There’s a new site dedicated to Perplex City: The Boardgame and it gives a much clearer picture of what the game is actually like. The general structure seems to be identical to trivial pursuit. The board is made up of multiple colored squares. Each color corresponds to a different category and each puzzle card has a question for each of the six categories. The categories are: Number Trivia, Anagrams, Pot Luck, Odd One Out (pick the thing that doesn’t belong), Word Play (the example looked like a rebus of sorts), and Visual. The goal is to collect a stone (much like a pie wedge) for each category.
In general, of course, the puzzles are easier than they are on many of the cards, as most are designed to be answered in less than a minute. There’s even a timer to hold you to it.


[...] Mind Candy, makers of the Perplex City game, announced today that they received a $7 Million investment from Accel Partners, Index Ventures, and NewMedia Spark. What does this mean for puzzle lovers? It means plenty of new puzzle games, including one aimed at younger audiences. Mind Candy has already created a Perplex City boardgame, but there also seems to be plans for books, video games and more in the future. Tags: arg games puzzles Posted by Josh in In The News (Wednesday October 25, 2006 at 8:44 pm) [...]