“”A Family Edition of the Most Award-Winning Party Game in History!””
Summary from the North Star Games:
Wits & Wagers Family simplifies the rules and scoring system of the popular Wits & Wagers. Now families and kids can get into the Wits & Wagers action! First, every player writes down a guess to a fun question. Then players try to score points by choosing which guess is closest to the right answer without going over. That is it!
The game features 300 new family-friendly questions. And even better than that, Wits & Wagers Family includes Meeples– fun, cute, human shaped wooden pieces that the players use to select which answers they think are correct. Meeples have been a hallmark in European style strategy games for years, but this is the first time they have made an appearance in a party game.
Our Thoughts:
You have to love a game that has Meeples. The chance alone to say “meeple” in common conversation is worth playing the game. “Throw in your meeple.” “Where’s my meeple?” “Who took my meeple?” “Hey that’s my meeple!” The best part was how it unnerved my teenager, the resident elder of the home. Beyond the fun of saying “meeple” the game was a huge hit with my family. The only person who did not like it was my 3 year old. She did not quite understand the concept but we all desperately tried to explain it so we could keep playing.
The game is simple. When I first read the object of the game I doubted its ability to hold our attention for long. You simply answer a question based on guessing the average percentage, miles per hour, how tall, how much, etc with your best guess by writing it down on your dry erase card. You then place your meeples for added points on the guesses you think will be the closest to the right answer without going over. Basically it is a guessing game. Questions include “In what year was the first piece of chewing gum sold?”, “In miles per hour, what is the fastest recorded speed of a domesticated cat?”, “What percent of Americans went to an amusement park in the past year?” and tons more! Simple, right? Not only did this keep our attention it had us laughing and carrying on like a bunch of lunatics! We stopped playing only because we had to leave for volleyball practice.
You may be asking yourself if this has any educational value. Well, upon hearing how many feet tall the Eiffel Tower is my six year old exclaimed, “Now when we play that game I will get that one right!” Yes, while the public schools teach to the test we teach to the game.
The recommended ages are 8 and up. I would say that is accurate but I will also warn my six year old, despite the understanding of percentages, rounding, and miles per hour, won several times.