Let’s do a sample question together so that you can see the mechanics. Players do score extra points if their answer was closest, but a player could go the whole game without getting a question right and still win due to how scoring works. Even a quiz master like Ken Jennings might not win a game of Wits and Wagers. This aspect may frustrate some, but for me, it is what makes the game fun for the whole group rather than just a few people. On other questions, no one could every be expected to know. You may be able to guess when the first American newspaper was established if you know old a paper like the New York Times is. Questions are often based around statistics: How many cups of coffee does the average American drink in a year? How much did a three-day Woodstock ticket cost at the gate on the first day? What was the lowest temperature every recorded in Hawaii in degrees Farenheit? How many Americans were injured in bathtubs or showers in 2001?įor some questions, your knowledge may help you. It can help, yes, but the questions are deliberately designed so that no one at the table likely knows the exact answer. Wits and Wagers, on the other hand, is a trivia game where you don't have to know trivia to win. Games end in a near stalemate in which players try to hop back and forth on spaces near their worst category until finally the planets align and they get an easy question while in the right place. In order to win Trivial Pursuit, you not only must get a question in each category correct, but your pawn must be on the one correct space on the board that earns you a tiny plastic pie piece.
It's not that I dislike trivia - as you will see when I review Wits and Wagers - it’s that I dislike trivia for trivia’s sake. If you like having fun, Wits and Wagers will be more up your alley. If you love trivia and love drawing out a game until everyone is sick of it, Trivial Pursuit is for you. Just in time for the weekend, today on Critical Hits we look at some party games before going to regular Monday posts starting next week.
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