7 Best Trivia Board Games of 2023

What is better than spending an evening with friends, enjoying some good food and drinks, and testing your knowledge with a trivia board game? Nothing, that’s what!

If you’re looking for a new and exciting board game to play with your friends or you want a game that will test your knowledge and make you think, then we’ve got just the right list of things for you. Trivia board games!

If you’re looking for trivia-filled games to play with friends/family, here are our favorite trivia board games on the market this year!

These games are not only fun, but they will also give your brain a workout. So grab some friends, pick up one or two of these games, and get ready for some game night fun!

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Overview: Best Trivia Board Games

Other awesome games listed in this post:

• Mr. Listers Quiz Shootout
• Anomia Party Edition
• Ultimate Pub Trivia
• Half Truth
• Trivial Pursuit Decades 2010 to 2020
• …I should have known that! Trivia Game

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Best Trivia Board Games of 2023

1. Wits & Wagers Board Game

• Game Type: Party
• Ages: 10+
• Players: 4 to an unlimited number of players!
• Play Time: 25 minutes

With over 1 million sold, Wits & Wagers has taken over the trivia and game night world by storm.

The regular, non-deluxe version still remains the most award-winning party game to this day, and the deluxe version, its bigger and badder sibling, is that much better!

So basically, this is how it works. You get a question–some question that no one will actually know the answer to. Something like: “Do you know the average number of pizza slices eaten by Americans each day?”

No one knows the answers, but everyone can take a guess. Once everyone writes down a guess on the betting mat, you’ll all then place your bets. The person with the closest answer is the winner. You can even bet on yourself if you’re confident in your answer!

And even if you don’t win the bet, you’ll still learn something new, which is half the fun.

Even if you have lots of people in your party who want to play, it’s easy to pair up and make teams, or play individually with at least 4 players.

We love this game because although it has trivia involved, you don’t actually have to know or have the exact right answers to be able to win.

While the regular Wits & Wager version is certainly going to be a ton of fun nonetheless, you can expect the deluxe version to be loaded with upgrades.

Other Wits & Wager editions to consider:

• Wits & Wagers Board Game | Vegas Edition (ages 13+)
• Wits & Wagers Board Game | Family Edition (ages 6+)
• Wits & Wagers Board Game | Party Edition (ages 8+)

2. Mr. Listers Quiz Shootout Party Trivia Game

• Game Type: Party
• Ages: 14+
• Players: 3 to 20
• Play Time: 30 to 60 minutes

Mr. Listers Quiz Shootout is a western-themed trivia game that’s perfect for big family get-togethers or game nights with groups of friends.

Choose a player to play the role of Mr. Lister, hand them the rubber mustache, and get ready to play. For every question “Mr. Lister” asks, they’ll be a ton of correct answers. You just need to be the team that gives the most correct answers!

It’s almost like Family Feud where you have to give the top answers to a question but the answer can only be used once.

The questions are set up so that even some younger kids can take a stab at answering many of them, as the questions include things like “Name the top brands of soda” and such.

What is nice is that the gameplay is a little slower, so you’re not burning through cards every minute. This means you get a little more bang for your buck because the game lasts a little longer.

With larger groups, one game can even last an hour which is great!

3. Anomia

• Game Type: Party
• Ages: 10+
• Players: 3 to 6
• Play Time: 20+ minutes

Anomia Party Edition is the next trivia board game on our list. Not only is it super simple to learn, but it’s also going to bring your game night party a ton of laughs from everyone!

So how it works is each player flips through a stack of cards, each with a symbol and a trivia category.

You’re going to want to pay really close attention to the other players’ cards because if two of you reveal the same symbol, it’s a mad dash to shout an example of the other’s category.

The winner wins the card, revealing another symbol and another possible race against another player.

The Anomia Party Edition features 6 all-new decks and over 425 unique categories, plus customizable blank cards for adding your own categories to every deck!

And if you’ve never played Anomia before, we love the original Anomia game just as much as the Party Edition–so we recommend starting with either!

