TableTopics Gourmet
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Product Summary
Manufacturer: TableTopicsBrand: TableTopics
Product features:
- What are your favorite markets?
- What's the best barbecue you've eaten?
- Which food are you embarrassed to admit you like?
- If you could only use one cookbook for the next year?
- 135 Questions Housed in a 4" Clear Acrylic Display Cube
Toys and Games Reviews of TableTopics Gourmet
Customer Review: Better Than I Expected
Summary: 4 Stars
When I first learned about TableTopics in general, I thought it was a great idea but ridiculously overpriced. Why wouldn't someone just write down a bunch of conversation starters on their own on index cards and save $25? Well, I answered my own question when I was in need of a birthday gift for someone hard to please. TableTopics went over a lot better than I think index cards would have! What you're paying for is more than just the individual questions; what you're paying for is the presentation, something nice enough to leave on a dining room table and withstand (one hopes) years of use and enjoyment.
The box the cards come in is actually surprisingly pretty - far better than I had expected it to be. It's just a clear cube with edges about 4 inches long, and thick, nearly 1/2 inch walls. It looks like glass or crystal, though it's plastic. The cards are 3 inch squares on a durable heavy-duty sort of cardstock or thin cardboard. It's a very attractive package and makes for a substantial gift. In fact, it's now my go-to gift for people I don't know well - not the Gourmet version specifically - but one of the TableTopics many varieties.
As far as the Gourmet version goes, I purchased this for myself, and was pretty pleased with it. My qualms? A good number of cards had "yes or no" type questions, like whether you've cooked for your pet, which failed to foster much conversation around my table. Even worse was a "would you rather" type question about living off celery or being overweight, an awkward topic to discuss over dinner no matter who's eating (or subsequently self-consciously not eating). As food-lovers would expect, there are a number of questions about wine (hope no one is a teetotaler!), technique, ideals and your own cooking and eating habits. I thought many vegetarians/vegans would be pleased with how few questions were related to meat eating (under five, if I'm remembering right).
My final complaint, which is undoubtedly a pet peeve more than a true problem with the product, is that none of the TableTopic questions have question marks. The conversation prompts are questions; punctuate accordingly!
Anyway, I would recommend this product overall. (I gave a low educational rating because although you will learn about your fellow "players" the game itself isn't designed to be educational.) It's a fun way to spark conversation and at least a few of the questions should lead you down paths you hadn't thought of before.
Description of TableTopics Gourmet
Ahh, the pleasures of good food, good wine and interesting conversation! Use these food and wine themed conversation starters to engage friends over wine and cheese, spice up a four-course meal or as a delightful gift for a deserving foody friend. It's called Gourmet but it's not stuffy in any way. From questions about your favorite comfort foods, the best barbecue and nouvelle cuisine, it's all in there. It makes the perfect gift for the perfect host or hostess.Board Games Toys
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