Show Business Chance Cards
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1) Screen Test Stand-In
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No chance cards for this level
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2) Body Double
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<Sim> is asked by his/her agency to stand in for a famous star's rump in a shower scene. As he/she is undressing, however, <Sim> discovers that he's/she's developed a huge pimple on his/her behind and has left all his/her professional makeup at home. Should <Sim> ask for help from one of his/her colleagues on the set or should he/she improvise with some cheap cover-up from a nearby drugstore?
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Ask for Help
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Success: Promoted to Bit Player
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85% chance
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Failure: Lose a day's pay (§577)
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14% chance
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Use Cheap Cover-Up
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Success: +§5,000
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14% chance
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Failure: Get Fired
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85% chance
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3) Bit Player
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Reading his/her script, <Sim> realizes it's a total stinker. Even though he's/she's just a bit player, he/she still has his/her standards, and <Sim> finds a few places where he/she thinks the script could be substantially improved. Should <Sim> bring his/her suggestions to the director or should he/she just keep quiet and do the scene as written?
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Offer Suggestions
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Success: +2
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15% chance
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Failure: -§1,000 Get Fired
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84% chance
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Keep Quiet
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Success: +§10,000
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84% chance
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Failure: Get Fired
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15% chance
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4) Commercial Actor/Actress
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No chance cards for this level
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5) Cartoon Voice
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<Sim> wakes up on the morning of the first day of recording with a terrible case of laryngitis, sounding like a croaking frog on its deathbed. <Sim>'s agent insists that her Aunt Petunia's special throat remedy will get him/her sounding right as rain in a jiffy. Should <Sim> take the remedy, or instead call in sick to the casting director?
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Take Remedy
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Success: Promoted to Supporting Player
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15% chance
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Failure: Lose a day's pay (§1,008)
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84% chance
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Call In Sick
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Success: +§4,000
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84% chance
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Failure: Demoted to Commercial Actor/Actress
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15% chance
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6) Supporting Player
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No chance cards for this level
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7) Broadway Star
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Everyone's raving about playwright Eustace G. Sledgewick-Hargully, but the latest script of his <Sim> has been sent doesn't seem as strong as all the others. Should <Sim> take the part and trust his/her skills as a performer to punch it up, or should he/she pass it up and wait for a better role to come along?
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Take the Part
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Success: +2
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15% chance
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Failure: Demoted to Cartoon Voice
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84% chance
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Pass on the Part
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Success: +§50,000
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84% chance
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Failure: -2
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15% chance
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8) Landing Man/Lady
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No chance cards for this level
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9) Blockbuster Director
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Two weeks before shooting is to start on <Sim>'s blockbuster action film, the leading man walks out when his trailer's fruit and cheese platter is late. The handsome but unknown Brick Strikeman's resume just landed on <Sim>'s desk, but it's a huge risk to gamble with casting on such an expensive movie. Alternatively, <Sim> could also take the part himself/herself. Should <Sim> take a chance on the rookie star or shoulder the burden of being both star and director?
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Cast Unknown
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Success: +§50,000
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15% chance
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Failure: Demoted to Supporting Player
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84% chance
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Take Part
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Success: Promoted to Icon
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84% chance
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Failure: -2
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15% chance
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10) Icon
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No chance cards for this level
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