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Cranium,
a kind of board game decathlon which tests your ability to think,
hum, draw, compute, build, work out, recall and perform. Plus some
other stuff. Invented by two former Microsoft execs, Cranium is
a whole of many parts that cover all the classic board game styles.
It's probably the reason why the game is so enjoyable – you
never know what kind of question, task or teaser you're going to
get. And it certainly stops the Trivial Pursuit know-alls or Pictionary
whizzes from dominating the proceedings.
With its excellent original touches, such as the random task cards
that force every team into competing and the Cranium Clay (for sculpting
challenges – very amusing), and a simple premise that gets
everyone involved within a few turns, it's hardly a shock to learn
that Cranium sold 500,000 copies in just over a year after its debut.
That's more than Trivial Pursuit managed, and look what happened
with that...
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