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Movie Fight

Game ID: GID0218518
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2025
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Description

Get ready for Movie Fight, the card game where you build the most epic cinema lineup! Strategically collect blockbuster films and key features to attract audiences and earn popcorn as victory points. Over 12 rounds, outwit your rivals, craft the perfect combinations, and prove your cinema reigns supreme. Will your strategy steal the spotlight, or will you fade into the credits?

On your turn, select a double-sided card and place it in your cinema as either a viewer or a movie on the screen. Viewers have specific requirements, while movies trigger effects that may also influence your opponents. Strategically combine elements in your cinema to maximize your victory points!

—description from the designer

Description

Get ready for Movie Fight, the card game where you build the most epic cinema lineup! Strategically collect blockbuster films and key features to attract audiences and earn popcorn as victory points. Over 12 rounds, outwit your rivals, craft the perfect combinations, and prove your cinema reigns supreme. Will your strategy steal the spotlight, or will you fade into the credits?

On your turn, select a double-sided card and place it in your cinema as either a viewer or a movie on the screen. Viewers have specific requirements, while movies trigger effects that may also influence your opponents. Strategically combine elements in your cinema to maximize your victory points!

—description from the designer

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Sentiment: pos 1 · mix 1 · neu 0 · neg 1
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Video Gsew5C2__sY Board Gaming Ramblings Unboxing at 16:59 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
none
Cons
  • Didn't provide much enjoyment.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • nobody, including us, need this many games.
  • This is Divan. Mhm. I don't know anything about this game. I bought it because it looks beautiful.
  • This could have easily been a Reiner Knizia game I feel like.
  • And I love a reason to play Lost Ruins of Arnak Lost Ruins of Arnak because I think it's a great game.
  • We have to empty our unplayed game shelf from everything that's not 2025 releases and then we'll put it in there and the rest go on the floor until we manage to play them.
  • And it's based on the problem called what is called again it's based on the seven bridges of somewhere.
  • I feel kind of like bad about bringing a hundred games back home.
  • I I usually they go in, they go out. And that's also the thing like if I haven't played a game in a month, I will not remember the rules most of the time.
  • The longest line I saw was for coffee. In the morning before the whole office.
  • What's more important for you for the channel? Playing the popular ones or the less known niche ones?
  • My favorite animal beside the monkey which is my favorite animal. The capybara.
  • We are basically very lucky because we share a lot of hobbies.
  • The building thing Ah, it was too much building. I didn't like that too much.
  • It's been super fun. It's so many people. It's been so long since we did a live.
  • Thank you so much for watching. Like it. We wouldn't have done this if it wasn't for you.
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Video wk6YBpx7YUo Rahdo Runs Through Top List at 56:57 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
Very Positive
Pros
  • Wonderful game on the movie business theme
  • Plays super fast
  • Really clever
  • Does so much with so little
Cons
  • Not in the host's top 10 games of all time, but still excellent.
Thematic elements
  • Movie Production and Business
  • Movie Business
Comparison games
  • Roleplayer
  • Popcorn
  • Movie Tricks
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Card Drafting — Players draft one of three cards each turn.
  • Hand Management — Players manage cards to play them in different ways.
  • Multi-Use Cards — Each card functions as potentially four different things depending on placement.
  • Tableau Building — Cards are played to a player's 'movie theater' to represent movies, customers, or objectives.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • And countryside is a freaking phenomenal.
  • This is one of the best engine building games I have played this year.
  • It is very likely going to make it into my top 10 games of the year. It is that good.
  • My number three of the month is Rising Cultures.
  • Number two is Druids of Adora.
  • It's classic feld, making a comeback.
  • Number one, Furnish Duel.
  • A game that will not be coming out until 2026 will very likely make it into my top 10 games of 2026.
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Video JSiw8HfGlXg The Dice Tower Discussion at 5:09 sentiment: negative
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Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
none
Cons
  • Too many symbols for the game's size
  • Messy card sliding mechanism
  • Weak theme
  • Boring actions
  • Difficult to teach
  • Takes a while to score
Thematic elements
  • running a movie theater
  • matching symbols
Comparison games
  • Pond Scape
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Area Control — Cards are tucked under the board as screens or audience members.
  • Card Drafting — Players draft cards to add as screens or audience members.
  • Hand Management — Players manage a hand of cards to place on their screen or audience side.
  • Set Collection — Players aim to collect sets of movie types, equipment, or tickets for scoring.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • These are six games that I did not particularly enjoy at all and I'm going to tell you a little bit about them and a little bit about why I don't like them.
  • Unfortunately, the highest I rate any of them is a five, but let's get started.
  • The prince player to me just makes the game tremendously unfun.
  • This is a very small game that has too many symbols for how small it is and that's really my problem with the game.
  • It's just an amusing thing for a very brief moment. Once you pass that brief moment, it's not amusing anymore.
  • Artwork is fantastic. Unfortunately, that's the best I can say about this game.
  • Oh no, we crashed is 52-card pickup.
  • This is not a very good game for me, a four out of 10.
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