Game Setup
Number of Characters
The first 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 confirm 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 first three seasons.
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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 confirm 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 satisfied with the teams, select ACCEPT THESE TEAMS to continue.
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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 first. Deciding on a name is the first 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 confirm it.
After the other team makes their choice, the game will proceed to the first 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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