Monday, April 08, 2024

#62: Showmanager (Mark's Top 100 2024)


Showmanager

  • rank: 2,057
  • rating: 7.0
  • published: 1996
  • designer: Dirk Henn
Print Status
  • out of print
Why It's On The List
  • A wonderful card-drafting game that whips along at a breakneck pace and offers a consistently enjoyable gaming experience as the players cast (and miscast) theater productions.
Tips & Tricks:
  • You don't have to be a card counter to do well - but it is good to know what "9" cards are remaining in each show.
  • You do not have enough money - so you're going to have to accept that one of your four shows is going to be, well, a flop.
  • Use your flop show to borrow money - a common tactic is put on a flop, put it in the lowest point value city & then take the maximum amount of money out of the show.
Extras
  • While I'm very glad there is a reprint available (though it's OOP as well), I do want to note that the two included variants are not necessary to enjoy the game.
  • Thankfully, the truly inferior version of the game (Atlantic Star) is out of print. 
  • And, no, I haven't ever played the original version, Premiere.
  • Showmanager scales really well for 3-6 players... I'm least fond of 4 but it still works well.
  • Here's what I wrote about Showmanager for The One Hundred.

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