High School Musical Board Game

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The High School Musical board game brings the original Disney Channel High School Musical to life for 2 to 6 players, age 7 and older.

History

The High School Musical board game was based on the popular kid's movie - High School Musical – that debuted in January 2006 on the Disney Channel. The movie set a record with 7.73 million viewers the first night and 11 million viewers the following two nights. Over 160 million viewers worldwide had seen the movie by the time the sequel premiered in 2007.

The movie won many honors including:

2 Emmys
Top selling CD in 2006 (the original soundtrack sold 7.9 million copies)
A Guinness record for having 9 of its tracks make the best-selling chart.

The movie had:

Over 2,000 high schools licensed to perform their own stage version
A sold-out, 42-city concert tour
A 5-country Latin American tour
An ice show
4.5 million best-selling teen novels
A special issue of People magazine
A karaoke game
Board games, wall posters, notebooks, journals, pencils, charms

The game was published in 2006 by Cardinal Games.

Playing the High School Musical Board Game

The game takes about 30 minutes to play but the length can be adjusted to spend more or less time. Players choose to be one of the six characters - Gabriella, Troy, Sharpay, Ryan, Taylor or Chad. They answer trivia questions about the movie, act out a hidden talent or play Truth or Dare as part of their audition to be in the next High School Musical.

Players work their way through East High using the interactive music CD. Each player tries to collect six different cast cards as they go from room to room, answering trivia questions about the movie and completing singing and dance challenges ballet dancing and belly dancing. The action-oriented nature of the game make it a great game to play when you or your kids are bored.

Game Pieces

The High School Musical board game includes:

Game Board
Interactive CD with excerpts of actual songs from the Disney movie
6 character pieces
1 die
100 audition cards
36 cast cards
36 hidden talent cards
Instructions

This is a great board game to play with kids. The music is based on the positive, hard-work-pays-off themes of the musical. And, the kids have fun watching their parents and other adults act out hidden talents like dancing or playing the drums.