Awkward Family Photos Greatest Hits Rulebook

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Object Of The Game
• The Set-Up
• How Do You Play?
• How Do You Win?
• Notes On Play

Contents

300 Movie Line Cards, 50 double-sided Awkward Family Photo® Cards (100 images) and a Card Box to hide/hold photos during play.

Object Of The Game

Be the player to win the most turns after 3-4 full rounds (depending on the # of players) by playing the Movie Line Card that best captions the Awkward Family Photo® in play.

The Set-Up

1. Place the box of Awkward Family Photo® cards in the middle of the play area.
2. Shuffle all of the Movie Line Cards and deal every player seven cards facedown. Players should keep their cards hidden from other players. The extra Movie Line Cards should be kept facedown close to the play area.
3. The youngest player starts the game. Play moves clockwise.

How Do You Play?

On your turn, you will play the role of "The Critic" and ultimately decide who wins the turn. Here is how you play:

1. Pick any one Awkward Family Photo® card from the box, look at both sides of the card, and decide which photo you want to play by placing that side of the card face-up for all players to see.
2. All other players should look at the photo (hopefully chuckling) and decide which one of their seven Movie Line Cards best captions the image. Players place their selected card facedown in the middle of the play area (hopefully chuckling again).
3. Once every player has made their selection, collect and shuffle all cards (so you don't know who played which card) and read aloud each movie line with Pacino/Streep/Ferrell-like skills.
   • You likely won't know every movie reference, but pay attention to the movie's genre and give each line a dramatic read as it relates to the photo. Table talk is encouraged…so long as players don't reveal which card they did or did not play!
4. You, The Critic, choose which movie line best captions the photo in play. Whoever played the "favorite" Movie Line Card wins the turn and keeps the photo card in their personal play area to keep track of their wins.
5. All used Movie Line Cards are removed from the play area, and every player who played a Movie Line Card (everyone except you, The Critic) picks a new Movie Line Card to maintain seven cards at the start of every new turn. Play moves clockwise, so the player to your left will start a new turn by picking the next Awkward Family Photo® card from the box.

How Do You Win?

In a 4-5 Player game, the player with the most amount of turns won after four full rounds of play (where every player is The Critic four times) wins the game. In a 6-8 Player game, we recommend a winner after three full rounds of play. You can always play 2-3 rounds for a shorter game. If two or more players are tied after the set # of rounds, keep playing until there is one winner OR end with a draw. Your call.

Notes On Play

• Don't cry like a baby if your Movie Line Card is not picked as the favorite. The Critic is always right.
• If you want...allow all players one chance to trade in up to three of their Movie Line Cards for three new cards at the end of each of the first two full rounds.
• If you only have 2-3 players, we recommend you have a trivia battle where players each grab a stack of Movie Line Cards and take turns reading aloud movie lines. The first player to guess what movie the line is from wins the card. The first player with five cards wins.
• You can always add your own awkward family photos to the game. Also, you can add additional movie lines by printing blank Movie Line Cards from AllThingsEqual.Games, which provides images and information for all of our popular, family/party games.