Sample Game Mechanics

FACT or BLUFF

MECHANICS

1.      “Fact or Bluff” is a unique educational game show adapted from the famous Filipino television game show “Celebrity Bluff” and it is open to all bona fide VSU students. Participants must consist three members, may the team be consisted of uniform representatives of a particular organization or a heterogeneous team of members with different courses.

2.      There shall be three important and highly profiled persons in the game, whose identities shall be revealed as the game commence. These persons shall be called “The Bluffers”. They will either help or wile the players by providing diverse answers or clues to the questions.

3.      The game shall have three rounds namely: “Believe Me or Not”, “Word War”, and “Final Four”.

4.      In round one entitled“Believe Me or Not”, ten questions shall be called on for respective answers. Each of the Bluffers, who shall represent a corresponding letter as an option, will provide possible answers after each question is open up to view. The players shall have to choose which Bluffer they feel to be telling the staunch or true answer and henceforth, shall write the corresponding letter on a piece of mini-illustration board that will be provided to each team before the start of the game. The boards shall be raised after an allotted time of five seconds. Teams shall earn corresponding points of five per correct answer. Should ties exist; a question or set of questions shall be given until the qualifying slots for the next round will be recognized.

5.      In the second round entitled “Word War”, the remaining teams shall strive to solve ten word puzzles to advance to the next round. The Bluffers, this time, shall give clues about the desired word before each puzzle will be revealed. The participants may base their answers to the clues about the word which will be given by “The Bluffers”. An ample time of ten seconds shall be given to the players in solving and writing the correct word on their mini-illustration board. Every correct answer shall be given ten points. The total points garnered by the remaining teams from round one up to this round shall be accumulated to recognize qualifying teams for the final round. Should ties exist; a question or set of questions shall be give until the qualifying slots for the next round will be recognized.

6.      The last round of the game is entitled “Final Four”. By this round, scores of the remaining teams shall be wiped back to zero. Five questions shall be asked with six choices per question. Each question shall have four possible answers which the remaining teams must be able to identify from the six given choices. The Bluffers will give their suggested answers to the questions but it is completely up to the contestants whether to accept or ignore them. The six choices shall be presented in the slides with corresponding letters, hence, teams must write the four choices on their board. Twenty seconds will be given to the players to choose and write all their answers. Teams to get all four of a particular question shall earn twenty points, and after the final round, the top three teams shall be recognized as the first, second and third winners respectively.

NOTES

1.      For the convenience of everyone, all questions shall only be based from general information and current events. Questions per round shall be randomly presented.

2.      Protests concerning a question at any round during the game shall be entertained before proceeding to another question and shall only be addressed to the arbiters.

3.      Elimination per round shall be subjected to the number of participating teams. Formal announcements of the elimination procedures shall be done as the game commence.

4.      Interested teams shall send an SMS for reservation of registration with the following format: FACTorBLUFF [space] [name of the team/ organization] [name of the sender]. The SMS shall be forwarded to either of these contact numbers: +63916-1891015 (Deter), +639919-8471194 (Leo), +63935-2303364 (Mae). The registration shall only be confirmed at the actual date and place of the game. Walk-in registrants will also be welcomed.

5.      Participating teams shall pay a registration fee of Php 30.00. The registration will start at 4:00PM and the game proper at 4:30PM. The venue will be at EB-SLH.

6.      All teams shall be given with certificates of participation. Winning teams shall receive the following prizes:

            1^st place -         Php700.00 (with Certificate of Participation)

            2^nd place -        Php500.00 (with Certificate of Participation)

            3^rd place -         Php300.00 (with Certificate of Participation)