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Game Setup
Number of Characters
The fi rst thing you’ve got to decide is how many characters will appear
in this season of the show. The game can be played with as few as 4
characters and as many as 12. Just toggle through the choices on the
screen by pressing the SELECT button on the console. When the option
you want is highlighted, press the OK button on the console to confi rm
your choice. The number of characters equals the number of people
playing the game.
Select Characters
Once you know how many characters are going to be on the show this
season, you need to decide who they will be. In
The Apprentice
you can
select any character from any of the show’s fi rst three seasons.
Selecting a character is a two-step process. First, you use the SELECT
button on the console to toggle between the seasons. When the season
you want is highlighted, press the OK button on the console to confi rm
your choice.
Next, you toggle through the characters in the chosen season (again,
using the console SELECT button) until the one you want is highlighted.
Press OK on the console to confi rm your choice.
After you select the character you want to be during this season, take
the ID badge with his or her name and picture on it.
Assign Teams
After all of the characters have been chosen, the game will automatically
form them into red and blue teams. You can accept the decision made
by the game, have it randomly move the characters around to create
new teams, or opt to decide which characters are on which teams
manually.
Once you are satisfi ed with the teams, select ACCEPT THESE TEAMS
to continue.
Team Names
Now that the teams have been formed, each one must be named. The
game will instruct either the red or blue team to pick a name fi rst.
Deciding on a name is the fi rst challenge your team will face! Make
sure you pick one that captures the style and imagination of everyone
on your team. Exactly how you pick a team name is up to you.
Once you decide, use the SELECT button on your team’s handset (not
the console) to toggle to your choice and hit OK to confi rm it.
After the other team makes their choice, the game will proceed to the
fi rst episode!
Playing an Episode
Now that you’ve set up your teams and laid out the guidelines for
your season of
The Apprentice,
it’s time to get started! Each episode
begins with the presentation of a new Challenge. This might be selling
gourmet foods, organizing a fund raiser, or promoting tourism. There
are hundreds of Challenges in the game, so you never now what you’ll
be asked to do next!
Project Managers
Each episode begins when the game tells the players what type of
Challenge they’re about to face. For example, they might be told they’re
going to sell antique furniture. Each team then decides who will be the
Project Manager for this episode. It’s a good idea to pick someone who
is likely to know the most about the subject in question.
Before everyone rushes to be the Project Manager, a word of warning
is in order. If your team should lose the Challenge, The Donald will
look very carefully at your performance. Being a Project Manager gives
you a good chance to lead your team, but it carries with it a little bit of
risk as well.
Give the handsets to the Project Managers so they can identify
themselves to the game.
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