Trivial Pursuit

1 Overview

Trivial Pursuit has been testing friendships and revealing embarrassing knowledge gaps since 1981. Players move around a wheel-shaped board answering questions in six color-coded categories. Landing on a Category Headquarters and answering correctly earns you a scoring wedge. Fill all six wedge slots on your playing piece, reach the center, and answer one final question chosen by your opponents to win.

The game rewards broad general knowledge - and mercilessly punishes specialists. You might know everything about sports but blank on Art & Literature. That's the point.

2 What You Need

• 1 game board
• 6 player tokens (pie-shaped, with 6 wedge slots each)
• Trivia cards (usually 1000+ questions)
• 2 dice
• 36 scoring wedges (6 per color/category)
• Card holder box

3 Setup

1. Each player picks a token and places it on the center hub (Start).
2. Shuffle and stack trivia cards in the card holder.
3. Youngest player rolls first.

4 How to Play

1. Roll both dice and move your token that many spaces in any direction.
2. The space you land on has a color. The player to your left reads you a question in that category.
3. Answer correctly: roll again and keep moving (unless you're on a special space).
4. Answer incorrectly: your turn ends. Pass dice left.

Special Spaces

• Roll Again (center or spoke spaces): Roll again regardless of answer.
• Category Headquarters (6 spokes): Answer correctly here to earn the matching colored wedge for your token.
• HQ Strategy: You must actually land on a HQ space to earn that wedge - you can't earn it from a matching color elsewhere on the board.

The 6 Categories

• 🔵 Geography - Countries, capitals, rivers, landmarks
• 🩷 Entertainment - Movies, TV, music, celebrities
• 🟡 History - Events, dates, famous figures
• 🟤 Art & Literature - Books, art, theater, poetry
• 🟢 Science & Nature - Biology, physics, space, nature
• 🟠 Sports & Leisure - Sports stats, hobbies, games

5 Winning

Once you've earned all 6 wedges, move to the center Hub. You choose which Category Headquarters to move to. The other players collectively choose which category you must answer. Answer correctly - you win! Answer wrong - keep moving and try again on your next turn.

6 Tips

• Specialize your route early. If you know Sports cold, camp near that HQ and collect that wedge first. Save your weak categories for last when you're desperate.
• Watch the dice options. You can move in any direction - plan your path to hit multiple HQs efficiently.
• Don't rush to the center. Wait until you have all 6 wedges - being forced back by a wrong final answer wastes a turn.
• Use Roll Again spaces strategically. If a Roll Again space is en route to an HQ, prioritize landing on it.
• Choose your final category wisely. Your opponents pick, so they'll choose your weakest. Go in with your strongest first to give them fewer choices.