Atthistime,eachplayermaydiscardanyContendercardsfromtheirhandthattheydon’twanttokeep.PlayersthendrawnewContendercardstofilltheirhandsbacktofour.You’renowreadytobeginthenextchallenge.
the Ultimate shoWdoWnAfterthefourthchallenge,insteadofplayingContendersfromyourhand,nowtakethefirstandsecondplacewinnersfromthefirstfourchallenges(fromthewhitechallengebox).Thesearethe8Contendersforthefifthandfinalchallenge,theUltimateShowdown.
Tobegin,drawanewChallengecard.ThenshuffletheeightContendersandplacetheminthenumberedslotsontheboard.Everyonemakestheirpredictionsandvotesasnormalexceptthatforthischallenge:
• Allpointsscoredaredoubled.• NopointsareawardedforowningtheContender.
WinninG the GameTheplayerwiththehighestscoreattheendofthefifthchallengewins.Intherareinstanceofatie,flipoverthetopChallengecard.Thissudden-deathmatchisbetweenthetwoplayerswhohavetied.Declareoneoftheplayersorange,theotherblue.Allplayersvotewiththeirorange/blueVotingchips,usingthePoW!markerifnecessary.ThewinnerofthismatchisthewinnerofUltimateShowdown!
Credits:Design:Nick&RebeccaCravotta
Editor:FrankDiLorenzo,VinnySalzillo
Graphics:GregPreslicka,JennVargas
Specialthanksformeritoriousplaytesting:AaronMedvickandJosephRose
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Contents
1UltimateShowdown 1PoW!marker board
150Contendercards 64Bettingchips
50Challengecards 8Contender#tokens
8Votingchips 1Scoreboard
8Scoringtokens
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objeCtiveDeterminewho’llrisetothetopasfamouspeopleandcharactersbattleitouttoseewhichistheUltimateVictor!Predictwinnerstoscorepointsandbeatoutyourfellowplayers.
set UPEachplayerselectsaScoringtokenandeightBettingchips(“1”to“8”)inthesamecolor.Eachplayeralsotakesanorange/blueVotingchip.
PlacetheUltimateShowdownboardinthecenterofthetable.Placeallpawnsandbettingchipsnexttothe“0/START”spaceontheScoreboard.ShuffleboththeContenderandChallengedecksandplacethemofftothesideoftheboard.DealfourContendercardstoeachplayer.
Ifthereareanevennumberofplayers,you’llneedtousethePoW!marker.GivethePoW!totheyoungestplayer.
The Knock Down, No-Holds-Barred Party Game
GamePlayUltimateShowdownisplayedin5rounds.Eachround,aChallengecardisdrawnaswellaseightfamouspeople/characterstodukeitout.Playerspredictwhowillrisetothetop,andthenthematchesareplayedout,onebyone,insingleeliminationuntilonlyoneContenderisleftstandingastheultimatevictor.
settinG UP the ChallenGeTobeginaround,drawthetoptwoChallengecards.Pickwhicheversideyouprefertouse,andplacethecardsontheAandBChallengeChoicespacesontheboard.Readthetwochallengesplacedthereoutloudtoeveryone.EachplayerwillthenvotesimultaneouslybyusingtheirVotingchip.PlacetheVotingchipinyourhand.Allplayersopentheirhandsimultaneouslyandrevealthesidetheywishtovotefor.Thecardwiththemostvotes(orangeorblueborder)istheChallengeforthisround.DiscardtheotherandplacethewinningChallengeonthewhiteChallengespaceontheboard.
PlayersnowplayContendercardsfromtheirhandthattheybelievewouldbemostlikelytowinthischallenge.• Ifthereare3players,eachplayerchooses3Contendercardsandplacetheirtwobest
choicesfacedownintoBoxAontheboardandtheotherinBoxB.• Ifthereare4,5,6,or7players,eachplayerchooses2Contendercards,placingtheir
bestchoiceinBoxA,andtheirsecondchoiceinBoxB.• Ifthereare8players,eachplayerchooses1ContendercardandplacesitinBoxA.
