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Ray Bradbury/Robert Bloch Film Game

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Four of us (Nick, Scott, my wife Vanessa and I) played a game based on the podcast Screen Drafts. This is a (in this case) top 16 list making game where players get four picks each and work towards making a best of list on a given topic. Each player (depending on their pick placement as decided by trivia) has a certain number of vetoes and veto overrides. Vetoes keep things off the list at the placement where they are vetoed, but once vetoed they can be overriden (by a player other than the one who played it) or potentially played higher. We had Nick's friend Jesse join us as an observer. She was lovely and may be utilized as a host should she join us again. I suspect she influenced the game with her presence because leading up to the game I was told by the players this will be a copacetic game because most in contention films were on the same level, but once we started, the vetoes and overrides were thrown. Nick and Scott  left with overrides that carried over. V and I had a ...