I’ve always loved board games.
I’ve always loved Broadway.
So . . . using the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup theory (putting two things together that are fantastic on their own with the hopes of creating something even more fantastic), I created a Broadway Board Game called . . . wait for it . . . Be A Broadway Star!
Yep, forget X-Box and iPhone apps, we took it old school.
Inspired by the classic games of everybody’s youth–Life, Monopoly, Encore, Charades, and more–I’m proud to announce that today we are officially releasing a brand new board game where you play the role of a Broadway Star-to-Be!
Fun, right? Well, wait until you play!
Just like the life of a real wannabe Broadway actor, you’ll roll the dice and go through acting school, buy pictures and resumes, try and get an agent, and of course, audition, audition, and audition some more!
You’ll even get “make or break” moments that challenge your best Broadway skills!
The player that gets to the Broadway Hall of Fame first, and has the most fans, wins!
It’s interactive, it’s Broadway and from what our focus group players said, it’s a heck of a lot of fun!!!
And it goes without saying that we think it’s a must for anyone on your holiday list this year that has ever even uttered the word Broadway.
Buy it online at BeABroadwayStar.com.
The game will be in stores soon, but as with everything I do, I wanted my blog readers to be the first to get it . . . especially since there are only a limited number of games available. As you can imagine, developing and building a game is quite a process, so we ordered a very small quantity for this first batch. Because the holiday season is approaching, we do expect to sell out fast. So snatch ‘em up.
(Oh, and after you get it, we’ll be having a contest to see who can come up with the best “drinking game” version . . . so start thinking).
Special thanks to Travis Ferguson, Melissa Heller, Blair Ingenthron, Rick Menard, and my entire DTE team for putting in the extra effort to make this happen. You should have seen their faces the day I came into the office and said, “I wanna make a Broadway Board Game!” Thanks for helping to make another Davenport dream come true, guys and dolls.
Click here for more info, including how to play . . . Be A Broadway Star!
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This is why I have such respect for you. An idea pops in your head and you make it happen. Totally inspirational
as for drinking for the drinking game I’d say one rule should be every time your piece auditions it then goes to the bar. Were you and the piece drink 3 times to try to forget about how your going to pay your rent this month.
A game that might interest you more is “The Broadway Game” ( http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/477/the-broadway-game ). This game, which came out in the 1980s, involves getting investors for shows, going out of town on tryouts, and then going onto Broadway, with the goal of making a profit for your investors. I’ve played it (I got a copy through the BoardGameGeek marketplace), and it is reasonably good (although long… about 2 hrs), but the endgame is weak. Still you need to look at it.
[You should also go to BoardGameGeek and add your new game to the database: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/ ]
I have seen this game, but I’ve never played it. Is it cool?
Thanks for the tip!
Basically, the game (which is roll and move, to some extent) consists for three acts and a finale. In Act I, you are moving around the inner track, investing in the available shows for either a full or a discount price. Once a show has a full set of 10 investors (Act II), you move to the out of town tryout track, where you have do to things like meet payrolls, etc. If you can’t cover that from the initial investment, you have to go to your investors for money, and if they don’t have the funds, they may have to sell shares, which might move you to have to find investors again. If you make it through out of town tryouts, you open on Broadway, but again have to handle costs which could result in the show closing and having to go out of town again. Once all the shows have opened, there is an end-game with an odd voting scheme — perhaps the weakest part of the game.
There don’t appear to be any copies in the BGG Marketplace, although there are some for trade ( http://www.boardgamegeek.com/collection/items/boardgame/477?fortrade=1 ). Perhaps you could trade for a copy of your new game.
Just went to purchase it but the shipping to Toronto is $24.00 – a bit too steep for me (works out to $54 grand total – and they’ll probably ding me for HST at the border). Let me know if you ever have distribution up here and I’ll be the first to buy.
you’re so awesome
Would it be fun if you actually had starred on Broadway? In multiple shows?
It’s somehow similar to Billionaire. I wanna try this one.
Another cool board game is created. This will totally clique in the mass.
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