Trivial Pursuit Millennium Edition [Board Game]

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Product Details

• Item Weight: 0.3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B00000IWC5
• Manufacturer recommended age: 16 months and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #166,127 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (40 customer reviews)

Product Description

Editorial Review

For the true Trivial Pursuit connoisseur! This fantastic version of the tremendously popular original celebrates "the facts and follies of the past 1,000 years." Moving around a circular track, players collect wedges for correct answers to questions such as: What island do most of the North Atlantic icebergs come from? What South African described meeting the Spice Girls as "one of the greatest moments of my life"? How many men have walked on the moon? The remaining 3,597 questions (including those on 105 full-color photo cards) are housed in a collectible wedge-shaped tin package (10 inches by 13 inches)--along with the folding game board (18.5 inches in diameter), die, colorful transparent card holder, scoring wedges, and wedge holder. Players make their way to the hub through six categories of queries in hopes of answering the game-winning question. Don't wait till the next millennium for fun like this! For two to six players or teams. --Emilie Coulter

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170 of 174 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Over Priced, Over Rated, and Under Fun, January 7, 2000

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= Durability:1.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Trivial Pursuit Millennium Edition [Board Game] (Board Game)

As a fan of the original Trivial Pursuit, I was anxiously awaiting opening this package underneath our Christmas tree. However, I was very disappointed in what I opened.

1) The pieces are translucent, and very hard to distinguish.

2) The board is almost paper thin, and does not seem durable at all, unlike the original version.

3) The board is also very distracting, too "busy".

4) The Literature category is gone.

5) As mentioned in another review, the cards are loose in the "box" (actually, a pie piece shaped metal tin), and easily lost or mutilated.

6) Some of the cards were repeats. We found a duplicate card 1/4 of the way through our first game.

7) Not worth the price. Wait until it's on sale to buy it.

My son's Junior Trivial Pursuit game (also bought through Amazon) was much more durable and fun.

130 of 132 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Has Strengths and Weaknesses, November 30, 1999

By A Customer

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Trivial Pursuit Millennium Edition [Board Game] (Board Game)

I agree with a previous review that stated that TP questions have been getting successively easier with each TP release. The Millennium Edition doesn't seem to break that trend. Not that that is necessarily a bad thing: it allows more of the family to have fun playing.

The GOOD: New set of questions, nice playing board.

The BAD: Card holder is too small and awkward. (Gimme back the box!)

The UGLY: Pie wedges are translucent, making them tough to distinguish in low light.

If the new questions were offered without the board, I'd give them 5 stars. As it is, I'd only recommend the Millennium Edition if you don't already have a previous release of the game, or you're in need of a fresh question set.

194 of 200 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A nicely (over)packaged next-generation "Genus Edition.", July 14, 1999

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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:3.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:2.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Trivial Pursuit Millennium Edition [Board Game] (Board Game)

Don't be fooled by the somewhat misleading name and text on the box. This isn't a game for history buffs. There are no more questions about past events than you'd find in any previous Genus edition Trivial Pursuit. Accept it as a glitzy packaged Genus V or VI and you'll enjoy it for what it really is. For my taste, I'd rather see more questions about the years 1000 A.D. to 1900 A.D. and less about the Spice Girls and Seinfeld. Trivial Pursuit is becoming too much of a pop culture-oriented game. The "educational value" is questionable. You'd be better off watching Jeopardy. I'll admit that the packaging is pretty cool. There are some problems however. The pie-wedge-shaped metal box doesn't stack well with other games unless you keep it in its squarish "holding box." Also, the transparent "pies and wedges" make it hard to readily determine the colors of the pieces. Plus, question/answer card boxes have been eliminated. The cards are now shrink wrapped while a small plastic card holder will handle a small quantity of cards at a time. It was easier to keep track of "played/used" cards when they could easily be deposited at one end of the box after each play. The picture cards are nice to look at, but they don't really help or hinder one's ability to answer the questions on the other side. You could say this version of the game is "all show and little go." You pay a lot for the fancy packaging. Too bad that people who already have the board and pieces (isn't that nearly everybody) can't get just supplemental boxed card sets like in "the old days." I think the game is now in its Baroque or Rococo period. Too bad. I play monthly with a group of 10 to 15 adults. I own just about every Trivial Pursuit game ever made and many other trivia-type games. This one isn't the best or the worst, but it's sure the prettiest. In my estimation, its a slightly over-priced, misrepresented, over-packaged Genus edition. But if you're a trivia nut like me and my friends, you gotta have it.