Why change a winning formula (Trivial Pursuit Genus IV)

Member Name: AmyXXXX

Product:	Trivial Pursuit Genus IV
Date:	27/10/00 (102 review reads)
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Advantages: Still fun and very nice board and accessories

Disadvantages: Less questions and a different game board format means its not so fun to play as old Trivial Pursuit

I have owned trivial pursuit since 1985 when I was 9. I have always really enjoyed playing it as my family, partner and I are all into general knowledge quizzes. I also bought an updated version about 4 years ago with more up to date questions (replacing ones like Who won the UK Indoor Bowls Championship in 1960!) but which kept the original format and questions.

I recently bought my sister the most recent version of trivial pursuit for her 21st birthday. We were both not that impressed. Although the updated board and cute "wedge" shaped question card holders were nice, there were less questions provided with the game, about 1/4 of what you got with the original Trivial Pursuit. This means if you play the game often you soon come round to repeating questions and the game becomes useless. Also they have changed the board so it is much easier to land on a "wedge" space, this impaired our playing pleasure, as it meant less questions were asked and we had less fun trying to think of the answers. I think Trivial Pursuit should go back to its old game board format and put more questions in with the games, instead of trying to rip people off.

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