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The Game of Wolf. As it says on the box, you want to "choose your pack wisely." This is basically a two-team trivia game, but the teams can change from round to round. This game can be played by 4 to 12 players. To begin, one player is The Wolf, and the player to his left is the reader. A card consisting of 5 items under the same topic comes up each round, and the first thing the reader does is to state the category. The Wolf then decides whether to choose a pack member (or two if there are six or more players) or to play as a Lone Wolf. Once the decision has been made, the 5 items on the card are read out. All players that are not The Wolf or part of his pack play against The Wolf/Pack. Both teams write their answers on the boards provided, and then answers are checked to determine the scoring. Play then proceeds to the next player.
Below is an example of a card - this one having the topic "Company Slogans."
Here are the answers of one of the teams playing last night. Can you determine which ones are correct and which are incorrect? (Though all of these slogans are really familiar to me, certain ones - especially the car slogan - seem like they could fit many different companies!)
The category given for the card below is "Meat." Is this what you would have expected? Who in your group would you choose to be part of your pack for this card? Or would you go "Lone Wolf" on this one?
We've only played one game so far, and the response seemed to be good from all players. Typically people won't play trivia games with me, but in this game things get switched up as you go in terms of team members. David commented that it was a lot better than
Trivial Pursuit where you're just on your own. I think it adds to the interest too that there are multiple items on each card, so it's not just a matter of knowing it or not but rather having opportunity to have some success even if you don't have perfect knowledge of a subject. From what we've seen so far there's a wide variety of topics. Along with the topics shown in pictures so far (Sports Trophies, Company Slogans, and Meats), we also had:
U.S. State Capitals
College Mascots
Elements
Lead Singers
European Capitals
Currencies
Languages
TV Dads
U. S. Currency
Male Movie Quotes
Female Movie Quotes
Rap Lyrics
U.S. Presidents
Billionaires
SNL Characters
Another element that seems to make it more fun than most trivia games (for our group) is that while the category points you in the right direction it certainly doesn't give it away entirely. In fact, you can be kind of caught off guard, but by the time you hear the items, the choice of Pack has already been made. For instance, with "Lead Singers," there's no indication what era in music we're talking about - similarly with Movie Quotes or SNL or TV Dads, are we talking classics or current ones or a mix? And what about Presidents? Does that have to do with their party or their election year or their wives or wars that took place during their terms in office or what? That element of uncertainty makes Pack choice interesting and sometimes funny.
I usually do report out on who wins. In most of the games on this blog it ISN'T me, but, generally, with trivia games I do win. This game was no exception, but I'm quite certain my family will play it with me again - YEA! It's an enjoyable game, and, as shared above, each card is not just do-or-die; you can feel success even if you aren't 100% on it. Also, the pack-choosing switches things up enough that it keeps it lively. It's got a good mix of current and classic and of academic questions and pop-culture questions that everyone should have a chance.
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