BollyChain

BollyChain is a two-player Bollywood game played in real time. A movie appears on screen, and you and a friend take turns naming another movie that shares at least one cast member with it. Be faster and sharper than your friend before the clock runs out.

Setting up a match

1. Open BollyChain and choose your settings.
2. Press "Create a room" and send the link to a friend. There is no random matchmaking: you only play people you invite.
3. The match starts when your friend joins.

In Easy mode, every valid connection shows the actor who links the two movies. In Hard mode, you have to work it out yourself.

How a match works

• The game picks a starting movie and decides who goes first.
• On your turn, search for a movie and submit it before your turn timer runs out.
• Your movie is valid if it shares at least one cast member with the movie on screen and has not already been used in this match.
• A valid movie becomes the new movie on screen, and the turn passes to your opponent.
• Turns always alternate, whether your move was valid or not.

The search box lists every movie in our database as you type. It does not tell you which ones connect, so an unlucky pick still counts as your move.

Scoring

• 1 point for a valid movie that shares one cast member.
• 2 points for a valid movie that shares two or more cast members.

Lives

Each player starts with 3 lives. You lose a life when you:

• pass your turn,
• submit a movie with no shared cast member, or one already used, or
• let your turn timer run out.

When a life is lost, the movie on screen is replaced with a fresh one and the turn passes to your opponent.

Winning

• If a player loses all 3 lives, the match ends at once and the other player wins.
• Otherwise, the player with more points when the match clock runs out wins.
• If points are level, the player with more lives left wins.

Tips

• Think in actors, not movies. Spot the busiest actor in the film on screen and reach for one of their other films.
• Hunt for pairs. Films from the same series, or from a director who reuses a cast, often share two or more actors and score double.
• Don't hand over an easy movie. A film with a small or unusual cast leaves your opponent fewer ways out.
• Passing costs a life. With time left on your turn, a reasonable guess is usually better than a pass.