Battle all the best Wes Anderson characters in the most twee card game ever
Wes Anderson is responsible for creating some of the most beloved characters in all of cinema. With all their quirks, specificities, and perfectly produced personas, you can't help but imagine who would win in a battle to the death between, say, Margot Tenenbaum and M. Gustave.
Well, now you can -- thanks to the trump card game, Completely Open, where only the tweest survive in a battle to the pastels, presumably to determine which relatably off-color Anderson creation is truly the greatest. Using beautifully designed cards that provide each character with a set of numerical values, players test their stats against each other in five separate categories.
The stats that decides who is the most Wes Anderson of Wes Anderson characters include: box office dollars, family troubles, influence, style, and awards. Able to be played with as many friends as you'd like, the winner of each round is decided by who has the highest number in each given category.
Granted, this might mean the game favors characters depending on the movie they happen to be in. But Zissou's style points certainly balance out Life Aquatic's box office bust. And it also doesn't hurt that being played by Bill Murray means Zissou's influence over the cultural zeitgeist far outweigh his film's profitability margins.
Other characters in the deck include: Eli Cash, Max Fischer, Steve Zissou, Alistair Hennessey, Mr Fox, Ash, Herman Blume and others from The Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic, and Moonrise Kingdom.
Who among them has the guts to put their pastel-colored sweaters to the test?
Only you can decide -- hopefully in a room filled with adorable knick knacks and impeccably color-balanced interior design.
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Jess is an LA-based culture critic who covers intimacy in the digital age, from sex and relationship to weed and all media (tv, games, film, the web). Previously associate editor at Kill Screen, you can also find her words on Vice, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Vox, and others. She is a Brazilian-Swiss American immigrant with a love for all things weird and magical.
