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LinkPizza posted...

New players can join at anytime, but only if the first round isnt over. AFAIK, the kids were only able to join since the other two players only rolled once each. Had either of them rolled twice, the kids wouldnt have been able to join

I don't know if that's the case, but if it is, then it remains to be seen what happens in a fail state. personally I think the implication is that the game seems dangerous but isn't. in reality that's because it's a family movie, but in the movie world, there is a certain implicit understanding that things can seem to be extreme but somehow never actually progress to people being killed, even when children are being attacked by deadly creatures. the game is in control in such a way that it creates exciting and excruciating experiences but nothing that leads to death (otherwise a child lost in a jungle dimension would not actually survive).

(again this is because it's a family movie, not a slasher movie, but the game still derives its nature from its genre. a slasher movie villain is still a killer even though he's only that way to serve the expectations of the genre it's in, and the same holds true for a family movie 'villain' as well.)