Breadline Optimists: A Film Podcast

  Screen Drafts is a film game podcast where collaborators try to create the best possible list on a film topic. Players have vetoes and veto overrides. If something is vetoed, it is only vetoed at that spot. If the veto is overridden, the movie stays at that spot. If the game ends and players still have a blessings, one veto or override per player can carry over into the next game.  Four of us (myself, my wife Vanessa and friends Nick and Scott) played on a late Tuesday night at Mulligan's pub. Everyone had an extra override. Vanessa also had an extra veto. The films eligible were Wes Craven's theatrical output (including The Fireworks Woman ), his novel  Fountain Society , a proposed The Hills Have Eyes  sequel that became something else ( Mindripper ), the third Elm Street film because Wes had a hand in the writing and a film Wes acted in called The Fear . 25 total options in all. There were sixteen total picks (four for each of us). We did all...

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 h...

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. Scott chose the topic, films featuring Satan in a role of any size, meaning any film from  Rosemary's Baby  to Petey Wheatstraw  were up for considerations. Everyone playing watched and/or had previously seen dozens of films fitting the topic.  Option A: picks 18,14, 9, 6 and 1 (comes with one veto) Option B: picks 17, 13, 11, 7 and 2 (comes with two vetoes and one override) Option C: picks 15, 12, 5 and 4 (comes with three vetoes) Option D: picks 16, 10, 8 and 3 (comes with two vetoes and two overrides) Trivia was need to determine who took what opt...