The 60-minute Press Your Luck - Pilot #1

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Full rulesheet here.



(background found on deviantart, I just stretched it to make it a 4-player game)

I need four players to press their luck.

EDIT: you can also choose your position. If you don't, you're defaulted placed on the leftmost remaining seat.

[koopakid17]

I'll play! Put me in the second to right spot.

[larsonfan1]

I'll play! Please put me in the last spot.

[mringgenberg]

I'll play. Put me in the first spot.

[CCSCO]

We're halfway there. Two more and we're started.

[mringgenberg]

Sept 7, 2014 18:09:20 GMT -5 CCSCO said:

We're halfway there. Two more and we're started.

I think you miscounted. We have 3 players so far after I signed up. So you actually need one more player.

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Sept 7, 2014 18:16:51 GMT -5 mringgenberg said:

Sept 7, 2014 18:09:20 GMT -5 CCSCO said:

We're halfway there. Two more and we're started.

I think you miscounted. We have 3 players so far after I signed up. So you actually need one more player.

My bad, I didn't see Kevin's post. Therefore, we indeed need one more person.

[Deleted]

I'll be that one more person.

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These four players are after big bucks! But they'll have to avoid the whammy, as they play the most exciting game of their lives! Now for 60 minutes, it's time to Press Your Luck!

And now, the master of ceremonies, Clément!

(cheers and applause as I enter the stage)

Hello! Good evening everybody, welcome to Press Your Luck. I'm pleased to revive this show. 30 years ago, there's a man, named Michael Larson, who won more than $110,000 in cash and merchandise, that was quite a haul for the era. Now, tonight, one of our four contestant could leave this stage with over one million dollars! (cheers and applause)



Matt, Michael C., Kevin and Michael K., welcome to the show, we'll talk about yourselves later on. Let me explain the rules first.

This game is divided in three rounds in which you'll try to set the highest amount in cash and prizes. To do this, there's a chasing light on an 18-square board you'll stop using the buzzer you have in front of you. Each square conceals three outcomes, cash amounts, prizes, special squares or whammies. Each time you hit a cash or a prize, the value is added to your score but if you hit a whammy, your score is back to 0. Four of these whammies and you're out of the game. The highest score at the end of the three rounds will actually win what they've earned, we have parting gifts for the others.

The first round is the Whammy round, let's take a look at the board...

Whammy $350 Move one space	1/3 million + one spin $750 $500	$250 $400 $100	$1,000 $1,250 $1,500	$300 Cuckoo clock $1	Go back two spaces $525 $650
$100 + one spin $200 + one spin $300 + one spin					$470 Whammy Add-a-one
Whammy Tandem bike $200					$800 $600 $500 + one spin
$600 $400 + one spin $150					$550 $350 $13
$750 $450 Double & freeze	$400 $500 $50	$700 Invincible $250 + one spin	$740 Big Bucks Whammy	Advance two spaces $700 $300	$750 + one spin Robot vacuum $450

You'll take turns, one at a time, on this board. The goal of this round is to earn as much money and as many spins for the next round as you can, because there's no other ways to do so. Each time you choose to play, you get one more spin for round 2, but you have to be careful about the whammy, because if you hit it, your score is back to 0, your round is over and you must surrender 2 of your earned spins. To avoid that, you can freeze before your turn. After each turn, we'll add four whammies on the board.

We'll talk of the special squares if you hit them. Our contestants have been informed of them before the show.

Finally, we've given to you 2 spins each for round 2, that guarantees that whatever you do in this first round, you can play the second.

We have some nice prizes for this first round, talk me about that cuckoo clock, Rich...

This elegant Schneider Black Forest German cuckoo clock is hand-carved from authentic Black Forest wood and is finished with an antique stain. This clock features carved leaves, a pheasant, a rabbit, two shotguns, and a bust of a deer. Dancing figurines move beautifully to two charming thirty-six note Swiss melodies that come with this cuckoo clock, at every half and full hour. This prize is worth $1,599.

(applause) Matt, you're on the left for the viewers, so you're up first. Press your luck or freeze?

(if you press, please include a number higher than 0 and lower than 19)

(to speed things up, you can send me by PM if you want to press automatically, freeze automatically or make me ask the question before/after X turns or $X of winnings - that's not mandatory to do so)

[mringgenberg]

Press my Luck (8)

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$350	$750	$250	$1,500	Cuckoo clock	$650
$300 + one spin					Add-a-one
$200					$500 + one spin
$600					$550
$750	$400	Invincible	Whammy	Advance 2 spaces	$450

Stop at Advance two spaces to Invincible! (cheers)

No money for now, but you can spin safely three times. That's in your "passed" column.

$350	$750	$250	$1,500	Cuckoo clock	$650
$300 + one spin					Add-a-one
$200					$500 + one spin
$600					$550
$750	$400	Dishwasher	Whammy	Advance 2 spaces	$450

The only bad news is that the Invincible square goes off the board. Michael C., it's your turn. Press your luck (1-18) or freeze?

