{"id":238949,"date":"2023-07-09T00:04:31","date_gmt":"2023-07-09T04:04:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=297070"},"modified":"2025-07-01T18:44:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T01:44:27","slug":"quentin-tarantinos-favorite-board-game-has-not-had-to-do-with-feet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/quentin-tarantinos-favorite-board-game-has-not-had-to-do-with-feet\/","title":{"rendered":"From Films to Board Games: Quentin Tarantino&#8217;s Unexpected Favorite Revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is hard to believe, nowadays, the social phenomenon that John Travolta was in the 80s, when he was chaining hits like &#8216;Saturday Night Fever&#8217;, &#8216;Grease&#8217; or &#8216;Look Who&#8217;s Talking&#8217; until, little by little, he was passing into collective oblivion a decade later. It took Quentin Tarantino to resurrect a stalled career with a film that brought him back to the forefront. But of course, to get there, the actor had to do something unheard of: play <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-friendly-board-game-for-the-whole-family-that-allowed-your-character-to-commit-suicide-or-fall-into-poverty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">board games<\/a><\/strong> with him.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Parcheesi4A\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-m\/p\/8bb3e4b2-a4d8-11e6-9db7-00163ed833e7\/707218866\/parchis4a-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Parcheesi4A<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/parchis4a.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\">Parch\u00eds4A: The classic board game on Android<\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/parchis4a.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A game of Risk, Trivia, Parcheesi, etc.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The story goes that <strong>Tarantino<\/strong>, fresh from the maelstrom that was &#8216;Reservoir Dogs&#8217;, called the star at his house to do something in the early 90s. The actor thought it would be a casting or a way to get to know each other, but nothing of the sort. <strong>The director drew on his collection of board games based on Travolta&#8217;s films:<\/strong> &#8216;Grease&#8217;, &#8216;Saturday Night Fever&#8217; and even the sitcom &#8216;Welcome back, Kotter&#8217;, which in Spain doesn&#8217;t ring a bell but lasted a good four seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You may be thinking what the hell is a &#8216;Grease&#8217; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-lord-of-the-rings-tales-of-middle-earth-just-came-out-and-these-are-the-best-cards-of-the-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">board game<\/a><\/strong> all about, but once we explain it to you, you won&#8217;t be satisfied. It is a game in which <strong>you will have to bet on different discs, and the one with the most at the end is the winner.<\/strong> What does it have to do with the movie of the same name? Well, the box features Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta, so why else?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/2\/2023\/07\/grease-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-297072\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, in the &#8216;Welcome back, Kotter&#8217; game, each player has to take the place of one of Mr. Kotter&#8217;s students and move to the initial desk until completing the phrase &#8220;Up your nose with a rubber hose&#8221;, the phrase made popular by Travolta himself playing Vinnie. There is also a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/these-cards-from-the-lord-of-the-magic-rings-honour-the-characters-forgotten-by-the-movies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">card game<\/a><\/strong> based on collecting characters with points: the first to reach 100 wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no information about the &#8216;Saturday Night Fever&#8217; game, not even in Board Game Geek, the world&#8217;s largest board game database, so it is possible that the actor made it up. Of course, they must not have had a bad time when, at the end of the night,<strong> Tarantino offered him two roles: that of &#8216;Open until dawn&#8217; or that of &#8216;Pulp Fiction&#8217;<\/strong>. the rest is history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pulp Fiction - Dance Scene (HQ)\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WSLMN6g_Od4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the way, this doesn&#8217;t mean that Travolta gave up board games forever: on the contrary, he is <strong>one of the few people in the world who insists on playing &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.softonic.com\/articles\/the-incredible-story-of-how-monopoly-became-the-greatest-enemy-of-the-nazis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Monopoly<\/a>&#8216; with real mone<\/strong>y. 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