Overview

Before the Game:

• Each person is issued 8 cards each.
• These cards swap out only when played. However, you have the ability to choose to swap out all 8 cards at the start of a round (prior to the judge’s prompt).
• If you have 3-5 people playing, there will be one judge per round that rotates throughout the game.
• If you have 6 or more people playing, refer to the Multiple Judge’s section.
• Judge will start off each round with a pitch subject. The Judge can choose from the Judge’s prompt or make up a subject on their own.
  • (Note, in the judge’s prompt, the list titles are meant for categorization and do not necessarily mean pitchers must comply with that title. For example, hair salon is listed as a place but they could pitch a product for hair salons to use).
• If playing with 4 or more players, Judge will then spin dial to determine whether it will be a team round or an individual round (refer to Teams Section Below).
• Everyone gets up to 60 seconds at the beginning of each round to brainstorm.

Individual Round:

• Round goes clockwise, with the person to the judge’s left starting first.
• Each pitch will be timed for 60 seconds. You can use a phone timer (recommended) or the included sand timer.
• Each pitch must include at least two of your cue words, where the words are stated out loud and considered a critical component of the overall pitch.
  • Pitchers can use up to all 8 cue words should they wish to attempt.
  • The Cue words can be used in singular or plural form. You can use a cue word to signal tangential products or services (ex: if your card were “AirBnB” you could say, “it’s the Airbnb for ____”).
  • The Cue words can be open to interpretation (ex: fan as in fanatic or fan as in blower).
  • For any words you do not recognize, you are welcome to look up their definitions.
• The pitch should be a unique or novel idea.

Judging:

• Judge(s) can only ask one question each pitch round by spinning the (same) dial.
  • If it lands on Pitch Perfect, Judge gets to guess up to one word for each pitcher and gets $20k per correct word.
  • If spinner lands on a question that calls on a target demo (X), each pitcher should receive different target demo cards.
• Pitchers’ responses are not timed but should fall within the 15 second timeframe.
  • If playing a team round, responses can be up to 30 seconds total.
  • It is not required that pitchers mention the cue cards again in their responses to judge questions.
• Judge should pick the winning pitch based on how good the pitch was.
  • If playing with multiple judges, their selections can be the same or different.
• Winning pitch (or pitches if using multiple judges) will roll the dice to determine the investment amount they receive.
• Recipient also receives $20k for each cue card used in their pitch that follows the guidelines above.
• Upon payment, the judge(s) should then note the transfer of funds on their bank account sheet.
• Judge(s) position will rotate clockwise.
• First to $1M (or highest amount at end of game) along with the person that invested the most amount of money in them wins.
  • For simplicity’s sake, every company is assumed to have the same valuation. Therefore, we can assume the investor who invests the most money in the winning pitcher would also be the investor with the largest equity stake in that pitcher’s suit of companies and thus be deemed the winning investor.