And she vividly recalls when she knew an answer that the adults didn’t know because she had just read about that certain waterfall in school. As a youngster she’d watch from the sideline as the adults had their men vs. She grew up with games of Trivial Pursuit played frequently in her home. In the group was a coworker that loves Trivial Pursuit. Sure enough, the games rattled off we’re the games you’d expect – the games that most visitors would be familiar with – Monopoly, Sorry, and Trivial Pursuit. It wasn’t likely that there would be great modern board games. While the mention of games got me excited, I knew not to expect too much. After a wonderful dinner, the host told us they had games in the parlor. Our meetings were held at the Kent Manor (great place) in Baltimore during a big snowstorm. I use the passive tense because I definitely didn’t seek this one out. This week, while on a business trip, I found myself playing Trivial Pursuit. Or better yet, take it on a scout camp for a campfire starter.ĭo you play the game or does the game play you? A bit of trivia needed from many areas. I love a good challenge, but when there’s really not much chance to know the answers to obscure facts, no thanks.
But I’m still having a hard time figuring out why.ĭo people really enjoy playing games that make them feel dumb? Or maybe it’s more like Monopoly – a lot of people have the game but it really just collects dust on the shelf.Īfter Trivial Pursuit first came out (1981), it quickly became THE hit party game. ( has entries for more than 160 Trivial Pursuit game versions!) These effects are amplified by added influences like noise and less light, resulting in a very confusing and frustrating experience for both the colorblind and the other players.There must be a lot of Trivial Pursuit lovers in the world because there’s an excessive number of Trivial Pursuit versions of there. And as a result, there is no opportunity to learn the colors as the colorblind have to keep (re)evaluating the colors. There are no alternative means to differentiate between player pieces, wedges and categories, there is also no way of linking tiles and wedges to categories. The colorblind have trouble telling apart the playing pieces from each other and have trouble linking the color of the question spaces on the board and the colored wedges to their respective categories. This dampers the learned information like what wedges the player already has won or where his piece is on the board. Recognizing and telling apart color gets more difficult when it becomes darker as colors tend to blend together, enhancing the effects of color blindness.ĭistractions like music and conversation add to the troubles as they distract the colorblind player from his extra tasks. Trivial pursuit is usually played at night, often with low or dim light. External influencesīeing a party/family game there are often lots of external influences that can influence color perception and memory. As a result, a color blind player might go to a category he already has a wedge of, thinking it’s another category.
Second, the player might forget what categories he already has in his player piece as the wedges follow the same confusing color scheme. There is no learnability as the board is composed of too many tiles to remember them all. The colorblind have trouble linking the color of the tiles to the categories, this poses two problems:įirst, the color blind player often has to keep asking what category the tiles are. The wedges also correspond to these categories and follow the same color scheme. The board consists of color-coded category tiles, each color refers to a category. Comical at first but tiresome in the long run. As a result the colorblind player will more than once move the wrong piece, thinking that it was his.
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