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Players: 2-4 players or teams
Playing time: It depends on the
version you play, but don't expect to play "a quick game of Trivial Pursuit"—there's no
such thing
If you’ve ever played Trivial Pursuit (see N&W.com reviews of
the Genius IV
Edition and the 20th Anniversary
Edition), you know the frustration of being asked question after question that you
could never dream of answering—unless, of course, you know all about ancient chicken
farming practices or obscure painters from the 1870s. Believe me. I know that
frustration. So when my brother-in-law got the Trivial Pursuit 1990s Edition for
Christmas—and we decided to play after the presents had all been opened—I was excited to
dive in. Finally! I thought, Questions I can answer! I lived through the
‘90s!
The 1990s Edition is played much like other Trivial Pursuit
games. Individuals or teams (this one only has four playing pieces—instead of six—but
they’re in cool ‘90s shapes, like a cappuccino) travel around the board, trying to answer
questions (Trivial Pursuit fans be warned: there’s only one box of questions instead of
the standard two) in each of the six categories (‘90s categories include Wired, Oops, and
Hangin’). As always, there are a number of different ways to play the game—including a
“Short Game,” which still isn’t very short.
As a member of Generation X, I
loved being able to actually answer some of the questions. I loved getting that “I know
this one!” feeling. Some questions were totally easy, but some of them were still really
challenging—it wasn’t the cakewalk I expected.
Eventually, after playing
for a long time and getting pretty much nowhere (we should have known not to play the
long version), we gave up without actually finishing the game. But we all had fun
anyway. I definitely recommend this game for my fellow Gen-Xers. If you ever wore
flannel shirts and baggy jeans and Chuck Taylors…if you listened to Nirvana or Pearl
Jam…you’ll enjoy the Trivial Pursuit 1990s Edition.
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