Version 1.0
PBM by Howard Bishop 2024
The players have a simple task to identify the records in Howard's record collection. The slight wrinkle being that Howard doesn't really know what he has and where half of them are.
In each round, players suggest 6 titles of albums that may exist in Howard's house somewhere. Each of the 6 must be by a different recording artist and can't be by a recording artist that anyone has used in a previous round. They can also play a joker in each round by nominating one of their 6 as a potential double point score.
No Greatest Hits, Various Artists, Film Soundtracks or anything by Kings Of Leon. Also, it must be clear who the recording artist is, which effectively excludes Classical records.
For each title suggested, Howard will search the house for a copy of said record. If he finds one it scores points as shown in the table below, shared by any players who suggested it, i.e. if you're the only person to guess it in round 1, you get 6 points; if two players guess it, they score 3 points each, etc. If you played your joker your score is doubled After any jokers are applied, all fractions are rounded down.
| Round | Base Score |
|---|---|
| 1 | 6 |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 8 |
| 6 | 10 |
In the game report, the GM will provide a cumulative list of all the recording artists used to that point.
The game is played over 6 rounds. Highest score wins.
Any players who fail to submit orders by the deadline score zero.
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