Smart Ass Box-01360 Board Game

Product Information

When you land on this space, you will skip the next round. If you would have been a guesser, you cannot submit an answer. If you would have been the reader, the player to your left becomes the reader for the next round. The questions cover a broad range of topics, from sports to pop culture and history, meaning it should cater to most players. It’s a great game for family gatherings. Eventually, the first player to get into the center of the board become the Smart Ass and the winner. Designed for 2 to 6 players and for ages 12 to adult, play starts with the oldest Smart Ass player who is the Reader and will read the first question. This first player rolls the Jumbo Category Die to determine which category the first question will be from. This could be one of the following: There are a number of rules throughout the game such as landing on the Dumb Ass space which means that the player that lands on that cannot answer or ask the next questions.

Wits & Wagers Win points not just by answering questions, but betting on who’s most likely to be rightThere’s also a neat game mechanic where you only score points if one player got the wrong answer. This stops anyone from racing into the lead by getting a streak of correct answers.

As the game only takes 30 minutes to play, it keeps players entertained for just the right length of time. Who’s it best suited for? Only the player that landed on the space gets to try and answer the question. If they answer the question correctly, they will roll the number die and move the corresponding number of spaces. For the first question the player landing on the Hard Ass space has to correctly answer that Mr. Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. If they answer correctly they will get to roll the number die and move the corresponding number of spaces. In Smart Ass the aim of the game is to be first around the board working out Who Am I? What Am I? or Where Am I? The first player to reach the end is the ultimate Smart Ass. The answers are so specific (in this case, 18% and the Dallas Cowboys) that players must make an educated guess - the closest guess wins the point, and the team with the most points wins.

Creative Play

The problem with some trivia games is that if one player is an expert on a topic and those questions come up, they may stroll to an easy victory. Shot in the Dark levels the playing field by asking niche questions like “What percentage of a Greggs sausage roll is pork?” or “What was the most valuable sports team in the world in 2018?” Hard Ass – there are a separate pile of Hard Ass questions as this is effectively a bonus question space. Only the player who has landed on this space gets to answer the Hard Ass question. If they get it right then they can roll the Jumbo Movement Die again for a bonus move. If they answer incorrectly then play just moves on as if it had never happened! Once someone gets the right answer that player (the one who got it right) rolls the Jumbo Movement Die and it tells them how many places to move their playing piece around the board. The reader continues to read clues until one of the players guess correctly. The player that guesses correctly rolls the number die and moves the corresponding number of spaces. After guessing the correct answer to the round’s card, the player rolled a two on the number die. The yellow player moved their playing piece forward two spaces. Half Truth A clever spin on trivia games from the creator of Magic: The Gathering and a TV quiz show pro In Half Truth, there are six potential answers to each question: three right, three wrong.