Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
by Pressman Toy Company

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Product Summary

• ABC-licensed board game version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
• The box contains 1,000 game cards, 5 question-and-answer card consoles, lifeline tokens, instructions, and plenty of fake money
• For 2-5 players

Toys and Games Reviews of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

Customer Review: Definitely Worth It... and buy the UK CD Too!
Summary: 5 Stars

Jeez.

The two aforementioned Lifelines are done in a very creative way; everyone or just one person (depending on the Lifeline of choice) secretly votes on what answer they think is correct. The host then checks the real answer and throws in the corresponding vote card, so at least one response is correct. It's an excellent way to simulate an audience of a couple hundred that is *almost* always right, and the nagging fear that the person on the other end of the phone line isn't too sure about their answer. Of course, you're also competing against the people who are supposed to be helping you, so consider how devious the group is before deciding if that's going to be your final answer. As for the game lacking drama due to the lack of real money... you must be kidding. It sounds like this person was expecting enough real cash stuffed in the game box to actually play at home, yet still have the game cost about 30 dollars.

OK back to your regularly scheduled review... This is one of the most impressively done games I have seen in a long time, almost rivaling the quality of imported German games. There are plenty of questions in the box; you won't start repeating anything but the sub-1,000 questions for a long time. The new method of play, with up to 4 people facing off while the host does the questioning, is ingenious. It's a lot of fun to reach a tricky 32,000 dollar question, see everyone agree on their Final Answer except you, then watch everyone else go away from that round with only 1,000 dollars as you alone go for 64,000. Of course, you can also play like they do on TV with one contestant subject to the quizzing at a time, but keep in mind you'll burn through the question cards faster that way. There is also plenty of play money in every denomination, especially useful for creating tense moments such as when only one person is left and having a fit watching the host wave a 125,000 dollar bill under his nose.

I would have given the durability a higher score, but since there are 15 different levels of questions, it can be quite easy for a young child to go rummaging through the box, leaving you to play a game of 500-Card Pickup. Otherwise the game stands up quite well, with separate areas in the box liner for all of the questions, money denominations, card consoles, and Lifeline tokens- I have no idea why other game companies are incapable of this, opting to just chuck everything into the box and hope that entropy will turn the chaos into order by the time the shrinkwrap is torn off..

As for educational value, trivia games in general have a certain "Oh, I never knew that" value to them. You do learn stuff, but it's not exactly vitally important information. Also, you'll probably forget which color (of red, yellow, green, or blue) isn't on the Lithuanian flag by the next time you play anyway.

One more thing- this game is impressively enhanced by shelling out more dollars for the British import CD of WWTBAM which includes EVERY piece of music from the show. Just pop the disc in your player, set it to Track 11 (of 76!), and you're off on a truly wild evening of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire excitement for everyone in the house.

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