Wikipedia: The Game About Everything
Wikipedia: The Game About Everything Rulebook
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Components
- 300 Wiki Theme Cards
- 4 Dry Erase Boards
- 4 Dry Erase Markers
- 100 Tokens
- Sand Timer
Object of the Game
At the end of the game, be the player who has collected the most tokens.
Setup
- No peeking at your smart phones for answers! All players place their smart phones and/or other electronic devices out of the play into the top of the game box.
- Each player takes a board and marker.
- Shuffle the deck of Wiki Theme cards and place it facedown within reach of all players.
- Turn all tokens faceup in a pile within reach of all players.
- Place sand timer within reach of all players.
How to Play
The youngest player goes first.
On your turn, draw the top card from the Wiki Theme card pile. There are 3 games to play on each card and you will be the reader for the whole card. Once all three games on single card are completed, play continues to the player to the left who will draw a new Theme card and become the new reader. In the first two games, all players, except the reader, will be collecting tokens for successful answers; in the third game, it's possible that the reader can become a token collector too, along with all the other players.
Wiki Theme Cards
Each Wiki Theme card is divided into 3 Games: TRIVIA, PAGE VIEWS & DISAMBIGUATION.
GAME 1: TRIVIA – There are 3 trivia questions in Game 1.
The reader flips over the timer reads all of them aloud. Players use their markers to write their answers on their boards. They can ask the question or questions to be repeated during the countdown. Once the sand timer runs out, time is up, and players put their markers down.
The reader then reveals the correct answers to each trivia question. Players receive one token for each correct answer.
GAME 2: PAGE VIEWS (Ranking) – Wikipedia has kept track of all the page views or hits each of the 3 theme-related topics have received in one year. Their ranking is shown in the right column in blue, from most views to least views.
The reader flips over the sand timer and reads the 3 topics aloud from the left column in black. The players use their markers and boards to rank those topics in order from most to least hits. When the sand timer runs out, time is up, and markers are put down. The reader announces the correct order and players receive one token for each correct ranking.
GAME 3: DISAMBIGUATION – The bottom portion of the card challenges the reader and the other players to create matching lists based on the directive in the shaded box.
The reader flips over the sand timer and reads the Disambiguation directive aloud. The reader and all players will now each use their dry erase boards and markers to create a list of their top 5 answers in secret. Once the sand timer runs out, time is up! The reader will read his answers aloud to the other players. Players receive one token for each correct match they have with the reader. The reader can also collect tokens and is awarded one token for any of his 5 answers matched (a maximum of 5 tokens).
Once all three games on a single card are completed, play continues to the left with that player becoming the new reader.
Tokens
The game ends when all the tokens are gone and have been awarded to players.
Running low on tokens? If there are not enough tokens left to award all players the correct amount for a given game, the player who scored the highest for that game wins all of the remaining tokens. In the event of the tie, the players split the tokens evenly and discard the remaining token if necessary.
Winning the Game
At the end of the game, once all of the tokens have been awarded, the player who has collected the most tokens is the winner!