Hasbro 80749 User Manual

Weakest Link™ & © BBC 2000. Licensed by BBC Worldwide Ltd.

2001 National

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Weakest Link - music written by Paul Farrer Published by Music Factor Ltd Licensed courtesy of BBC Worldwide Ltd (P) 2000 BBC

Ages 8 & up

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Instructions

Item No. 80749

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Welcome to the Weakest Link! All eight players must work together to build the team’s bank balance. Seven players will leave the game with nothing. Only one will win the prize. Who is allergic to intelligence? Who has outstayed their welcome? It’s up to you to decide, as round by round you lose the player voted the Weakest Link!

Remember, you need to be ruthless to be rich!

This box includes:

1 electronic table top unit 65 double-sided question cards 10 double-sided head-to-head cards

ABOUT THE GAME

PLAYER BUTTONS – used to identify and choose players during play and for voting CARD CODE WINDOW – used to display the code of the question card in the unit CARD DOOR– used to insert and remove cards QUESTION WINDOW – used to display the question in play ANSWER BUTTONS – used to select answers PASS – used in place of an answer button BANK – used to “bank” money won by answering questions correctly START – used to confirm number of players and to resume play after Anne asks a

question in the voting round or after pausing game SOUND – used to toggle through three volume levels RESET – used to reset the game unit PAUSE – used to pause game play ON/OFF – used to turn the game on and off LCD – used to display game information

LCD

ON/OFF PAUSE RESET SOUND

START

BANK

PLAYER BUTTONS

START

CARD CODE

WINDOW

CARD DOOR

QUESTION

BANK

ANSWER BUTTONS

PASS

WINDOW

ABOUT THE LCD

The LCD will display the information you need during the game.

During a regular round

SOUND – the selected volume level TIMER – will count down to zero QUESTION VALUE – the value of the current question PLAYER NUMBER – which player should be answering BANK VALUE – the amount of money banked during the round

At the end of a round

TOTAL – the cumulative bank total from all rounds

If the team reaches the $125,000 target, the $125,000 icon will appear on the screen.

During the HEAD-TO-HEAD round

The score between the final two players will be displayed. This screen will also be used for SUDDEN DEATH.

ABOUT THE CARDS

FRONT BACK

125000

CARD CODE – used to identify the game card to the game unit

Every game card is double-sided with 15 questions on each side. The code on the front of every card is odd, the code on the back is even. When inserting a new card, it is important to always start with front facing you.

The game cards that are labeled HEAD TO HEAD are for use in the Head-to-Head and Sudden Death rounds only. They should be separated from the regular round cards before you start the game.

Game cards can be stored in the base of the unit when not being used.

OBJECT OF THE GAME

The goal of all players is to answer enough questions correctly, within the time allowed, to reach the $125,000 target for the round. There are two ways to do this.

The fastest way to reach the $125,000 target is to build a chain of eight (8) consecutive correct answers. However, if a player passes or answers incorrectly, the chain is broken and you lose all money in that chain.

The question values increase as follows: $ 1,000 $ 2,500 $ 5,000 $ 10,000 $ 25,000 $ 50,000 $ 75,000 $125,000

The other way to reach the $125,000 target is to bank smaller amounts of money during the round. When you bank your winnings, you start a new chain.

NOTE: Question values are not cumulative. If the team correctly answers three (3) consecutive questions their total is $5,000, not $8,500.

At the end of each round, players vote for the player whom they think is the weakest link. The player with the most votes leaves the game. The remaining players move to the next round. This is repeated until only two players remain.

The last two players participate in the “double money” round. This is played like all previous rounds, but gives the players one last chance to build the pot. All money banked by the players during the round will be doubled and added to the cumulative total.

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