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Trivial Pursuit: Master Game - Genus Edition

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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?

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!

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.

My Grandparents have 'loaned' my family the game and we play it sometimes, but it is so hard! even for my mom who is 48; she doesn't even know a lot of the questions. Its a great educational game and great investment value, if you are a real genius then this game is for you.

This item has been fun. It was in shoddier shape than what I expected. However, it was used and guess I shouldn't have expected much.

Our Trivial Pursuit game arrived in excellent condition with all of its parts intact. We play this game without the board or board pieces. We just keep score and play only a few cards at a time, just for fun. We even play it over the phone! (the other person has a set of cards and asks questions from those.) It is fun and we learn.

Trivial Pursuit: Master Game--Genus Edition! Wow, this has provided a fun evening many many times for my family. Whenever my sister and I, both boomers, get together (she lives far far away), we spend quality time playing this game. It becomes heated at times as we run neck and neck the whole time. Often the game is determined by one toss of dice and a right answer! I have several degrees and she has none, so this is not a game particularly of education, but more of a wide range of knowledge, and sometimes very "trivial" knowledge.

My Favorite game, but I like Trivial Knowledge. Underground... only word in english that begins and ends with "und".

I'd owned this game many years ago and wanted it again. Finding the Genus edition in good shape at a reasonable cost was not as easy as I'd thought. This has all the pieces and is the product I'd expected. However, it was rated "like new" on condition, and that is far from accurate. Some of the cards, the board, and the box are tired and very worn. I will enjoy it, but my friends think I've been using it for years. It's not something I could ever give as a gift. I wish there were better standards for rating condition of used products and books!

The item was exactly what I expected. It arrived fast. I am satisfied with the whole transaction. Thank you.