Million Dollar Script Review

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We review Million Dollar Movie Script, a story telling party game published by Portal Games. In Million Dollar Movie Script, players are trying to come up with the best movie pitch to impress the judges.

Movie-making is big business. And today you and your scriptwriting team are going to be making a pitch to the studio execs trying to greenlight the next sci-fi masterpiece or fantasy epic. But you aren’t the only screenwriters in town and will be competing against others trying to impress those in charge.

Will you be leading the next phase of the Marvel Cinematic Universe or be destined to write jingles for local radio ads? Only time will tell. Today we are going to review Million Dollar Script, a party game published by Portal Games.

Million Dollar Script is played over five rounds where teams will develop the plot of their movie throughout the process. The first round always starts by developing a hero and a villain by drawing character cards that give them characteristics and experiences to provide a jumping off point for the storytelling. Perhaps your hero will be “A heartbroken nun who is taking medication with unexpected side effects.” And they will encounter “A superstitious ex-roommate who is determined to overthrow the government.”

With this information, teams will have to outline the villain’s goal and the kind of bad things they do to the hero to get the movie started. Each team will then make their pitch to the executive and teams can have players draw roles to provide the main narrative, dialogue, and sound effects. Executives will choose a winning team who will earn the majority of the points but can also give out points for items from the pitch they liked from other teams.

The game then continues under a