Trivial Pursuit: The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Collector's Edition
by Milton Bradley
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Toys and Games Reviews of Trivial Pursuit: The Lord of the Rings Movie Trilogy Collector's Edition
Customer Review: For the consummate fan
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely adore the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. I have watched everything you could possibly watch on the special extended editions, so when I found out that this game existed, I had to get it! I have played this game with just my housemate and there are times when one person could answer 10 questions in a row before you get another turn! It can get a little bit boring or frustrating but that's the price you pay for being a fan who knows too much! The questions that we usually get caught on are the ones in the "Making Movies" category. Despite having watched the extended versions ad nauseum, we sometimes get stumped on the names of people who worked on the more obscure technical aspects of the film.
I've also played this game with my housemate and another friend right before we decided to switch to playing Trivial Pursuit's 20th anniversary edition for a spell and boy did we hear the crickets. It was such an intellectual letdown after our triumphs at Lord of the Rings movie trivia. :)
I like the fact that you have the optional rule of, when anyone answers a question incorrectly, a Ringwraith going after the player who bears the ring. Another cool thing we've noticed is that there are some questions that are possibly in reference to the Return of the King extended edition.
Overall this is a trivia game for those who have an ardent love of the movies. The only drawback that I am experiencing,so far, is that we have played so often that we're having repeats of the questions. Perhaps, extra cards will be published in the future?
Customer Review: For the consummate fan
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely adore the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy. I have watched everything you could possibly watch on the special extended editions, so when I found out that this game existed, I had to get it! I have played this game with just my housemate and there are times when one person could answer 10 questions in a row before you get another turn! It can get a little bit boring or frustrating but that's the price you pay for being a fan who knows too much! The questions that we usually get caught on are the ones in the "Making Movies" category. Despite having watched the extended versions ad nauseum, we sometimes get stumped on the names of people who worked on the more obscure technical aspects of the film.
I've also played this game with my housemate and another friend right before we decided to switch to playing Trivial Pursuit's 20th anniversary edition for a spell and boy did we hear the crickets. It was such an intellectual letdown after our triumphs at Lord of the Rings movie trivia. :)
I like the fact that you have the optional rule of, when anyone answers a question incorrectly, a Ringwraith going after the player who bears the ring. Another cool thing we've noticed is that there are some questions that are possibly in reference to the Return of the King extended edition.
Overall this is a trivia game for those who have an ardent love of the movies. The only drawback that I am experiencing, so far, is that we have played so often that we're having repeats of the questions. Perhaps, extra cards will be published in the future?
Customer Review: Second best way to learn about Lord of the Rings
Summary: 5 Stars
Ah, the excellent game for hobbit heads everywhere. This set comes with four pewter figures (I believe the same as are in the chess set): Strider, Galadriel, Gandalf (the Grey) and Frodo. Theres a huge pack of Lord of the Rings question cards, with six categories on each card corresponding with the icon on the board: Things, Good Guys Bad Guys Places and History Warfare and Making Movies. (Making Movies is, by the way, one of the hardest categories with questions like Who suggested Sean Astin grab Elijah Woods hand in one scene in Rivendell? or How many award nominations did The Two Towers garner?)The object of the game is to answer one of each category once you land on the categorys home slot. You then get a scoring wedge. Once you get all six, you can reenter the center of the wheel-shaped paths the game pieces take and answer a game winning question. For well-versed fans, this is easy. In fact, the game provides instructions for what to do if and when a person collects all six scoring wedges and wins the game all in one turn! Theres also an advanced challenge version for huge fans who know most of the answers, and involves a medium-quality One Ring replica, which most people are prompted to carry in their pockets when not playing the game. (Ahhh....precious...)
For your hobbit heads, Ranger friends, and Entings, its a great game to play, loads of fun, and an exciting way to increase your bits-and-pieces knowledge of the movie trilogy that is taking the box office by storm!
Customer Review: Got old quick
Summary: 2 Stars
While it's fun to test your knowledge of the movies once, it gets old quick. There's no real Tolkien knowledge required to answer the questions. What is really stupid about the set of questions is that a person who only knows who Gollum is could get an "enemy" question right just about every time. The first time I played this game with 3 other people, "Gollum" must have been the correct answer at least 30-40 times. The only place a person would really get stuck is if they didn't pay close attention while watching all of the special features on the extended DVD set and gets thrown an actor's or design team member's name question.
This game is definitely geared towards the movie and the average watchers who may have not read the books. It is not for the true Tolkien fan. The "correct answers" to questions are derived from changes made to the story by the filmmakers which makes it possible that someone very knowledgeable on the books could get a question wrong if not thinking in terms of the flow of the movie! Obscure and interesting book knowledge that would make this game a keeper is overlooked.
The flow of the gameplay is made interesting by the presence of "the one ring" and the black rider but this does not make up for the lack of real trivia questions.
My recommendation is that you borrow this game from someone who has already stored it somewhere to collect dust and play it before commiting your hard-earned dollars.
Customer Review: Great game...but really needs more questions
Summary: 5 Stars
This was great fun to play. I played in a group where two of us knew the books & backstory really well (but had only watched the movies a couple of times), and the other three knew the dialogues & details from the movies (but had either not read the books or had read them a long time ago). We found that the questions were such that we were evenly matched, which is nice b/c the game's broad enough for fans of the movies and/or books to be able to participate equally. One quibble: there are only 300 cards, so for those who know the story well, there is no challenge after a few times of playing the game. Whoever got control of the board tended to run the game for a looooong time. It really needs another box of questions, I think. As other reviewers have pointed out, the "Making of the Movie" category is really hard---you need to know the names of all actors who played even non-speaking roles, the names of cameras used for certain shots, etc. On the other hand, I found the evil characters category to be too easy: the answer to every third question was "Gollum" and another third turn out to be "Orc"!! I would really have liked questions that were a bit more challenging overall---they were aiming clearly for the middle ground b/w hard-core fanatics and casual viewers of the movies. Any way, I think LOTR Trivial Pursuit is a great idea, and I'm only surprised that no one has thought of this before!