The Movie-Making Board Game Is Your Next Great Tabletop Adventure

To shoot your film, leverage both the shotlist — 43 cards that include both storyboards and dialogue — with the cast cards. There are six required roles in the Mafia Edition of “Road To Hollywood,” but there are also four extra players that can be “written into” the story with optional dialogue options. From here, players will record each of the scenes into the app directly. Once the shoot is done, the app will serve as your Thelma Schoonmaker, editing together your footage and adding music in all the right places to transform your party experience into a genuine short film.

While some players will jump at the chance to be on camera, “Road To Hollywood” also offers a handful of behind-the-scenes responsibilities to people who may be less comfortable with being recorded. This also reinforces the collaborative nature of filmmaking. Directors and actors often get all the love, but each successful film is the result of hundreds of talented people handling a variety of (sometimes thankless) tasks. Catering only seems simple until your partner, the star, starts to get a little hangry.