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We played Screen Drafts to determine the best John Carpenter films

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Screen Drafts is a popular podcast.  This is a version of the screen drafts game where 4 people chose the best (ideally) 18 films that fit into a draft topic with trivia, vetoes (which eliminate a pick at that spot) and veto overrides (which keep a vetoed pick at the spot it was vetoed) thrown in to keep the game interesting. My name is Dennis. My wife, Vanessa, played and our friends Scott and Nick played as well. Vanessa chose the topic, films directed by John Carpenter. We also included films where Carpenter was only the composer ( John Carpenter Retrospective Live , the DGG trilogy, Firestarter ), the screenwriter ( Black Moon Rising , Eyes of Laura Mars ) or even an actor ( Studio 666) . 31 films in all. We watched or had seen recently enough all of them. Below are the placements which are decided by trivia. A player who has not used one veto or one override in the previous game can add it to their next game. Nick came into this game with an extra veto. Everyone else had a