Hollywood 1947: Deluxe Edition Plus Costumes Expansion Bundle (Kickstarter Special) Facade Games

Board Game Geek Avg Player Rating: 6.50
Players: 1 to 9
Published: 2023
Content Notes: Kickstarter Exclusive Hollywood 1947: Deluxe Edition Plus Costumes Expansion Board Game by Facade Games. Includes Deluxe Edition core game, Costumes Expansion Pack, and all unlocked stretch goals. Please note: unless otherwise stated paid add ons from the Kickstarter Campaign are not included.

The year is 1947 and you are a member of the thriving movie-making industry of Hollywood. However, it is suspected that there are communists hiding among your small production studio slipping “un-Patriotic” messages, themes, props, and lines into your movies! Will you be able to find all the communists before your studio is shut down? Or will you be suspected yourself and banned from the industry?

The year is 1947 and you are a member of the thriving movie-making industry of Hollywood. However, it is suspected that there are communists hiding among your small production studio sneaking “un-patriotic” propaganda into your movies! Will you be able to create enough movie masterpieces before your studio is shut down? Or will you be suspected yourself and banned from the industry? Hollywood 1947 is a social deduction and light strategy game for 1-9 players and plays in 20-40 minutes.

We are excited to offer a Deluxe edition of the game! and we’ve pulled out all the stops! Depending on later demand, this Deluxe edition may be exclusive to Kickstarter, and at most it will be in very rare distribution. The Deluxe edition includes everything in the Standard Edition + everything listed below: 

9 Wood Loyalty Tokens | The custom wooden carved and painted pieces are used by the Deluxe-exclusive Job, the Propmaster, to add a new level of intrigue!

5 Metal Tokens | Hefty metal tokens replace the plastic tokens from the standard edition, and a 5th token is added to the game in the form of a shiny metal popcorn bucket.

3 Expansion Posters | Each poster will include a special rule for the round, increasing the intrigue and re-playability of the game. Each has been illustrated by a high-profile guest illustrator from the board game world!

3 New Characters | The characters will add even more intrigue and replay-ability to your copy of the game. 

Each reward level on Kickstarter includes the Costumes Expansion pack! This pack adds a new character into the game (The Costume Designer!) along with her sketchbook of 9 unique costumes. 

Each costume has the ability to change the game for your side at just the right moment and adds another layer of intrigue to the game. This pack will sell for $10 after Kickstarter and will not be available in wide distribution.

Included Upgrades | Unlike most Kickstarter campaigns, we’re not going to make you work for these 🙂 We have already upgraded every single component in the game with the space available in the box. Each upgrade represents our dedication to making high-quality and high-performing games at an affordable price. While we hope to include most of the upgrades listed below in future editions, costs and inflation mean they are only guaranteed for the Kickstarter 1st Edition Standard and Deluxe printings of the game.

3 Stickers | Exclusive to the 1st Edition standard and deluxe editions, we will include 3 large stickers in your copy of the game showcasing 3 favorite posters from the game! 

In the game each player will secretly be a Patriot, Communist, or Rising Star. Each round every player will have a unique Job to perform (such as the Screenwriter, Gaffer, Director, Actor, Editor, etc). These jobs will affect what kind of movie is getting made that round, what cards are in players’ hands, and who will receive special information. Players can choose to skip their jobs to instead re-roll any two of the dice in the game. At the end of each round the players with stars showing on their dice will get to add a card into the movie.

The game happens in up to 7 rounds. In each round a certain genre of movie will be made as indicated by the movie poster for the round. The Screenwriter can use their turn to choose between two genres. Otherwise, a random genre is drawn.

Players will each get a turn to perform their unique job. These jobs affect the cards in players’ hands, the types of movie being made, abilities to add extra cards, etc.

Instead of performing their job, any player can use their turn to re-roll any two dice.

After all players have taken their turn the players with stars showing on their dice will add a card from their hand face down into the center.  Open discussion about which cards were added is encouraged, but players on the Communist and Rising Star teams may try to deceive the others.

One card is added from the deck, the cards are shuffled, and one is removed. (If they use their special abilities, the Composer and Editor may influence this step).

The cards are revealed and the team with the most symbols (including the symbol on that round’s genre poster) wins the round! A round with tied symbols goes to the communist team. Indicate the winning team with that team’s matching film strip. The first team to 4 victories wins the game! The player with the Rising Star loyalty is only out for themselves and aims to make the game go to the 7th round and make the final round a tie or +1 for either side.

We’re proud to claim that Hollywood 1947 is one of those “easy to learn, hard to master” games that you can teach in a few minutes but enjoy mastering for years to come!

The added cards will be shuffled, one will be removed, and the rest will be revealed. The team with the majority of revealed symbols (including the symbols on that round’s movie poster) wins the round! Indicate the winning team for the round by placing that team’s matching film-strip over the movie poster. The first team to win 4 rounds wins the game! The Rising Star plays both sides by trying to make the game go to 7 rounds and making the 7th round a tie.

Hollywood 1947 is a social deduction game. You must never show your cards or loyalty to anyone, but you may say whatever you’d like about the cards you put into a movie, or about your true allegiance. Open discussion about which cards were added into a movie is encouraged. However, if you are a Communist or the Rising Star, lying will often help you accomplish your goals since the majority of players will be Patriots.

That’s a wrap. Most players get the hang of the game after only a few minutes. So let’s go make some movies, but be careful who you trust!

Hollywood 1947 is the 5th standalone game in the Dark Cities Series by Facade Games. Previous games in the series include Salem 1692, Tortuga 1667, Deadwood 1876, and Bristol 1350.

–from publisher

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