Trivial Pursuit: Master Game - Genus Edition

by Trivial Pursuit Master Game Genus Edition

Product Features

• The original edition with game board, pawns (pies and wedges) and complete instructions
• Great questions from art, sports, literature, geography, entertainment, science and nature, and more
• 6000 tantalizing questions
• works with other subsidiary card editions
• test your wit and wisdon

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0009RGXPK
• Item model number: 7
• Manufacturer recommended age: 18 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #35,125 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Product Description

The original genus edition master game set that started a revolution in entertainment and education. Game is easy to learn but has a lifetime of questions to ponder (6000 questions). A great game to play. From 2 to 24 players. (individual or team play).

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of fun, but geared toward Baby Boomers, September 2, 2008

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Phlogiston (West Hartford, CT USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Trivial Pursuit: Master Game - Genus Edition (Toy)

I love this game. It is endless fun. Occasionally one will find a question that is oddly categorized and, of course, questions to which the answer is "the Soviet Union" might no longer be accurate, but it is still endless fun. I sometimes enjoy being posed a question to which the answer has obviously changed and pondering, "what might the answer have been back in the mid-80s?" It really adds to the fun.

As I suggested in the title of this review, the questions are designed, largely, for baby boomers. I am still waiting for an edition of the game that is of the same quality as this one that might cater to those of a later generation, but I have yet to find one that really fits the bill.

There has not been a similar phenomenon in the board game world since Trivial Pursuit was released and every game guarantees a fun evening. What more could one want in a game?

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Definitely a challenge for Gen X and Y!, January 17, 2009

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MKonis (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

= 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: Master Game - Genus Edition (Toy)

My boyfriend and I like playing this edition because it's a real challenge for us! We're in our late 20's and this game was made in the 1980s, when we were kids. As others pointed out, many of the questions involve the "Soviet Union" and other political and geographic situations that are no longer accurate. No matter which category you choose, you get a history question! I think this edition has some of the best questions though. We get a little more competitive while playing this edition because we need to recall information we've learned from school, the newspaper or family, rather than US Weekly or VH1. Sometimes it's frustrating for us to miss question after question but it's nice to actually have to think!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good for cold winter Saturday nights, December 19, 2010

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Joker (Michigan) - See all my reviews

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

This review is from: Trivial Pursuit: Master Game - Genus Edition (Toy)

The object of this game is to answer as many questions as possible and make it count when you're trying to fill up your gamepiece with colored "wedges" that cover each category of questions (Geography, History, Sports & Leisure, Arts & Literature, Science & Nature, and Entertainment).

I used to play this game a lot when it first came out. The winter of 1984 immediately comes to mind, with the Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games (and Kathleen Sullivan) on TV in the background. This game is now a classic. People say it's hard. Yes, it's hard, but that is the challenge. Just don't read the questions and the answers to them two hours before your guests come over to play. So many people did that back in the day. That's what is called CHEATING. Nobody I ever played with did this, but I never wanted to play against somebody who read the answers ahead of time. Just play the game and try to remember the answers for the next time you play. Some people go wedgeless, believe it or not.

We also had the sports edition of this game. Lots of fun.

If you can still purchase this game on the market then definitely do it. It's a throwback game. A throwback to an earlier time period when people still had the patience to play a board game instead of a video and/or computer game. Just don't argue too much.