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Quizimaze is an out-of-print board game and trivia game created by Wilfrid Enterprises in 1986. The board game originates in Winnipeg and was discontinued after it was adapted into a different trivia game and the company went bankrupt. Copies of the game are scarce, but can be found in Mom and Pop Stores or other used item stores.[1][2]

Wilfrid Enterprises was created by Gavin Cheng in 1986, releasing two board games which were discontinued in a year. Quizimaze was classified 028 by Ronald S. Ade, the company's legal correspondent.[3]

Rules

The game combines knowledge and strategy where 2-8 players, or teams of players, have to navigate a moving maze, answering trivia questions of scarce topics until they collect all the colored chips from visiting the corners ("knowledge bases"). Players start in the center, surrounded by randomly placed color "gates" which they can manipulate by answering trivia.[4] Small squares can be glued down to the board, but are recommended to be movable for excitement of the game.

Rules for the game are difficult to come by online, with only a couple sources.


Questions

Trivia questions that can be asked are color coded; Yellow is Science & Technology, Red is Social Studies, Blue is Language Arts, and Green is Leisure and Games. Questions are outdated and can be very precise. Blue cards ask questions regarding spelling, vocabulary, riddles and English speech. Each card has 6 questions and an illustration, then flip to the back for the answers. (e.g.; 1. "Cap nut" labelled (3) is called ____ nut. (answer: Acorn Nut)) Green cards, formatted the same, ask practical questions about sport equipment, mechanics and animal anatomy. Red cards formatted as before ask qeustions about Geography (largely Canadian) and labeling different objects (a lightbulb and torpedo). Questions also regard naming road signs and historiography). Yellow cards will ask about labeling things from lobsters to airplanes and parts of a hypodermic needle. Some questions also regard different cuts of meat.

Kaleidomaze

A related game was released the same year with similar premises. For 2-4 players, Kaleidomaze allows you to zigzag through a new dimension. You must take the offensive to take over bases and trap subject tokens in the maze with a stressor peg.[5] Players play against each other to trap opponents, and the maze is fluid and changeable. You are able to take "chances" and save a few "credits" (cards) to use intricate tactical strategies to not be trapped by your opponents. It can be very aggravating, ad the end can seem near and far at times.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Quizimaze". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2023-12-26.
  2. ↑ "Quizimaze : Wilfred Enterprises". Retrieved 2023-12-26 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ↑ Elite, Trademark. "QUIZIMAZE, A Canada Trademark of GAVIN CHENG, DOING BUSINESS ASWILFRED ENTERPRISES. Application Number: 566456 :: Trademark Elite Trademarks". www.trademarkelite.com. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
  4. ↑ Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office: Trademarks. U.S. Department of Commerce, Patent and Trademark Office. 1987.
  5. ↑ https://archives.museumofplay.org/repositories/3/top_containers/1206?&filter_fields%5B%5D=child_container_u_sstr&filter_values%5B%5D=folder+37
  6. ↑ "Kaleidomaze". BoardGameGeek. Retrieved 2023-12-27.
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