Hasbro releases the venerable board game Trivial chase a modern shot in the arm with a new daily, Word-inspired version Trivial pursuit infinity. Like it Word, Trivial pursuit infinity will be a daily challenge – in this case, players answer six quick trivia questions and, in theory, share their results with friends and family.
Trivial pursuit infinity launches up trivialpursuit.com on Thursday – which happens to be National Trivia Day, a holiday that predated the release of Trivial chase. Just like the classic board game, Trivial pursuit infinityThe questions are divided into six categories: Geography, Entertainment, History, Art and Literature, Science and Nature and Sports and Leisure. Questions in Trivial pursuit infinity come quickly, preventing players from Googling the answers for a perfect score.
New questions will come in every day Trivial pursuit infinity's Daily Challenge mode, but there's another element to Hasbro's new twist on the classic board game: AI.
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Trivial pursuit infinity also features an “AI-powered” Infinite mode, which delivers an endless stream of computer-generated questions based on a prompt. “Simply enter your preferred topic,” Hasbro said in an email, “and the Trivial Pursuit AI will generate a series of questions about whatever piques your curiosity.”
I played for a few days Trivial pursuit infinity before launch and found the interface quick and easy to use, and easy to share my results with others. As Hasbro probably means, playing a game has sparked my interest in playing more Trivial chase – and I wasn't surprised when I saw a big button on my results screen encouraging me to buy a physical copy. I've only experimented with the AI-powered Infinite mode once and found a suspicious question/answer combination there; Hasbro hopes players will review the AI-generated questions and report any issues there, in an effort to improve the trivia bot.
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Shall Trivial pursuit infinity find a spot in my morning game routine, next to Word, Connections, and various Puzzmo games? Maybe, though it takes a little extra effort to remember to fire up my phone's web browser to get a trivia solution. Maybe I'll just play around on the table Trivial chase when the urge strikes instead.
The original incarnation of Trivial chase made its American debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York City in February 1982. According to Hasbro, the game was initially a flop and sold only a few hundred copies. But after finding distributors in Canada and the US, Trivial chase became an absolute hit, selling more than 20 million copies in 1984 and being a board game institution for decades.
Hasbro sells several Trivial chase games, including a Classic Edition, the Master Edition and Family Edition. Board game makers The OP sells a wide range of licensed versions of Trivial chasewith versions based on Dungeons & Dragons, Harry Potter, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and Dragon Ball Z, to name a few.