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1967 Ranked #22,831

Hollywood Squares

Players answer true-or-false trivia to claim spaces in a tic-tac-toe game, trying to win the best of three boards. A wrong answer hands the space to an opponent, turning every question into a direct positional swing.

Movies / TV / Radio theme Trivia Pattern Building TV Shows: TV Game Shows

Players

2-3

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.01

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.1/5

Low interaction

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

This game is very much like the TV show it is based on. Players attempt to answer true/false trivia questions to place their X or O on a tic-tac-toe grid. Incorrect answers award the space to the opponent. Play is best of 3 games of tic-tac-toe.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Pattern Building

Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
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Category

2
Movies / TV / Radio theme Trivia

Mechanism

1
Pattern Building

Family

2
Components: 3 x 3 Grids TV Shows: TV Game Shows

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–3
Best with
2
Play time
30 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
(Uncredited)

Publishers

4
Buckingham Toys Hasbro Ideal Milton Bradley

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