ShuffleanycardsfromBoxBthendealenoughtoBoxAsothatthereare8totalcardsinBoxA.ShufflealloftheContenderstogetherfromBoxAandthenrandomlydealthemintotheeightslotstitledContenders#1through8ontheboard.Asyouplacethem,calloutwhoisineachmatch.DiscardanyleftoverContendersfromBoxB.PlacetheContender#tokensoneachContendercardnowsothateachcardhasatokenwithitthatmatchesit’sslot#.
makinG PrediCtionsWiththematcheslinedup,it’stimetopredicthowtheContenderswillfare.TakeyourBettingchipsandplacefacedownthenumberoftheContenderthatyouthinkwilltakefirstplaceintheblue‘ChampionBets’boxontherightsideoftheboard.PlacefacedownthenumberoftheContenderyouthinkwilltakesecondplaceinthepurple‘FinalBets’boxrightunderneaththe‘ChampionBets’.Inthegreen‘Semi-Finalbets’box,placefacedownthenumberofaContenderyouthinkwillmakeitpastthefirstmatch.AllofyourBettingchipsshouldremainfacedownsonooneelsecanseehowyouvoted.
deCidinG the matChesBeginwiththematchbetweenContenders#1and#2.Atthispoint,youareonlydecidingwhoisthebestbetweenthesetwoContendersfortheChallengechosenforthisround.Playersarefreetodeclaretheirpreferencesandtrytoswayotherplayer’svotes.Notehowineachmatch,oneContenderisinanorangeoutlinedsquareandtheotherisinablueoutlinedsquare.Tovote,placeyourVotingchipinyourclosedhand.ThesidethatisfaceupwillbethecoloroftheContenderyouwanttowin.Whenallplayershaveavoteready,everyonesimultaneouslyopenstheirhandstorevealtheirvote.WhicheverContenderhasthemostvoteswinsthematchandprogressestothesemi-finals!MovethatContenderandit’snumbertokenuptothegreenlevelontheboard,thenadvancetothenextmatch.
Onceyouhaveresolvedallfourmatchesinthestartingsection,it’stimetomovetotheSemi-Finals.ThewinnerofthematchbetweenContender#1and#2isupagainstthewinnerofthematchbetweenContender#3and#4.LikewisethewinnerofthematchbetweenContender#5and#6isgoingagainstthewinnerofthematchbetweenContender#7and#8.EveryonevotesoneachpairtoseewhomovesontotheFinals(purplesection).
OncebothSemi-Finalmatcheshavebeendecided,it’stimefortheFinalstoseewhoistheChampion!EveryonevotesandthewinnermovesontotheblueChampionspace!
imPortant! breakinG tiesIfyou’replayingwithanevennumberofplayers,itispossiblethatamatchwillresultinatie.Ifthishappens,theplayercurrentlyholdingthePoW!markeristhetie-breakerandtheirvoteiscountedasTWOvotestodecidethematch.ThePoW! markeristhenpassedtothenextplayerontheright.
sCorinGNowthatyouhaveawinner,it’stimetoscore!RevealtheBettingchipsinthe3bettingboxes.Usethescoreboardtotrackeveryone’spoints.Awardpointsasfollows:
• 4Points:TheContenderyoupickedinthebluecirclecameinfirstastheChampion.• 3Points:TheContenderyoupickedinthepurplecirclecameinfirstorsecond.• 2Points:TheContenderyounamedinthegreencirclewonatleastonematch.• 3Points:YouweretheonewhoownedtheContenderwhowastheChampion.
the next ChallenGeToprepareforthenextchallenge,putthefirstandsecondplaceContendersintothewhiteChallengeboxontheboard,towaitthereuntilthefifthchallenge.DiscardalltheotherContenders.PuttheusedChallengecardatthebottomoftheChallengedeck.