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[Robbie]

The pic looks great and I definatly can't wait to try it out! But, since it's been so long, anyone want to go over the "Family Feud Challenge" rules again?

[Casey Buck]

Todd,

Are you going to have an option to run the game under the '88-'92 rules (with no Bullseye, the stolen answers not being added to the bank, and the 3-digit bank display)?

[Todd Robinson]

I think I'm familiar with most of the rules of Family Feud Challenge/New Family Feud. I've never seen the rules written out on paper so that could probably help me.

I plan to have options to choose which rules you want to play by: either a game with bullseye with all the changes they made in '92 or the regular rules chartered in '88.

[KyleCHaight]

If you need the rules here they are. . .

1988-1992 (Family Feud)

First team to reach 300 dollars is the winner. Surveys progress from SINGLE, SINGLE, SINGLE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE. On a steal, no more points are added to the bank. It's frozen after the third strike.

1992-1993 (Family Feud Challenge)

BULLSEYE GAME - Initial bank values for game #1 are $2,500. Bullseye questions start at $500 and go to $2,500.

MAIN GAME - Surveys go SINGLE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE, TRIPLE (because of the time lost due to the Bullseye game.) On a steal, a stealing answer's value IS added to the bank.

The winning family plays again against a new family. The rules stay the same, but the BULLSEYE bank starts at $5,000 and questions range from $1,000 to $5,000.

1992-1994 (New Family Feud)
Played exactly like the second half of FF Challenge. (in fact, some stations would take the second half of a FF Challenge and air it as a New FF.)

Then of course, for the Richard Dawson 94 version, the main game is played the same, but for Bankroll (Bullseye Version 2), there are only three questions, ranging from $500, $1,500 and $2,000 for game #1 and $1,000, $3,000 and $5,000 for game #2.)

[Matteo]

I am so freakin' excited about The Family Feud Challenge mainly because the Bullseye round was always my favorite part of Family Feud. I wish there was a beta list, oh well, I can wait. lol.

[jeffp]

KyleCHaight said:

If you need the rules here they are. . .

1988-1992 (Family Feud)

First team to reach 300 dollars is the winner. Surveys progress from SINGLE, SINGLE, SINGLE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE. On a steal, no more points are added to the bank. It's frozen after the third strike.

1992-1993 (Family Feud Challenge)

BULLSEYE GAME - Initial bank values for game #1 are $2,500. Bullseye questions start at $500 and go to $2,500.

MAIN GAME - Surveys go SINGLE, DOUBLE, TRIPLE, TRIPLE (because of the time lost due to the Bullseye game.) On a steal, a stealing answer's value IS added to the bank.

The winning family plays again against a new family. The rules stay the same, but the BULLSEYE bank starts at $5,000 and questions range from $1,000 to $5,000.

1992-1994 (New Family Feud)
Played exactly like the second half of FF Challenge. (in fact, some stations would take the second half of a FF Challenge and air it as a New FF.)

Then of course, for the Richard Dawson 94 version, the main game is played the same, but for Bankroll (Bullseye Version 2), there are only three questions, ranging from $500, $1,500 and $2,000 for game #1 and $1,000, $3,000 and $5,000 for game #2.)

About the main game in FF Challenge, the rule where a successful steal adds the stealing answer's value to the bank was first implemented in the original 1987 computer adaptation of Family Feud by ShareData.

In addition, the third Bankroll question in the first half of Dawson's 1994 stint was worth $2,500, not $2,000.

[Robbie]

Ah... so the only difference was the Bullseye round.