Trivial Pursuit: 6th Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)Sorry, but Volume 6 does NOT compare to the classic Genus and Genus II versions of this game. Rather, Volume 6 relies heavily on People Magazine-type trivia -- lots of inane pop culture-oriented questions, for which even die-hard trivia fans will be saying "Who cares?" An example of this is a question about Christina Ricci appearing in a GAP commercial. This was in the HISTORY category! Lame! About 40% of the questions seemed to fall into this category. Another 20-30% were ridiculously easy, a further 20% ridiculously obscure. The creators have also ditched the nuanced questioning style of the original game, by which one could often deduce the answer, even when it was something otherwise unknown.
I think the problem here is that TP is issuing too many versions in too short a period of time. Genus 5, which I DO like, came out fairly recently (I think), and I think TP needs to take some more time to write better questions. Part of the fun of TP has been that you learn from the questions you miss. With Volume 6, you just don't care.

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From adding machines to laptops...JFK to George W...bell-bottoms to bootlegs...beta cassettes to DVD. For over 20 years, Trivial Pursuit games have provided endless hours of trivia amusement to millions of people worldwide.
The tradition continues with Trivial Pursuit Volume Six. Packed with 4,800 all-new general knowledge questions, from topics including People and Places, Art and Entertainment, History, Science and Nature and Sports and Leisure. You can even take your chances with the Wild Card category. Includes: gameboard, question and answer cards in a two boxes, one die, six tokens, 36 scoring wedges and instructions.

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ThinkFun River Crossing Review

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(More customer reviews)This game seems quite difficult at first, but becomes easier once you realize exactly what the rules allow. My 4 year old and 7 year old kids enjoyed it for a short time, but were unable to grasp the complexities past the first few levels and quickly lost interest (not surprising as this is below the manufacturer's age limit). I'm sure older kids would find this fun.
For adults this game is quite addictive, after a few days I was able to solve all 40 levels. If you look at the inventor's site [...] you will find much harder plank puzzles. However my 4 star rating is mostly because the 40 included cards are just a bit too easy to master.
An "equipment gripe" is that there are exactly the minimum number of plastic "logs" required to cover all games with no extras. We have now lost one of the two shortest logs and over half the puzzles require two of these so these can't be played any more (you can try substituting other items but the real logs fit nicely and have magnets inside them which is quite helpful playing the game). Fortunately ThinkFun offers extra game pieces for a fee (see their web site). I now have River Crossing 2, but without the missing piece I can't really play it.


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To meet the challenges in this Perilous Plank puzzle, you must help the hiker cross the river without getting his feet wet (not to mention being eaten by hungry crocodiles, piranhas, or giant snakes).Move the hiker from one stump to another by placing planks between them.Pick up and move the planks the hiker has already walked across to help him get from stump to stump across the river.The game includes 40 challenges from beginner to expert.Just set a challenge card in the peg board, place a stump into each hole and a plank into the gray-shadowed starting positions.Includes one peg board game frame, 1 magnetic hiker, 20 tree stumps, 5 magnetic planks of varying lengths, 40 challenge cards, a travel bag to hold all the contents and an instruction and solution booklet. A 2003 Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner. and A 2004 Games Magazine Games 100 best puzzle winner in the Puzzles category.

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