1 point for correctly placing the Small Meeple.If I most definitely know the correct answer (such as in how many feet are in a mile), I can place both of my Meeples on my own answer card.and if I was correct, I would earn a total of 4 points: I can either place both Meeples on the same answer card, or one on each of two different answer cards. So, back to our Mario Kart question: if I think that the correct answer is 5, but no one has written down "5" on their own answer card, then I'll choose to place my Meeples on the highest answer closest to 5 without going over. This is where each player places their wager, on the answer or answers that he or she thinks are closest to being correct. Each player chooses where to place their two Meeples (one small, one large) on the individual answer boards. Each player looks at all of the guesses provided by the players. The answers are placed in order, from smallest to largest.Ĥ. After everyone has finished writing down their answer, the guesses are placed face-up on the table or playing area. Everyone who is playing the game writes down their answer or best guess on their own personal dry erase-style board.ģ.
A question is asked from the card deck of questions.Ģ. In fact, each player tries to write down their answer on their own little dry erase board so that the number they have selected for their answer won't go overthe correct answer (that's a key point or strategy to this game).ġ. Wits & Wagers Family is a trivia game where the players don't have to know the exact answer to win the game. However, most people will only be taking a best guess at the answer. Yes, there are some children (and adults) who will know the exact answer to this question. For example, a card may say, "When you first purchase Mario Kart Wii, how many characters can you choose from?" This is a game where all of the question cards' answers are written as numbers. We have enjoyed it and have played it numerous times together, all four of us. Little things that help me stay more humble are not bad, just annoying at times!Ī few weeks ago, our family received the board game, Wits & Wagers Family, to play and review here for you. I've given up on the idea that I will always come out a winner. I've learned to survive this with playing games truly "for fun", with no expectation to win or trounce everyone else. But if it's a game involving strategy, even if I know what the strategy may be, most likely I won't be doing all that well with it. That would be poor sportsmanship, right? And my children would be very embarrassed and would claim to not know me. And while I'd love to jump around and screech and open the door and shout my head off to the neighborhood that I won that particular game, I don't. Sure, there have been moments when I play better, or even win a game. In other words, I've become a good sport out of desperation! The only thing that has improved in my game-playing ability is my level of patience and acceptance that I will almost always lose or come close to last. Well, fast-forward to 2010, and things haven't improved all that much. I probably did that more than once, I'll admit. Sometimes, I just felt like picking up that board or deck of cards and dumping it over. Sometimes, board game play ended with me in tears or immense frustration when playing games with my brother and sister. As a child, I think this bothered me a little - that I wasn't all that great at strategy. I have an uncanny knack of losing most games that I sit down to play with my family and friends.