Anybody here ever played HITSTER?
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A friend of mine recently mentioned the game HITSTER. It seems to be kind of a music quiz. There is also a TV show about it. In the cardboard version there are several editions for specific genres. Also a soundtrack edition exists. Anybody ever played it? And is this also a thing outside Germany? Probably yes. I can’t imagine something like this being invented here.
I think I vaguely played that at some party awhile back (is there an app version?), but I’m not sure. At the very least I’ve heard about it….vaguely.
I indeed played it last year the first time. The standard edition but not the soundtrack one. To my own surprise I did rather well…
I did play it a couple of times, last year with a befriended couple. To my own great surprise, I actually won!
There are a few rules and this and that, but the basic concept goes like this:
You hear a clip from a song (there are cards with codes that are scanned to play the clip from Spotify) and you place that song where you think is the correct spot in relation to other songs on a timeline. Now naturally, this is easy at first (say, you hear a Lady Gaga song, and then a Beatles song, and then a Madonna song, chances are you know that Beatles is older than Madonna is older than Lady Gaga), but the more songs are “on the table” so to speak, the more difficult it will be to place a song exactly before or after the other songs on a timeline. Other players can challenge and check whether your placement is correct to score or lose points.
It’s a fun game, we played the “regular” edition. (I suppose if there’s an actual film music edition, most “civilians” would not have a chance against us.. but would of course be a great game to play in this crowd here. 🙂 )There is a soundtrack edition. I bet it consists primarily film songs and some well known themes. GerateWohl will surely report 😉
Yes I have played it. It’s good fun.
I have also bought the soundtrack edition, but haven’t played that one yet.Thanks for that description, Nick. It made me suddenly remember where I played it. It was on September 6th last year, according to my calendar, at a cabin up in the mountains, where I was celebrating the 50th birthdays of some of my mates. On that evening, one of them brought this game up. I think he played music clips via his phone (Blutooth-connected to a speaker), and we all had cards. I also remember winning it now, despite having appaling knowledge of post-2000 pop music. But the others had limited knowledge on pre-80s music, and that’s where I shine, so that saved me.
Yes, I’ve played it a few times, both at gatherings at work and with friends. But I’ve never done very well, as it’s usually been about newer pop music, where I’m totally lost. Next time, I’ll suggest the soundtrack edition. That’ll teach them. Ha! 😉
Me and four friends will meet tonight for a game of Hitster. I have bought the soundtrack version:
We will also play the regular version.
Has anyone here played the game?
Hope it’s okay I moved your topic here, Jon. Alas, I haven’t played this game yet (the soundtrack version), but I’m tempted given all the buzz!
Let us know your experiences when you’re finished! 🙂
Not really… it’s needs a lot of interactions with the cards. Maybe if there is a dedicated only version.
As mentioned above I played the regular version onces (and to my surprise was pretty good). Let us know how the soundtrack version is and if it really gets pass “hit songs from movies”.
I haven’t played Hitster – would it be possible to play over Zoom?
Should be possible. I played the basic and the soundtrack version and had a lot of fun. On the downside I guess the soundtrack version consists of about 70% songs that appeared in movies. Especially from 2015 on it becomes difficult because many movies or TV shows have some kind of vintage sound. Shame on me, I didn’t recognize the title melody of THE LAST OF US. But apart from that I did pretty good.
It was good fun playing the soundtrack version. I would say that at least 50 % of the tracks are from the scores, the rest are songs. My friends see a lot of movies and TV shows, so they knew many of the answers and could put the cards on the timeline correctly. Several of them did better than me.
Another issue I experienced was, sometimes I could name þhe movie, the composer and even the track name, but I couldn’t remember which year it came out. That’s often the hardest part for me.
Same here. I’m not really a ‘year’ guy.
I remember there was a music quiz program on Playstation(?) that I played with some friends a long time ago. It had actual questions regarding names and stuff. I think it was called BUZZ!.
It was good fun playing the soundtrack version. I would say that at least 50 % of the tracks are from the scores, the rest are songs. My friends see a lot of movies and TV shows, so they knew many of the answers and could put the cards on the timeline correctly. Several of them did better than me.
Hope they didn’t gloat! 🙂
Another issue I experienced was, sometimes I could name þhe movie, the composer and even the track name, but I couldn’t remember which year it came out. That’s often the hardest part for me.
Good if music sounds “dated” then it makes it a lot easier 😉
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