Other Anomia editions to consider:

• Anomia | Original Edition (ages 10+)
• Anomia X | Adult Edition (ages 17+)

4. Ultimate Pub Trivia

• Game Type: Party / Pub Trivia
• Ages: 12+
• Players: 4 and up
• Play Time: 25+ minutes

With Ultimate Pub Trivia, you truly can bring the weekly pub trivia night home to play with a small group or even in teams in larger groups.

This is trivia in its most classic form, allowing you to play with over 1,000 original trivia questions covering 6 different categories like sports, past present and future, pop culture, anything goes, geek knowledge and literature.

If you’re more interested in hosting game night than playing it, you can really feel like a trivia master as this game comes with answer sheets for the participants to scribble their answers on.

Ultimate Pub Trivia can be played just as easily in person as over video chat! All you need is that one person to play quiz master while all other players break into teams and either play individually or together.

5. Half Truth

• Game Type: Party
• Ages: 12+
• Players: 2 and up
• Play Time: 25+ minutes

Some of you might know Richard Garfield from his famous collectible card game Magic: The Gathering. Yup, he made a trivia game called Half Truth, and it’s just as good.

Here’s how it works: You’ll get a broad question with six answers–three of them will be right and three of them will be wrong. To advance you just have to pick one of the correct ones.

Players place their bets between three right and three wrong answers trying to guess correctly. Answer correctly and receive a point–receive a small bonus for the second and third correct answer per round.

The cool thing about this game is that it’s not just “you know it or you don’t”. Half Truth offers clues that allow each player to play even without knowledge about a particular topic or category. After each game, you will walk away learning something new!

Half Truth comes with 500 trivia question cards and a wide selection of categories so your friends and family can show each other how much they know and don’t know!

6. Trivial Pursuit: Decades 2010 to 2020

• Game Type: Party
• Ages: 16+
• Players: 2 to 6
• Play Time: 30+ minutes

Calling all pop culture lovers–Trivial Pursuit Decades 2010 to 2020 is the one for you! Why? Because the questions in this version of the Trivial Pursuit game reflect the culture and trends that were popular from 2010 to 2020.

The game’s trivia categories are inspired by everything we liked, swiped, shared, and streamed.

They are: Playlist, Bingeworthy, Culture, News Alert, Break the Internet, and Game On, featuring questions from smartphones and technology to politics and entertainment. How fun is that?

If you typically struggle with being able to answer questions from the classic Trivial Pursuit (sorry, not everyone remembers TV shows from the 80s), you’ll enjoy this game, perfect for millennials and Gen-Z’ers.

Having said that, some of the questions may be tough for the older crowd. Nevertheless, it’s still a ton of fun to learn something new, and this game will 100% teach you something new!

Other Trivial Pursuit editions to consider:

• Trivial Pursuit | Family Edition (ages 8+)
• Trivial Pursuit | 2000s Edition Game (ages 16+)
• Trivial Pursuit | Classic Edition (ages 16+)

7. …I should have known that! Trivia Game

• Game Type: Party
• Ages: 14+
• Players: 2 and up
• Play Time: 30+ minutes

This is a fast-paced and hilarious trivia game with a fun twist–in contrast to traditional trivia formats, you don’t receive points for answering questions correctly. Instead, points are subtracted for every incorrect answer!

…I should have known that! trivia game contains 110 cards with more than 400 questions about things that you should know. But will you actually?

Some questions are easy and some are a challenge. It’ll really depend on what card you pull, and what you already know or don’t know!

From questions such as “How Do You Say ‘Japan’ In Japanese?” to “Is A Penguin A Bird?”, these questions will have you palm facing and questioning why you didn’t know that in no time!

The scoring is really what makes this game super unique. If your answer is incorrect for a question most people would consider easy, then you will lose more points (let’s say 9 points for example).

On the other hand, if you can’t answer a less commonly known question, then you might only be deducted 2 points.

But by far the best thing about this trivia game is how portable it is. There’s no board to go with the game — just a simple deck of cards, perfect for people on road trips, camping, or just out and about with friends!

Other fun, portable trivia games by Hygge Games to consider:

• Things They Don’t Teach You in School Party Trivia
• I’m Not Saying You’re Stupid Trivia Party Game

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And there you have it, our favorite trivia board games on the market this year. Are there any that you like that didn’t make it on the list? We’d love to hear about it!

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