It should also be noted that the game is suitable for playing around a large table, as well as bars on trivia nights, where you can drink. The physical board game version of Wits & Wagers requires at least four players, and can be played with as many as 20 people. How did they stack up against one another? Hit the jump for “ Wits & Wagers XBLA vs. Last night, I invited a few people over to play both the physical version of Wits & Wagers as well today’s XBLA release (thanks Topher, Grrlaction, and Kev). As the box says “Brainless Trivia, Shameless Fun!” Because all of the answers are numerical, actually being good at trivia really doesn’t factor in to how well you’ll do at Wits & Wagers. Not surprisingly, the core of the game has remained the same - players place handwritten guesses to questions on a mat, and then everyone bets on whose answer is the closest (without going over) to the actual answer. Today’s Xbox LIVE Arcade title, Wits & Wagers started life as one of these fabled “board games,” and the game’s publisher North Star Games sent me a copy to check it out. ![]() ![]() Fact: before people sat in front of televisions and manipulated things on the screen with joysticks, people sometimes sat around a table and played something called “board games.” I know, it’s difficult to believe, but it’s true.
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