The Bottom Line
This unique trivia game's questions all have a number answer of 1 - 10. Each player gets an "answer station" with the numbers 1 to 10 and the word "pass" as well as a colored pawn of their choice. There are three colored dice which determine how many spaces your pawn will go forward for correct answers, forward for answers only one number off, or backward for all other incorrect answers. The first player to reach the end of the board wins! If you're a trivia nut this is the game for you.
Pros
- Clever game idea.
- Quick paced but not too fast.
- Great quality product.
- Tests your trivia knowledge.
Cons
- Questions are too hard, making this game based more on luck than skill.
- Not a good family game for children or even teens.
Description
- For 2 to 6 players, ages 10 and up and takes about 30 minutes to play.
- Has a huge amount of trivia testing, luck, and some learning involved.
- Comes with a game board, three colored dice, and six colored pawns.
- There are 700 trivia questions that have an answer between 1 and 10.
- The six "answer dials" are used to select your number answer or to pass.
- Watch an online video from SimplyFun to actually see how this family game is played!
- SimplyFun family games are sold directly through consultants, you can even become one.
- Consultants come to your home and throw a fun game party with you and your friends.
- Family games can be bought directly from their web site.
Guide Review - In10sity: Family Game Review
At first this family game by SimplyFun seemed like it was going to be lots of fun to play, and it was... but only for the first few questions. It quickly became apparent to myself and ALL those I've played this game with that it's mostly a game of luck with only a little bit of skill. That, or we're all trivia challenged! The game idea is very clever, we liked the setup and most of the rules but the questions were too hard. Here are four questions I pulled out at random: "As of January 2005, how many Emmy awards for best game show had been won by Jeopardy!?"; "During the first season of 'The Apprentice,' how many of the first ten candidates to be fired were men?"; "What was the third digit of the year in which Dr. Seuss's classic 'Green Eggs and Ham' was first published?" and "How many events were in the Ancient Olympic Games (776B.C.-393A.D.)?" Maybe it's just me, but the questions are too hard to know the answer to, so you end up having to try and guess the right question. The problem with that is if you're afraid of guessing wrong you just "pass" the question and still get to move forward one space because if your guess is more than one number off you'll be moving backward. Oh, the answers to the above questions are: Jeopardy: 10, Apprentice: 4, Dr. Seuss: 6, and Olympics: 8.
