You may have seen the board game BezzerWizer around in stores such as The Works this year and I was given it as a gift. After a few games I think this has one of the best formats of any Board Game I have played for some time and also some cracking questions. There is however a downside.
The basic format is simple. There are a range of categories in the game. 20 if I remember correctly ran ranging from Sport, TV, Geography, Art....you know what to expect. At the beginning of each round a player draws 4 titles from the bag each with a category on them. You then rank whichever categories you have in order of what you feel best at. For instance, if you are a Sport expert your Sport tile will go on the 4 point space on the board whereas something you are less comfortable with you can place on the one point scale. Once all four categories are ranked by each player play begins.
There is an added twist with each player being given a Z token they can use to "steal" an opponents category and two "b" tokens to use when they think a player will answer wrongly. This adds tactics to the game. As you earn points and move around the board tactics increase more as round by round you have to think on your feet. As the game closes in each move is worth only one point to help even it out and tactics come into play regarding stealing subjects etc.
All in all the format is perfect.
However, little did I know, the game is American and thus the nature of some subjects is American, very American. With knowledge required sometimes of the inner workings of one particular episode of Seinfeld you can feel hard done to some times. I would say 10% of questions are "too-American-based" for UK players. Obviously, this isn't a bad thing if you are American but it can be annoying when you cannot even hazard a guess.
Still the level of questions is great in the other 90% with a good balance and range to test any quizzer. Worth a luck if you accept that its American focused.
Below is the Amazon Link but its much cheaper if you hunt out in a local shop.
Was the episode of Seinfeld that the game was referring to the one shot in the style of famous art film producer Harold Pinter?
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