Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

by Pressman Toy

Product Features

• ABC-licensed board game version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
• The box contains 1,000 game cards, 5 question-and-answer card consoles, lifeline tokens, instructions, and plenty of fake money
• For 2-5 players

Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00004DTNF
• Item model number: 5000
• Manufacturer recommended age: 12 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,875 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (36 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

Now you can finally prove that all that prize money Regis Philbin gives away is rightfully yours--and you can do it in the comfort of your own home, thanks to the official, ABC-licensed board game version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Faithful to the TV show, this board game gets all the details just right--from the Lifelines to those laughably easy $100 questions. Players take turns filling in as Regis, quizzing each other from nearly 2,000 questions. As the prize money keeps doubling, someone's inevitably going to get stuck--and that's where the Lifelines come in: Phone-a-Friend (either a fellow player or an actual phone call); Ask the Audience (your fellow players); or ask to see the 50:50 option (cards slip into a plastic console that lets the host cover up a couple incorrect answers). The first one to win that ever-elusive million dollars is the champion. The box contains 1,000 game cards, five question-and-answer card consoles, Lifeline tokens, instructions, and plenty of fake money. Gather family and friends (two to five people can play) and start up a game of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire--you might never watch TV again. --Paul Hughes

Product Description

Product Description Now you can finally prove that all that prize money Regis Philbin gives away is rightfully yours--and you can do it in the comfort of your own home, thanks to the official, ABC-licensed board game version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. Faithful to the TV show, this board game gets all the details just right--from the Lifelines to those laughably easy $100 questions. Players take turns filling in as Regis, quizzing each other from nearly 2,000 questions. As the prize money keeps doubling, someone's inevitably going to get stuck--and that's where the Lifelines come in: Phone-a-Friend (either a fellow player or an actual phone call); Ask the Audience (your fellow players); or ask to see the 50:50 option (cards slip into a plastic console that lets the host cover up a couple incorrect answers). The first one to win that ever-elusive million dollars is the champion. The box contains 1,000 game cards, five question-and-answer card consoles, Lifeline tokens, instructions, and plenty of fake money. Gather family and friends (two to five people can play) and start up a game of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire--you might never watch TV again

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

79 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many more questions than the PC game. You get to be Regis!, March 2, 2000

By A Customer

= 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: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Board Game)

It is great! It has almost 2000 questions (20 times more than the PC game), and you can take turns being the host! The game is enough fun for the whole family. Highly recommended. Hopefully, they will sell question additions later in the year.

60 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Fun & Comraderie Is Worth More Than A Mil!, November 26, 2000

By A Customer

= 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: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Board Game)

A friend brought this over to our house one get-together evening, we had so much fun, he ended up leaving it for us. Not only did we learn from the questions, it gave my husband a chance to do his oh so funny (so he thinks) Regis impression. Of course in this version, even Regis plays!

Since then we have regularly added our own little playful additions, such as a red plastic phone for those all important call-a-friend moments, we play teams and count on our own for asking the "audience", and some of us get a kick out of humming, (one friend uses a kazoo), to supply the music!

This is a great game for non-serious adult fun. The CD-Rom version is terrific too--but we like the old-fashioned interaction that friends can have with a board game.

49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitely Worth It... and buy the UK CD Too!, July 17, 2000

By A Customer

= Durability:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:3.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Board Game)

I always find it interesting looking through the past reviews. I think my favorite was the person who said that they didn't like it because the ways of doing the Ask the Audience and Phone A Friend lifelines was too difficult to figure out, and that the game lacked drama because the money wasn't real.

Jeez.

The two aforementioned Lifelines are done in a very creative way; everyone or just one person (depending on the Lifeline of choice) secretly votes on what answer they think is correct. The host then checks the real answer and throws in the corresponding vote card, so at least one response is correct. It's an excellent way to simulate an audience of a couple hundred that is *almost* always right, and the nagging fear that the person on the other end of the phone line isn't too sure about their answer. Of course, you're also competing against the people who are supposed to be helping you, so consider how devious the group is before deciding if that's going to be your final answer. As for the game lacking drama due to the lack of real money... you must be kidding. It sounds like this person was expecting enough real cash stuffed in the game box to actually play at home, yet still have the game cost about 30 dollars.

OK back to your regularly scheduled review... This is one of the most impressively done games I have seen in a long time, almost rivaling the quality of imported German games. There are plenty of questions in the box; you won't start repeating anything but the sub-1,000 questions for a long time. The new method of play, with up to 4 people facing off while the host does the questioning, is ingenious. It's a lot of fun to reach a tricky 32,000 dollar question, see everyone agree on their Final Answer except you, then watch everyone else go away from that round with only 1,000 dollars as you alone go for 64,000. Of course, you can also play like they do on TV with one contestant subject to the quizzing at a time, but keep in mind you'll burn through the question cards faster that way. There is also plenty of play money in every denomination, especially useful for creating tense moments such as when only one person is left and having a fit watching the host wave a 125,000 dollar bill under his nose.

I would have given the durability a higher score, but since there are 15 different levels of questions, it can be quite easy for a young child to go rummaging through the box, leaving you to play a game of 500-Card Pickup. Otherwise the game stands up quite well, with separate areas in the box liner for all of the questions, money denominations, card consoles, and Lifeline tokens- I have no idea why other game companies are incapable of this, opting to just chuck everything into the box and hope that entropy will turn the chaos into order by the time the shrinkwrap is torn off..

As for educational value, trivia games in general have a certain "Oh, I never knew that" value to them. You do learn stuff, but it's not exactly vitally important information. Also, you'll probably forget which color (of red, yellow, green, or blue) isn't on the Lithuanian flag by the next time you play anyway.

One more thing- this game is impressively enhanced by shelling out more dollars for the British import CD of WWTBAM which includes EVERY piece of music from the show. Just pop the disc in your player, set it to Track 11 (of 76!), and you're off on a truly wild evening of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire excitement for everyone in the house.