Has anyone played Wits and Wagers?

Question

It has been ranked one of the best games by Games Magazine and Mensa.

Answer 1

One of my favorite games!  You need four players to play it well, and it shines best with the full seven (and could go more, with teams).

It's a twist on normal trivia games...all the answers are numeric, and most would not be known precisely, but can be estimated, then you bet on the closest (with odds).

For more info, click here: http://boardgamegeek.com/game/20100

Answer 2

I played a lot of Wits and Wagers over the holidays this year. It was the party game that received the most mileage.

The idea of the game is simple, but engaging for all players, and everyone has a good shot at doing well. Basically, the game has question and answer cards, where all of the answers are numbers, some numbers that some people would know, but a lot of numbers that people would likely guess at (e.g. What percent of M&Ms in a package are blue? Or How many years does it take Pluto to revolve around the sun?). Everyone writes down their answer on small dry-erase boards, and reveal simultaneously. The answers go onto the play board from lowest-to-highest, which has an odds chart alongside (e.g. 1-to-1, 2-to-1, 3-to-1). Then, players place bets on the answers betting which is the closest to the correct answer without going over (like the 'Price is Right'). When the answer is revealed, the player who put down the correct answer receives a bonus, and players who bet on that answer get paid out on what the odds were for that answer. Over the course of the first six rounds players are limited in their bets, but in the final round players can bet as much as they like ('go all in'). The winner is the person with the most money at the end of the seventh round.

Wits and Wagers is great fun, and playable by a wide variety of people. The game is designed for 3-7 players, though I find that it works better the closer to 7 players one has. Wits and Wagers was recently picked up by Target retail outlets for their game departments, so you should be able to find a copy there.

BoardGameGeek.com entry for Wits and Wagers:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/20100

Incidentally, the designer for Wits and Wagers, Dominic Crapuchettes, is a user at BoardGameGeek.com.