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melman1:
[quote name=\'Dsmith\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 11:59 AM\'] Maybe Blockbusters was cancelled, because viewers found it to be a weak game to begin with. [/quote]
 I doubt that.  Much more likely that NBC's let's air game shows / no, lets air Letterman / no, let's air games again / hey, what about soaps? / etc. schizophrenia during that period is to blame.

I thnk the weekend reruns show a quite interesting game, my only complaint being that Cullen occasionally spent way too much time in contestant intros and pleasantries.  The original run was almost 2 years with no changes in gameplay that I can think of, which I think speaks for itself.

clemon79:
[quote name=\'TLEberle\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 06:43 PM\'] If the viewers found the game weak, that's their own problem, and I would seriously doubt the intelligence of the viewing public.  Blockbusters took a cunning game of strategy and melded it with a good question/answer format.  I can't call Blockbusters a "weak game," at least with a straight face.
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I have to agree with Travis. Blockbusters (at least during the Cullen regime) was an amazing way of scaling down the game of Hex and turning it into a plausible game show. The two-on-one angle as a way to make up for the asymmetrical board was nothing short of genius.

ObGermanGaming: For those of you into German-style boardgames as well as game shows (and I know this at least includes Travis), I played Attika two days ago, which has a neat Blockbusters feel to it with a city-building theme. I like it so much I think I want my own set, but I dunno if I want it in English or German....

zachhoran:
[quote name=\'melman1\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 08:53 PM\']

I thnk the weekend reruns show a quite interesting game, my only complaint being that Cullen occasionally spent way too much time in contestant intros and pleasantries.  The original run was almost 2 years with no changes in gameplay that I can think of, which I think speaks for itself. [/quote]
 The straddled format allowed Cullen to do more chat with the players if he wanted to. As far as changes in the format, the biggest one came a month or so into the run when they went from the Gold Rush $2500/Super Gold Rush $5000 format(with a bonus after each game was won, and losing two games meant being eliminated, and 16 trips to the bonus round maximum) to the more-familiar best of three format. The only other change came when the maximum number of matches a player or team could win changed from 10 to 20.

trainman:
[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Dec 21 2003, 03:51 PM\'] Wait..what slot was "Sunset Beach" supposed to get? I know NBC didn't really have "set" time slots by the late-90s, but I remember we had it at 10 am. [/quote]
 Its official time slot was 3:00 Eastern, but NBC made it very easy on affiliates who wanted to schedule it in a different slot...in addition to an early feed in the overnight hours, they had alternate "Sunset Beach" satellite feeds at 10:00 A.M. and noon Eastern.

vtown7:

--- Quote ---ObGermanGaming: For those of you into German-style boardgames as well as game shows (and I know this at least includes Travis), I played Attika two days ago, which has a neat Blockbusters feel to it with a city-building theme. I like it so much I think I want my own set, but I dunno if I want it in English or German....

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Have you played "Settlers of Catan/Siedler von Catan"?  Now THERE'S an addictive game.  Worth getting if you like the German type strategy games.

Cheers,

Ryan :)

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