Unless the question is looking for a movie, in which case go for Casablanca. On which note, when in doubt, answer Gough Whitlam for Australian political questions and Ronald Reagan for entertainment or US political questions. But that’s still probably an improvement on the minutiae of the early 1980s. Not unless they split the difference: old-school gameplay with modern questions.Īnd even the questions are much more likely to be multi-choice now. But they’re not going to get that challenge from Trivial Pursuit 2000s. In my (admittedly not extensive) experience, young people are just as keen as ever to rise to a challenge and achieve something they can be proud of. Because Hasbro have not only built their marketing but the actual gameplay around a stereotype: young people want achievement without effort. Millennials, in fact.Īnd while there are approximately as many denigratory things said about millennials as there are actual millennials, I think this is a big mistake. This might be reasonable if it’s intended as a game for small children – or a game which will even the playing field between small children and adults – but the box suggests that it is aimed at people 16 and over. Now if you are anything like me, you are up on your hind legs screaming in outrage right now. If you want to win, though, you need to answer a question. There are three ways to get a piece of pie: correctly answer a question, get someone else to answer it incorrectly, or just – keep going. Are you sitting down? If you make it all the way to the end of a particular colour’s section without getting that piece of pie one way or the other, you get given it as a parting gift. You don’t have to know anything you just need your opponent to not know anything either.īut if you decide you will answer the question, and you get it right, you get the piece of pie. If they get it wrong, you get that colour piece of pie. If they get it right, they move forward a space. If you choose not to answer, you read the question out, and your opponent attempts to answer it. So you get given your topic, and then – get this! – you decide if you want to answer the question, or make your opponent answer it! The person with the card reads out the topic of the card – because the cards are not only segregated by colour, now, they’re segregated by topic too. But it gets easier!Īll the squares of a certain colour are in a row, so you throw the special die (two ones, three twos and one three) and move that number of squares. The questions aren’t the only thing that’s changed.įor starters, you only need to go around the board once to win, because getting a question right automatically entitles you to that piece of pie, regardless of whether you’re on the big ‘pie’ square or not. Of course, the game is wrapped in plastic, so you can’t get a good look inside, but once you do – once you’ve bought it, that is – whew. Clearly, it was time for some fresh blood.

We have two sets: a New Zealand set, and an Australia expansion pack – both from the mid eighties.

Trivial Pursuit 2000s supports 2-6 players, ages 16 and up, with games lasting approximately 45 minutes.All right, they don’t call it that, but that’s what it is.įor the last, er, lifetime, I have been playing Trivial Pursuit with questions as old as I am. Who be the victor at your next game night, and who is still living in the last millennium? Whether you’re playing with friends or family. Trivial Pursuit 2000’s is a game for every game night. When the latter option is chosen, all the other players answer the question, if they are wrong, than the player who chose to stump the others earns that space. When a player lands on a space on the board, they can either answer the question if they feel confident, or they can choose to stump the other players. While older versions of Trivial Pursuit simply asks players to correctly answer questions, Trivial Pursuit 2000’s offers another route to victory. In this edition, the categories are places, entertainment, sports and hobbies, events, science and tech, and arts.

Like in previous iterations of Trivial Pursuit, players compete to answer a correct question from each category as they make their way around the game board. This latest instalment of the classic trivia game tests players’ knowledge of all things 21st century. Trivial Pursuit: 2000s Edition is not the Trivial Pursuit of the past.

Trivial pursuit 2000s