17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Great while it lasts, but it lasts pathetically long, 27 Dec 2009
= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Trivial Pursuit Team (Toy)
Trivial Pursuit Team isn't really much to do with the original Trivial Pursuit, except for the wedges and the categories. It is a great game in its own right though, adding plenty of variety with the different question types (multiple choice, name six, are you the expert? etc.) and the suggestive clues to what the question cards might be about makes choosing which category to be asked extra fun.
However, it has one glaring flaw, which is its pathetic lifespan. The more standard Trivial Pursuit comes with 400 cards, each with 6 questions on for a total of 2400 questions, so it'll last for ages. This game comes with 360 cards, but not only do most have only one question on (a few have either a set of 3 related questions, or a choice of an easy or hard question), but a of the 36 cards that make up each "deck", 6 cards don't have any questions on at all.
Each "deck" constitutes one game, but with only 30 question cards it doesn't last long. You only get 12 games out of this before it'll start to repeat itself.
It has one other disadvantage when compared to the standard trivial pursuit board, where no matter how far you are behind, you can still win. In this game as you score points for questions and there are a finite number of question cards in each round, one team can win before the end of the (short lived) game.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than the original?, 17 Aug 2010
= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Trivial Pursuit Team (Toy)
A fantastic development for Trivial Pursuit as it allows the slightly less able amongst us to feel as though we could win ( better than never being able to get that final cheese!). The questions are cunningly devised to allow for knowledge, deduction and even guesswork, and there is the added frisson of eventually realizing that maybe "the expert" doesn't know as much as they thought they did! Playing in teams adds to the fun, and you can be really creative in team selection if you give it a little thought. The game last about an hour so is ideal to break the ice at dinner parties, or get older kids involved (for some questions a teenager on your team can be vital)as the questions have very recent content (2009).
On the negative side there are only 12 "games" within the set, the questions of which have to be in a certain order, so if you want to play them again don't get them mixed up! A WORD OF WARNING: Make sure you read the rules carefully before opening a game pack - then you won't waste the 1st game like I did.
Our family is eagerly awaiting a new set of game cards, as we found that some people remember the answers and so we cannot play the cards more than once - possible drawback?
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Trivial Pursuit team, 19 Jan 2010
= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars
This review is from: Trivial Pursuit Team (Toy)
Really enjoyed playing this game, can see there will be a drawback after playing the game 12 times.....all the cards will have been used up!
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