the kind of thing they
make you do at work, so... DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.
Step 3
Cut
out the Action and Penalty Cards like so:
Fold'em over and
throw a few pieces of tape around the edges so you get the card instructions
on one side and the picture on the other.
Step 4
Cut
out the Paper Players.
You can get away
with just TWO for the game, but you may want more depending on how rough
things get for them.
Step 5
Cut out the Dice
Again, you only
need one to play.
You also don't
need to make the thing a perfect square. IT'S JUST A GAME.
Step 6
Cut
out the Card Monster and "assemble":
Just Curl the
lower portion into a tube.
Step 7
Gaze longingly
out the window, wondering when the days of Disco and 8-Tracks will return.
Step 8
Put
away the Scissors!
Step
9
Separate the Action
and Penalty cards, shuffle them and put them in two piles wherever it's
easiest to get at them.
Hunker Down and
Get ready to be extremely silly.
PLAYING
THE GAME
This is a game
for Two to Four players, but if you have more folks around, it's still
easy for them to participate.
Each Player selects
a coin. ( Penny, Nickel etc.)
These are the
markers placed on the board to indicate where the player is, starting where
it says: START HERE ( yes, I DO hear millions of people out there saying,
" . . . well DUH! " )
Next,
Shuffle the PERMITS
face down, and select one per player. Once you have the permit, Practice
using it. Use it to the point where you become annoying!
It's a PERMIT
!
Next,
Each Player must
now do a Jack Nicholson impersonation. ( Subsequent game play calls for
a new celebrity to be selected each time.)
The player that
does the BEST impersonation goes first. Players then take turns going
clockwise from that player.
Next,
Roll the Die.If
it lands on the board, it doesn't count.Take turns, moving your
coin along the white "road" according to the number on the die.
From here on in,
it's totally NO-BRAIN stuff. If you land on an action or penalty square,
pick up the correct card and follow the instructions. Once you're done
with the card, feed it to the CARD MONSTER, while making chomping gobbling
sounds. ( <-- YES you MUST do this! ) If you run out of one Kind of
card, just use what's left of the others. Some of the squares, as you've
seen, give their OWN instructions.
YOU
WIN THE GAME BY BEHAVING FOOLISHLY AND HAVING FUN!
PLAY
IT FAST! PLAY IT LOUD! VIDEO TAPE IT !
Make as many copies
of the Game Pages as you Want! Hand 'em out to Friends, bring'em to parties,
JUST DON'T SELL THEM.
If you have a
good time playing, please E-Mail us and let us know!
Version II will
depend on that!
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2000 - anim5