MATTER OF FACT Board Game

I got this game on the amazon.com website. It was delivered to me quickly and I've brought it to two of my game groups. It was a smash hit both times. The game is fun, moves quickly and is easy to learn. Here's how it works: The game should be played by up to three individuals. If there's four or more players, divide up into teams. Pick a game piece color and place it on the start space on the board. You will then get a card with seven choices on it. Most cards have a 50/50 choice option - like "Were these people Vice Presidents or Explorers?" The seven names or items are then read, one at a time. Teams confer and give their answer. A good idea is to have a team captain give the official response. The more answers you get right, the more spaces you move ahead on the board. Getting all seven right moves you ahead seven spaces, but beware. If you get less than three right, you will move BACK on the board. There is a tracker scale on the board. Any game piece can be used to keep track of scoring. If you or your team gets to the finish first, you win. However, all players/teams should get an equal amount of turns, especially if other teams are seven or less spaces from the finish. They should be allowed to try to create a tie. Some cards will have a question with three or four choices but most cards give you a 50/50 shot of two choices. IMPORTANT RULE - after hearing the question, the player/team can say PASS if they don't like it. If you pass, you MUST take the next card, you cannot pass more than one card per turn. Each player or team can pass a card a maximum of TWO times for the entire game. Passed cards go in the back of the box - the other team doesn't get them. There are 240 double-sided cards for a total of 480 questions. After using the green side, use the orange side. There is no timer, but if people are taking a real long time, you may want to use a one or two minute timer from another game to keep it moving. A fun game that's challenging and not as hard as Trivial Pursuit. I highly recommend this game for your trivia or game night.

I love this game. I love playing it with my family. They have great questions like Do these Dogs weigh (more or less) than a Doberman Pinscher? or Popular comedies, did they star Bill Murray or Steve Martin? It's fun for everyone, even the youngest kids can play, even if they are randomly guessing they can win. It's a lot of fun, teaches you crap you never thought you needed to know. and everyone is able to play. It comes with 5 player tokens, but we had to add a barbie shoe, and a jack, for my family. Very fun game.

This game is recommended for age 16 to adult. The reason is the eras the trivia type questions cover. We played twice (a total of six games) in three player format. The instructions recommend two players or teams so everyone is always actively engaged in the questioning and answering. We didn't have any problem playing as a threesome and reading the questions round robin style. It was still enjoyable to listen to the other player answer their seven questions, so I think this instruction could be offputting for someone thinking of buying. Don't let that deter you. The nice thing about the game is that you can't choose your topics like you do with Trivial Pursuit. The benefit of this is that players of various levels of experience and intellect can still have a chance to win. Each card has a main question and then the player answers seven questions relating to that. You can pass twice during each game, getting a new set of questions to answer (you don't lose your turn). The downside to the game is some of the cards had incredibly easy questions (particularly the movie questions) and some were definitely challenging. I wish the difficulty level would have been more consistent. Also, I wish the question cards had more diversity in subjects. The three of us began to get quite a few cards where we correctly answered all seven questions and moved the maximum number of spaces. We rarely went backwards, as you can do if you only answer one or two correctly. The result of this was that the games were begun and ended rather quickly...an advantage or disadvantage depending on your perspective. The board is small and we finished one game in twenty minutes. We enjoyed it overall.

I really like this game. It is very simple to learn and a lot of fun. Basically, it is a "race" trivia game. You answer 7 trivia questions from a card and move ahead a certain number of spaces depending on how many you get right. If you get zero right answers, or just a couple of right answers, you have to move back some spaces. The first person to the end of the track wins. What sets this game apart from many other trivia games, in my opinion, is the types of questions it asks. They are creative and fun. For example, some questions are "Claim to Fame" and say something like, are the following people famous authors or opera singers? Others want to know something along the lines of which product was introduced first, and then gives a list of 7 pairs of products. Some questions turn out to be very easy, some are more challenging, but all are fun and interesting. A game with only 2 players lasts about 30-45 minutes, and 4 players takes an hour or maybe a little more (depending on how well everyone does!). The suggested age is 16 and up, and that seems about right to me, although a precocious younger child may be able to do well. If you like trivia games, I highly recommend buying Matter of Fact. I think you will love it.

I purchased this game a few years ago for my adult daughter as a Christmas gift. She forgot to take it home with her so we continue to pull it out when we have guest over for game night. The unique category format is cool in that, even if you ran through all the cards/questions, you won't remember all the answers the next time. This makes is a really good value. My daughter came home for Christmas this year and we played again. I didn't remind her that it was actually her game to take home ;-)

Game is fast paced and really fun. Questions cover a wide range of topics. I hope they offer more cards to buy. Highly recommend this for a family game night.

Interesting questions, and they can be funny, and you can learn a lot -- but for a trivia game I find it disappointing, because for most questions you can make a 50/50 guess, and that's just no fun, in my book. It says 16 to adult, but for most questions younger kids could make a 50/50 guess and still feel like they're participating and contributing. Sample of 50/50 questions: "Do these metropolitan areas appear in the list of Top 25 most polluted cities in the U.S.?" There follow seven cities, and you can guess yes or no. "Do these types of dogs typically weigh more or less than a Doberman Pinscher?" There follows a list of dog breeds, and you can guess less or more. Some questions are just entertaining and can inspire laughter; for example: "Type of bread or snail/slug?" There follows a list of seven items (e.g. boule, whelk, limpet, zwieback) and you guess bread or snail/slug -- 50/50, but with a comedic bonus. Some questions are not 50/50; for example: "During which decade did these TV sitcoms debut?" There follows a list of seven sitcoms, and you can guess a decade if you don't know offhand. And there are some questions (a minority) which are not easy unless you happen to know information about that question -- as in most trivia games. For example: "In which cities will you find these professional sports teams?" There follows a list of seven teams (e.g. Cavaliers, Stars, Magic, Blues) and you must state the city. Bottom line: If you're playing with a group which includes younger children, this can be entertaining. Groups of adults may find it less so because the 50/50 guess element makes it less challenging.

This is a fun, laid back trivia game that can be both difficult and easy. Most of the cars have only 2 options to give an answer. For example: "Who starred in these films, George Clooney or Brad Pitt?". Because of this style of trivia, players who aren't really knowledgeable in many areas (such as younger people) can partake and basically guess their way across the board. What I don't like about the question cards are some of them are ridiculously easy and some of them are ridiculously hard. An easy card example: "Who makes these cars, Toyota or Chevy?". The ridiculously hard questions often have to do with unheard of novelists, playwrights or artists that most have never even heard of. I find that most of the questions are intelligent guesses. For example: "Do these cities have more or less people than the population of Rhode Island" or "Simon and Garfunkel song or so-and-so Novel" (All of these types of questions have very obvious answers, as you can tell the difference between the name of a song and the name of a novel). Anyway, fun game but like with most has some drawbacks. I would recommend it.