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Rette die Million!

How long was China an Empire?

 

An apple variety from 19th century England is called Cox …. Pink, Red, Orange or Green? No, we are not in “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” where you can win a million at the end when you answer all questions correctly, we are playing “Rette die Million”, where you start with a million and try to save as much of it to the end of the eighth and last round.

In this quiz game based on the TV show a quizmaster plays against a team. The team starts with chips representing 1 Million Euro and plays up to 8 rounds. First players chose one of two cards based on the category. Then the quiz master reads out the four answers provided and then the question? Depending on the round you are playing you must choose one of four, three and in the very last round one of two answers. You can put all the money on one answer or split the sum, but you must leave one answer spot empty, that means you must exclude one answer. This in turn means that, should you reach Round 8, you must know the correct answer to keep the money because one answer cannot be chosen. Money put on wrong answers is lost and out of the game. The team that stays in the game longest or – in case of a tie – wins more money wins the game. If you play with more than three the rules recommend a version in which you play a complete game for 2 players each in turn and the rest is audience.

The game provides a 1:1 copy of the show; the challenge to save as much money as you can and the handling of the actual sums introduces an element of tension into the standard mechanism of choosing the correct answer from a set of given answers.

 

Players: 2-6

Age: 12+

Time: 45+

Designer: License Endemol

Artist: Ideenfabrik, Kodiak

Price: ca. 35 Euro

Publisher: Ravensburger 2011

Web: www.ravensburger.de

Genre: Quiz game

Users: With friends

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: yes

 

Comments:

TV Show nicely implemented

Good selection of questions

Handling of money makes for flair and tension

Versions with joker or time limit

 

Compares to:

Other quiz games with choice of answers

 

Other editions:

Currently none

 

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 0

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 3

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 3

Interaction (brown): 0

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0