Wits & Wagers

6 print and fold cards containing a total of 30 Christmas-themed questions for a few rounds of Holiday W&W action. James Hemsley (Iceberg1) created the content, I just formatted it, and included instructions so you could potentially create the cards without seeing the answers, and thereby disqualifying yourself from play.

I have taken some of the questions from the Christmas Trivia forum thread and put them into this list. There are also a lot of other trivia questions from around the internet. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

The complete rules on a page and 2 copies of a much shorter ‘brief rules’ on a 2nd page. I'd like to edit these once more, but this way it's in time for the holidays.

I don't know if the 1st and 2nd edition cards are identical, but this tuckbox definitely works with the 2nd-edition cards. The box was made with the assistance of the Super Deluxe Tuckbox Template Maker at http://www.cpforbes.net/tuckbox/tuckbox.cgi and some of the images available here at BGG.

MS Word file containing 14 wedding-themed questions (enough for two Wits & Wagers games), appropriate for use during wedding showers, etc. These questions are all formatted for Wits & Wagers (that is, the answers are numbers). These questions are researched at the "found on the internet" level of sourcing - enough for fun, but I'm not providing specific reference sources as are in the actual game questions.

Print out & tape the 2 sheets together to make the board; just add the Wits & Wagers question cards and it makes a very light, packable Wits & Wagers kit. To play: use 2 unique betting tokens for each player (e.g. different coins, chips or stones), scrap paper to submit guesses, and keep score with paper & pencil. No rule changes needed.

Holding a large gathering where you want to play Wits & Wagers? Well, here is a spreadsheet for running the game for large teams on a projection screen. Supports play for 3 to 7 teams. You will need Excel 2003 or later, a projector and the Wits & Wager game. The user can enter Questions from the game or customize them for the group, but is really meant for the latter. The spreadsheet includes Questions for several themes, but you can easily add your own. Instructions are provided in the spreadsheet, but if you have questions or suggestions for improvement, please let me know. Notes and disclaimers: 1. This spreadsheet is intended to be used in conjunction with the awesome Wits & Wager board game by North Star Games and a projector to support large group play. The pens and dry erase cards are needed for play (or can be replaced with pen and paper/large dry erase board). 2. The resolution of the projector should be set to 1,024 by 768 pixels. Higher resolutions work too, but you will need to set the Zoom (View-Zoom) to an appropriate level so that you can still see the red rectangle around this page. You will need to do the same Zoom value for each page. 3. You may not use this program in conjunction with any event that charges an admission fee without first getting permission from North Star Games. Please contact Dominic Crapuchettes at 301-493-4331 or dominic@northstargames.com. This includes raising money for a charity (although permission will surely be granted). 4. Many thanks to North Star Games for making such a great game and allowing the use of the Wits & Wagers questions and concepts for this spreadsheet! 5. This spreadsheet is version 1.2, created by Bruce Bridges and uploaded on 3/14/08. 6. This version fixed a bug where scores were not updating for certain question sets with fewer than 5 players. Also, betting rules were updated.

Submitted on behalf of the game designer, Dominic Crapuchettes. © 2007 North Star Games, LLC.

These are the second edition rules to Wits & Wagers.

Here are the 2nd edition rules! Enjoy.