Trivial Pursuit Millennium Edition

I've enjoyed Trivial Pursuit for years, and this edition to me has a well-balanced set of questions that are challenging and fun. A lot of the questions seemed contemporary rather than spread out over the millenium (like I thought might be the case judging from the title). But otherwise, there were not too many surprises. I highly recommend this game.

This version does not come with the standard amount of question cards, so you "go through" them quite quickly. After a few nights of fun, we were already through ALL the cards! But, the questions are all new and exciting! The picture cards are fun and add a new twist to the trivial pursuit game. The board is fun and very graphic, as well as the new "see-through" pieces. I have enjoyed this game, but would have been more satisfied with the standard issue card quantity.

Overall quality of the the game was good, my one downside of the game was the look of the board . The game board looks very cheap and doesn’t look like it will hold up over time after unpacking and repacking after each game

Well, I'm glad this was a gift and I didn't pay the $ for it. The first thing you'll notice when you open the strange tin case is a lack of cards. You get about 1/2 to 2/3 of the cards you did with another Genus. You are somehow supposed to use a small plastic card holder (holds about 40 cards) to play the game - everybody shares, and no boxes. The cards are paper thin, and not even uniformly cut. My set has many differently-sized cards. And on top of that, a great many of the questions are repeats. That's fine if you've never played another Genus, but I bet most people have. Be prepared to hear many of your old favorites again. The gimmick that astounds me is the "picture" cards. The back of the card is a picture, say, of a flag. The front of the card will have 6 questions and answers about flags. Somehow the picture is supposed to make things more fun. It is the most ridiculous thing I've run across in months. Besides, the pictures are upside-down to the respondent while the questioner reads the question. The board is also paper-thin, and has a bleached-out appearance that makes the colors very hard to distinguish. Put high-wattage bulbs in your lights if you are playing indoors. The translucent pieces are also very hard to distinguish - especially the 'orange' and 'yellow'. ....

OK, I am confused by some of these reviews. One guy wants more questions for the period 1000 AD-1900 AD??? Then go buy another game. This has a ton of old questions, but I love the fact that the pink questions are from the 80's and 90's, this helps me because I am 25 and my twin and I can finally whoop my parents. The game is great and except for the clear pie pieces, this game is a must have, unless you are old and cannot take the fact that you are going to go down to your kids!

Let's face it: Trivial Pursuit is still the most entertaining, accurate, and readily available game on the market. However, of all the changes in this edition, about half are good and half are bad.First, they made several much-needed improvements. The triangle wedges can no longer be inserted at the wrong angle, making them stuck in the game pieces. I can't tell you how many times a wedge would get stuck in the old edition. Also, the new batch of questions is improved. Gone are the dated questions (e.g. regarding East Germany or the USSR). Gone are the blatant inaccuracies (e.g. the Great Wall of China being visible from space). And gone is the horrid miscategorization of including astrology questions in the Science category. Although the questions are slightly easier, I think they are generally improved. Also, the addition of a "Wild Card" category is a nice touch.But there are many new problems in this Millenium Edition. Making the pieces transparent isn't a problem, but making the wedges transparent was a terrible decision. It's annoyingly difficult to tell green wedges from blue even when they are in bag; it's impossible to tell them apart when they are in a pink piece. This bothers me enough that I use wedges from an old game when I play. Also, the "themed" cards are an unwelcome addition. The idea was to have all questions on certain cards be based on a theme, such as Nelson Mandella. The problem is, it's not easy to come up with a "Sports and Leisure" question about Mandella. So most questions on "theme" cards are somewhat unrelated to their categories. This is an annoyance, and detracts from the feel of the game. Also, since the backs of theme cards show pictures of the persons or things involved, all questions and answers are printed on the same side of the card. This means that the player can't ask to look at the question, a useful tool when dealing with words not easily pronounced.All in all, I would recommend this as a fun learning game for all ages. Still, there are many improvements I would like to see in future editions. Perhaps a viable competitor will emerge to convince Hasbro that the changes are needed.

My family and I like it very much. Thank you very much.