![]() ![]() The new black edition has more than 1300 questions and I’m probably responsible for 1200 of them. GD: Now did you write all of the questions for the first edition, and the new edition?ĮP: Pretty much. But, no, I’ve had several duds, several that have done well, and then the Loaded Questions games have been my most popular games. You’re trying to get your chicken, which is your game piece, across the road. Whoever writes down the funniest original one gets to advance. ![]() If you know the punch line you advance on the board and if you don’t you’re trying to come up with the funniest one. I did a game called The Joke Game where, if you don’t know the punch line, you make one up. A few years ago, I partnered with the New Yorker magazine and did a game based on their weekly caption contest that runs in the back of the magazine, where you see a cartoon and come up with your own caption. GD: Have you published any other board games?ĮP: I’ve done twelve games, five of which are Loaded Questions games. So that’s the start of my board games–it started with the one idea. Today the game has sold a million copies and it’s at Target, Toys R Us, Barnes & Noble, Borders, all the websites and such. The following year they brought it into all stores, and that’s kind of the early success of Loaded Questions. That year, 1997, Toys R Us decided to test it in about a hundred stores and it tested very well. I sold about 1,000 games, I got a lot of good media coverage. During the trip the game was pretty successful. ![]() You know, I’d splurge on a Motel 6 if I needed to. Very few responsibilities, so I was able to camp out and sleep cheaply. I was just out of college, I wasn’t married, no kids, like I am now. Shortly after that, I started driving around the country for 16 weeks selling the game out of the trunk of my car to mom and pop stores. Not too many weeks or months afterward I produced 5,000 copies of my first game, Loaded Questions. I thought the idea was great, I quit my job, invited friends over for pizza and beer. At the age of 23 I had an idea for a board game while I was working as a copywriter at an ad agency in Miami. There’s a good price on the game through our Amazon store.Eric Poses: I’m 35, I live in Miami, and I’ve been in the world of board games for 13 years now. If you prefer to play a version with all questions already prepared, you can buy Loaded Questions as a board game. However, this is optional, as the game is more about learning about each other and reading funny responses! Play continues for all the remaining questions, or until your group decides to end! You can keep track of score by counting the correct guesses if you wish. Play continues until all the answers are all resolved. He or she has to repeat the correctly guessed ones first. If wrong, the bowl or hat gets passed to the next person to guess. If he or she gets it right, the Reader gets to go again and try to match another person/answer. Starting with person on his or her left, he or she tries to match a person with an answer. Shuffle the sheets around and pass the bowl/hat to the Reader. Place all the response sheets in the large bowl or hat. They can answer the question in funny or creative ways if they wish, but it should be truthful. Everyone writes an honest response to the question on a slip of paper, making sure to keep things anonymous (no names). You’re ready to play!Įach round, there is a “Reader.” Have the reader take a slip of paper with a question written on it. Once there are a good number of questions, collect them and place them aside. The point is to get to know each other better in meaningful ways. For example, “What is your all time favorite food?” or “If you had to live in one place for the rest of your life, where would you live?” or “What body part of yours do you love the most?” You can come up with any question you like! People are free to answer in creative ways, so don’t worry too much if the question seems too pointed or strange. Ask each person to come up with interesting personal questions. You’ll need a large bowl or hat, several slips of paper, and a pen for each person. The game works best with medium sized groups. ![]() Loaded Questions is a fun party game that helps everyone get to know each other better while generating big laughs! Best of all, it’s customizable because you get to create the questions. ![]()
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