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Updated 9/6/07

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What’s in the Box

• 315 CINEPLEXITY® Cards
• Two Director’s Card Trays
• Quick Play Rules

The Object of CINEPLEXITY

Players earn points by being the first to name a movie that includes elements from two CINEPLEXITY cards. The first player to earn enough points wins CINEPLEXITY!

Setting Up

1. Mix all the CINEPLEXITY cards together.
2. Fill the two wells in each of the Director’s Card Trays, placing the cards face down.
3. Choose a player to be the first director.
   The role of director rotates clockwise to the next player after each point is won.
4. Place one of the trays in front of the director and store the other tray in the box.

Playing the Game

1. The director draws one card from either well in the card tray and reads it aloud. This card is placed face-up in the center of the table.
2. The director draws a second card, reads it aloud, and places it face-up, next to the card already on the table.
                  
   When reading the cards, the director may include the categories along with the movie elements.
   Example: “…a movie with a character wearing a Uniform and a scene taking place In the Rain.”
3. Players race to call out the title of a movie that includes an element from each of the two cards. Players may continue to call out titles of movies until a movie title that satisfies both cards has
   been identified. See Allowable Titles.
   “Singin’ in the Rain,” “Saving Private Ryan,” and “The Notebook” are examples of acceptable answers. The director may not call out movie titles.
4. When the director hears an allowable title, he or she stops play and awards a CINEPLEXITY  card to
   the player who called out the title of the movie. The card awarded is the card which was first placed on the table of the two cards in play. If players are unable to identify an allowable title, a third card is drawn. See Drawing a Third Card.
5. The CINEPLEXITY card awarded to a player represents a point and is placed, face down, on the table in front of that player.
6. The director passes the card tray to the player on the left. This player becomes the new director.
7. The new director begins by reading aloud the card which is already on the table.
8. Play continues following steps 2–7 until someone has earned enough points to win CINEPLEXITY!

Winning the Game

Allowable Titles

• Movies that have been shown in theaters, made for TV movies, and movies that have gone straight to video, are all allowable.
• Foreign films, animations, and documentaries, are all allowable.
• Television shows, miniseries, and home movies, are not allowable.
• The same movie title may win a point more than once in a game, but not twice in a row.
• Sequels may win a point, but not directly after either the original movie, or another sequel to
  the same movie, has won a point.
• The complete title must be stated.
  Example: “Taxi” is not acceptable for “Taxi Driver.”
• When a CINEPLEXITY card requires a personal opinion, it’s the director’s opinion that counts. Players may want to consider the opinion of the director because he or she will be determining if the movie title is acceptable. Most of the cards in the category CRITIQUES require a personal opinion.

Director’s Guidelines

• The director must award the CINEPLEXITY card to the first player to call out an allowable title, even if other allowable titles are called out later.
• A CINEPLEXITY card may be awarded even if the director has not seen a particular movie. The director must believe, or be convinced, that the movie does include an element from each of the two cards.
• If a player does not agree with a decision, he or she may challenge the director using any movie reference material. The director may change his or her decision based on the new information. When the director makes a final determination, and moves the card tray to the next player, the decision is final.

Drawing a Third Card

Players may be unable to identify the title of a movie that includes an element from each of the two cards. After giving players a reasonable amount of time, the director draws a third card. The two cards that are on the table are read aloud followed by the third card. The third card is then placed, face-up, on the table. Players race to name the title of a movie that includes elements from any two of the three cards. If a player is successful, the director awards that player one of the two cards originally placed on the table, and discards the other. The third card remains on the table for the next turn. Play continues from Playing the Game, step 6.

If players are unable to identify a movie after the third card is added, the director discards all three cards and starts over with Playing the Game, step 1.