Match this!Here's a game in which each move names an actor, and each actor starred in at least one film with those actors to whom they are linked by lines on the board -- and in the entire game, no movie is claimed as a link if it was already in play.
The links are verifiable via the Internet Movie Database:
http://www.imdb.comand thus games played according to these rules can be scored competitively for an indisputable win / draw / lose result. This is an important consideration, since competitive play with definitive outcome is the preferred style of a large segment of the gaming public.Note:
This is an ideal game to look at if you want to see how board positions and the links between them correspond to game moves (in this case the stars) and the links between them (in this case, the movies)*The links are as follows:Dean Martin and John Wayne starred together in Rio BravoAnn-Margret and John Wayne starred together in Train Robbers
Ann-Margret and Dean Martin starred together in Murderer's RowJack Elam and John Wayne starred together in Rio Lobos
Jack Elam and Dean Martin starred together in Cannonball Run II
Jack Elam and Ann-Margret starred together in Pocketful of MiraclesVictor Buono and John Wayne starred together in Greatest Story Ever Told
Victor Buono and Dean Martin starred together in Silencers
Victor Buono and Jack Elam starred together in 4 for TexasStrother Martin and John Wayne starred together in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Strother Martin and Dean Martin starred together in Sons of Katie Elder
Strother Martin and Ann-Margret starred together in VillainAnita Ekberg and John Wayne starred together in Blood Alley
Anita Ekberg and Jack Elam starred together in Artists and Models
Anita Ekberg and Victor Buono starred together in Northeast of SeoulDick Van Dyke and Ann-Margret starred together in Bye-bye Birdie
Dick Van Dyke and Dean Martin starred together in What a Way To Go
Dick Van Dyke and Jack Elam starred together in Never a Dull MomentSlim Pickens and Strothers Martin starred together in The Flim-Flam Man
Slim Pickens and Ann-Margret starred together in Stagecoach
Slim Pickens and Jack Elam starred together in The CowboysJohn (I) McIntire and Slim Pickens starred together in Rough Night in Jericho
John (I) McIntire and John Wayne starred together in Rooster Cogburn
John (I) McIntire and Anita Ekberg starred together in Mississippi Gambler
Note (eg) the use of (eg) The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance rather than Rooster Cogburn as the Strother Martin / John Wayne link, allowing Rooster Cogburn to be available for Wayne and McIntire --each link claimed is for a different film.