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1996 Ranked #2,014

Show Manager

Theater-production drafting game where players cast actors to assemble four successful shows. Each performer must fit the right production, so every pick balances completing your own stage lineup with denying talent to the competition.

Family Games Card Game Auction: Dutch Open Drafting Series: Yellow Wave Box (Queen)

Players

2-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

2.09/5

Rating

6.99

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

The players put together four shows in any order. To accomplish this, players draft actor cards from a constantly changing queue of cards.

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The players put together four shows in any order. To accomplish this, players draft actor cards from a constantly changing queue of cards. Each card represents actors of varying skills at roles. Once a player puts together all the needed roles for a show, the value is judged against all the other productions of that type, with points given relative to the other productions. This is a Queen Games reprint of the db-Spiele original, Premiere.

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Play and group

Players
2–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Dirk Henn

Artists

3
Jo Hartwig Reinhard Horst Oliver Schlemmer

Publishers

1
Queen Games