Mind Your Marbles

The spinner doesn't spin well. The clothespins are too large for the fields they mark, so we started using paper clips for the game markers and now use the clothespins for bag clips. Many of the questions are worded very strangely, leading one to think the question is asking something it's not. If you can get a cheap used game, go for it - it's fairly amusing. But don't pay full price. I do like the idea of hearing all the questions first to determine which ones a player will choose to answer. It adds an interesting level of strategy to an otherwise straightforward trivia game.

As other reviewers have said, the spinner is poorly constructed and does not spin well at all. The clothespins are too big but that really isn't that big of a deal I suppose. The mechanic of having to answer the questions in a row is not interesting, for example, if you don't know the 1st and 3rd question you say "one", answer the 2nd question, and "3" which is apparently supposed to trip people up...it never did. Sort of like saying "what is" before you answer a Jeopardy question...it just doesn't add anything at all. The reading of the card instead of using a timer I guess is supposed to keep people engaged but it is annoying and doesn't add anything. My final gripe is that nothing really matter...all the "picking peoples brains" (stealing other marbles) and "being the first to fill your brain with all of the subjects DOES NOT MATTER. It might be hard for me to explain here but this game might just be called 12 Questions because the categories DON'T MATTER. Just answer 12 questions before your opponents do....which means try and go first, these questions aren't that hard.There was a glimmer of an idea here with the Trivia question bundling but this was so poorly executed we took this back where we bought it and said the spinner was defective as well as the thought leadership behind this disaster.Although! We have had SOME enjoyment telling people how bad this game is and then interactions like "Hey, remember when played that Marble game?!" and then someone says "Oh yeah, that was awful!"

This is a terrible game. Super ridiculous rules, poorly made parts (spinner doesn’t spin, lame laundry clips to mark questions???). The “timer” in which each person spells out a weird sentence is the strangest rule we’ve ever come across. There are also SO MANY RULES. We all hated this lame game . Don’t spend a dime on it.

This game was poorly-made. The spinner barely spun. The clips identifying the categories hid the categories and were too big for the space that were designed to clip. The stickers served no purpose and did not fit the clips. The time card was a silly idea -- just include a timer. It was unclear how to "steal" marbles. We are returning it.