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Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition

Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition

1981·Scott Abbott, Chris Haney

Videos
20
Creators
18

Some reviews. Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 1 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 15 other videos.

2 - 24 players
90 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

From BoardGameGeek

Trivial Pursuit is the original trivia game that started it all. Each player has a circular playing piece with six pie-shaped holes. The goal of the game is to collect a pie in each color. The colors correspond to different question categories. The board consists of a circular track with spaces in seven different colors. Six of the colors correspond to question categories while the last color gives a new dice roll. Six spaces along the track are "pie spaces", and from these there are "spokes" of track leading to the middle of the board. Players roll a die and move along the track in any direction they like. When a player stops on a color they get a question of the appropriate category. If the player answers a question correctly while on a pie space, they get a pie of that color (assuming they don't already have it). A correct answer on another square allows the player to roll again. Once the player has one pie in each color, she can move along the spokes to the middle of the board to win the game.

Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition

Watch first

Learn to play

Trivial Pursuit- How to Play6:04

Trivial Pursuit- How to Play

Skip the Rulebook

Skip the Rulebook

Review

10 Games Better Than Trivial Pursuit - with Tom Vasel6:37

10 Games Better Than Trivial Pursuit - with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Watch it played

Drunk Trivial Pursuit - LOTR, Star Wars, Original Version, etc.8:09

Drunk Trivial Pursuit - LOTR, Star Wars, Original Version, etc.

BlameSociety

BlameSociety

Which Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition video should I watch?

Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition has 20 videos from 18 creators: 3 reviews, 1 how-to-play guide, 1 playthrough and 15 other videos. They date from 2008 to February 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "Trivial Pursuit- How to Play" by Skip the Rulebook, which runs 6 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "10 Games Better Than Trivial Pursuit - with Tom Vasel" by The Dice Tower. 3 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Drunk Trivial Pursuit - LOTR, Star Wars, Original Version, etc." by BlameSociety.

If you like it, try Ubi, also by Scott Abbott, or Electronic Dream Phone, Clue and Star Wars: Jabba's Palace – A Love Letter Game, which share several of its mechanics.

All videos

Trivial Pursuit story4:07

Trivial Pursuit story

Rosie Close

Rosie Close

How Trivial Pursuit became a hit board game, 1982Interview4:42

How Trivial Pursuit became a hit board game, 1982

CBC

CBC

If You Like (or Hate) Trivial Pursuit You Might Love...?Review9:33

If You Like (or Hate) Trivial Pursuit You Might Love...?

Game Boy Geek

Game Boy Geek

Cómo jugar al Trivial2:02

Cómo jugar al Trivial

La Información - Practicopedia

La Información - Practicopedia

Trivial Pursuit Electronic Handheld Game Ad (1998)0:16

Trivial Pursuit Electronic Handheld Game Ad (1998)

Movie & Video Game TV Spots

Movie & Video Game TV Spots

10 Games Better Than Trivial Pursuit - with Tom VaselReview6:37

10 Games Better Than Trivial Pursuit - with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Trivial Pursuit- How to PlayHow to play6:04

Trivial Pursuit- How to Play

Skip the Rulebook

Skip the Rulebook

1994 TRIVIAL0:17

1994 TRIVIAL

AdsPast 2

AdsPast 2

1996 Trivia Pursuit0:18

1996 Trivia Pursuit

AdsPast 2

AdsPast 2

Trivial Pursuit from Selchow and Righter (1980s)0:30

Trivial Pursuit from Selchow and Righter (1980s)

Toy Tales

Toy Tales

McDonalds Trivial Pursuit UK TV commercial from 1991Humor0:32

McDonalds Trivial Pursuit UK TV commercial from 1991

Roxanne Ducharme

Roxanne Ducharme

Quest da Grow - REGRASReview6:52

Quest da Grow - REGRAS

Renato Cracco

Renato Cracco

Trivial Pursuit- How to Play6:04

Trivial Pursuit- How to Play

Skip the Rulebook

Skip the Rulebook

10 Games Better Than Trivial Pursuit - with Tom Vasel6:37

10 Games Better Than Trivial Pursuit - with Tom Vasel

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

If You Like (or Hate) Trivial Pursuit You Might Love...?9:33

If You Like (or Hate) Trivial Pursuit You Might Love...?

Game Boy Geek

Game Boy Geek

Quest da Grow - REGRAS6:52

Quest da Grow - REGRAS

Renato Cracco

Renato Cracco

Drunk Trivial Pursuit - LOTR, Star Wars, Original Version, etc.8:09

Drunk Trivial Pursuit - LOTR, Star Wars, Original Version, etc.

BlameSociety

BlameSociety

How Trivial Pursuit became a hit board game, 19824:42

How Trivial Pursuit became a hit board game, 1982

CBC

CBC

TRIVIAL PURSUIT commercial - Bill Plympton0:31

TRIVIAL PURSUIT commercial - Bill Plympton

Bill Plympton's Plymptoons

Bill Plympton's Plymptoons

McDonalds Trivial Pursuit UK TV commercial from 19910:32

McDonalds Trivial Pursuit UK TV commercial from 1991

Roxanne Ducharme

Roxanne Ducharme

1992 Trivial Pursuit commercial w/Patrick Ewing0:16

1992 Trivial Pursuit commercial w/Patrick Ewing

gamelovercommercials

gamelovercommercials

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About Trivial Pursuit: Genus Edition

From BoardGameGeek:

Trivial Pursuit is the original trivia game that started it all. Each player has a circular playing piece with six pie-shaped holes. The goal of the game is to collect a pie in each color. The colors correspond to different question categories. The board consists of a circular track with spaces in seven different colors. Six of the colors correspond to question categories while the last color gives a new dice roll. Six spaces along the track are "pie spaces", and from these there are "spokes" of track leading to the middle of the board. Players roll a die and move along the track in any direction they like. When a player stops on a color they get a question of the appropriate category. If the player answers a question correctly while on a pie space, they get a pie of that color (assuming they don't already have it). A correct answer on another square allows the player to roll again. Once the player has one pie in each color, she can move along the spokes to the middle of the board to win the game.

Designers

Scott Abbott, Chris Haney

Artist

Michael Wurstlin

Publisher

Diset S. A.

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