[Deleted]

Definitely pressing my luck.  Come on $1,500 or 1/3 million!  STOP!!!  (7)

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Whammy	$750	$400	$1,500	Cuckoo clock	$650
$100 + one spin					Add-a-one
Tandem bike					$600
$150					$350
$750	$500	$250 + one spin	Whammy	Advance 2 spaces	$750 + one spin

Stop at $750. (applause)



Kevin, it's your turn. Press (1-18) or freeze?

[koopakid17]

Let's do this! Come on now and stop! (9)

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Whammy	$750	$250	$1,000	$300	$525
$100 + one spin					$470
$200					$600
$400 + one spin					$13
$750	$50	$250 + one spin	Whammy	Advance 2 spaces	$450

Stop at $13. (groans) At least that's not a whammy.



Let's finish the first pass with Michael K.; press your luck (1-18) or freeze?

[larsonfan1]

Press my luck, Big bucks No Whammies! Stop (9)

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Move one space	$750	$100	$1,250	Cuckoo clock	Go back two spaces
$100 + one spin					$470
Whammy					$800
$400 + one spin					$350
Double & freeze	$500	$250 + one spin	Whammy	$700	$450

Stop at a whammy...

(music starts) Who would ever hurt a whammy? Who would ever... (whammy gets hammered)



I'm sorry, Michael K., but you're out of this first round, that little asterisk at the left of your scoreboard marks it. You'll get only one spin for Round 2, make it count. See you there, Michael.

Before we continue, we have to add some more whammies to the board...

Move one space	$750	Whammy	$1,250	Whammy	Go back two spaces
$100 + one spin					$470
Whammy					$800
$400 + one spin					$350
Double & freeze	$500	$250 + one spin	Whammy	Whammy	Whammy

Matt, back to you. You don't have to worry about those additional whammies, because you're invincible for three rounds. Hit something big! (1-18)

[mringgenberg]

BIG BUCKS and STOP! (11)

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Move one space	$500	$250	$1,500	Whammy	$525
$200 + one spin					Whammy
$200					$500 + one spin
$150					$13
$750	$400	$250 + one spin	$740	$300	$750 + one spin

Stop at $200. (golf claps)



Don't worry, Matt, you still have two safe spins to increase your total.

We're not too accurate today, but after all, Michael Larson only had an 89%-accuracy. (laughs)

Talking about a Michael, Michael C., it's your turn. You hit the right square but the wrong slide for that third-million. Press your luck or freeze?

[Deleted]

I'll press my luck again.  I'll take any cash amount or any prize or any special square!  Just as long as I don't get a whammy!  STOP!!!  (3)

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$350	$500	$400	$1,250	$300	$525
$300 + one spin					Add-a-one
Tandem bike					$600
$150					$350
$450	$400	$250 + one spin	Big Bucks	Whammy	Robot vacuum

Stop at $525. (applause)



Kevin, it's time to do better than $13 (1-18). Unless you want to freeze...

[koopakid17]

Can't do much with thirteen bucks so I'm going on! Let's stop! (3)

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$350	1/3 million + one spin	$250	$1,000	$1	Go back two spaces
$200 + one spin					Add-a-one
Tandem bike					$600
$150					$350
$450	$500	$700	$740	Advance two spaces	Whammy

Stop at $350. (applause)



After two turns, Michael C. is in the lead with $1,275, Kevin is second with $363 and Matt is third with $200 but two more safe spins to take. Michael K. has hit a whammy and is out of the first round.

After the break, we'll know more about our contestants. Get ready for more action, don't go away.

(fade out, applause)

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(fade in)



Welcome back to the 60-minute Press Your Luck! After two turns, three of our four contestants have taken some money. But before we get any further, we have to add some more whammies... (groans)

$350	1/3 million + one spin	$250	$1,000	$1	Go back two spaces
$200 + one spin					Add-a-one
Whammy					Whammy
$150					Whammy
Whammy	$500	$700	$740	Advance two spaces	Whammy

One of our contestants doesn't have to worry about the whammies, because he's hit the Invincible square on his first turn. Welcome to the show, Matt. Please tell us about yourself.

[mringgenberg]

I'm a 30 year old supermarket clerk from Council Bluffs, IA.

[CCSCO]

Good luck to you, Matt. You could buy your supermarket at the end of the hour. But you have to press your luck the right way. You're still safe from the whammies, so let's press! (1-18)

(board starts spinning)

[mringgenberg]

Big Bucks and STOP! (16)

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Whammy	1/3 million + one spin	$250	$1,500	$300	Go back two spaces
$200 + one spin					Add-a-one
$200					Whammy
$600					$550
$750	$500	Dishwasher	Whammy	Advance two spaces	Robot vacuum

Stop at $300. (applause)



You're not winning much as of now, but you still have one safe spin.

He's currently in the lead, next in line is Michael C. Welcome to the show, Michael. Please tell us about yourself.

[Deleted]

I'm Michael Clifford from Marlton, New Jersey.  I am unemployed, however I did not work as an ice cream truck driver previously.  (audience laughter)  Press Your Luck is my favorite game show of all time, so it's an honor to be a contestant on this version of the show.

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(cheers)

What kind of job are you looking for?

(to speed things up, please indicate in the same post if you press your luck <1-18> or freeze)