DVD game? Scene It! (Mattel Scene It? - The DVD Game)

Member Name: mrbusy62

Product:	Mattel Scene It? - The DVD Game
Date:	08/10/09 (22 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: A good variety of questions for a board game

Disadvantages: Tough for the kiddies

Scene It! The cause of family disputes and slamming doors in our house. But that's because I know all the answers.

We got this about 3/4 years ago as we are all film buffs and I must admit some of it is difficult, especially for the younger family members. I think this is what spawned the teenage tantrums to be honest.

The game is like many others. There is a board, two dice (one umbered, one for a category), four film related counters, a box of question card for three categories, and a pack of Buzz cards.

To decide who goes first role the nubered dice and the highest starts.

At this stage pop in the DVD and follow the on screen instructions. To play you simply role the numbered dice and move your counter forward that number of squares. You then role the category dice to select the question. It may be a category from the cards such as taglines for movies or it may be the DVD. If it' the DVD the categories are 'My PLay' for your team only or 'All Play for all teams. 'All Play' gets very fraught as you can steal control of the board easily.

If you land on a 'Buzz' sqaure you take a 'Buzz' card and follow the instructions such as move forward x splace, or move back x spaces. Standard stuff.

Now, here's the science bit. The final cut is tough to follow and we have tried it in various ways. My advice s read the instructions and interpret as you wish. We came up with a much better ending than the game with the 'All Play to Win'.

The questions can be tough. My favourite was watching a clip of Titanic with Kate and Leo in the sea after the ship went down. We were all shouting the name, director, actor, actress, year. The question? How many times did Kate Winslet say 'Jack'? We never got that right.

Other questions show scenes with no ctors in them or 'hangman type games', there is also cryptic clue on the DVD. All in there is plenty of variety. As with all games though if you play it often enough questions repeat and you can get booster packs. We picked up the booster in a Tesco sale for around £5 but it is normally about £15.

Still good value for money for a fun family night in.

Summary: Fun family game.