Jeffro’s Car Wars Blog

The family was altogether and ready to relax a bit before the serious fighting got started and someone gets out this game.

Three people with college degrees could not understand the rules after reading through them. We started into a game anyway and just made up our own rules as we went. (Just like Car Wars back in the 5th grade– though none of us had degrees back then!!!)

The questions were so hard that a guy who owns every single episode on video tape could not get any questions right at level 4 or at level 3. People that were only slightly familiar with the game could guess multiple choice questions at level 1 or 2.

After we finished the game, I scanned the rules again and figured out that the designers had combined Taboo, Pictionary, and Balderdash into a special section of the game. These rules would give people that weren’t good at answering the questions a chance to win some points. There were also some rules that allowed for players to attempt to steal cards from the other players.

Overall, it’s an interesting game. The Simpson’s addict got a lot of laughs recalling the more insane moments of the series. The rest of us were just confused by the rules, mostly.

If you end up playing it, skip any question that references the poster. (Play grinded to a halt when questions like this came up: “#247 on the poster did this in episode 23.” Very aggravating. “#247? Oh he’s the guy behind the dude with the big hair….”) Try to keep the game moving and try to shift the focus of the game to the Taboo/Pictionary/Balderdash section of the game that will have more of a general appeal to regular folks.

I don’t expect to get a chance to play it again, though, because everyone was too frustrated! Oh well….