Eye Know (game)
Encyclopedia
Eye Know is a board game
that includes images, trivia
and betting. It was created by Paul Berton and George Sinclair and published in 2008
by Wiggles 3D.
Paul Berton is the son of Canadian historian Pierre Berton
. He was at the time the editor-in-chief of The London Free Press, and is now editor-in-chief of The Hamilton Spectator
. George Sinclair is a technical writer.
Players try to identify images on cards on the board. Once a player has identified an image, they are asked a trivia question related to the image. The player selects the level of difficulty of their question and decides how many chips to bet on whether they know the answer. Different question levels pay out different amounts: true/false questions pay 1:1, multiple-choice questions pay 2:1 and open-ended questions pay 3:1.
Board game
A board game is a game which involves counters or pieces being moved on a pre-marked surface or "board", according to a set of rules. Games may be based on pure strategy, chance or a mixture of the two, and usually have a goal which a player aims to achieve...
that includes images, trivia
Trivia
The trivia are the three lower Artes Liberales, i.e. grammar, rhetoric and logic. These were the topics of basic education, foundational to the quadrivia of higher education, and hence the material of basic education, of interest only to undergraduates...
and betting. It was created by Paul Berton and George Sinclair and published in 2008
2008 in games
This page lists board and card games, wargames, miniatures games, and table-top role-playing games published in 2008. For video and console games, see 2008 in video gaming.-Game awards given in 2008:*Spiel des Jahres: Keltis...
by Wiggles 3D.
Paul Berton is the son of Canadian historian Pierre Berton
Pierre Berton
Pierre Francis de Marigny Berton, was a noted Canadian author of non-fiction, especially Canadiana and Canadian history, and was a well-known television personality and journalist....
. He was at the time the editor-in-chief of The London Free Press, and is now editor-in-chief of The Hamilton Spectator
The Hamilton Spectator
The Hamilton Spectator, founded in 1846, is a newspaper published every day but Sunday in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The paper has a daily circulation of 105,000 and a daily readership of nearly 260,000.-History:...
. George Sinclair is a technical writer.
Gameplay
One distinctive feature of this game is that it combines trivia with identifying images and betting. Another is that players select the topics of their trivia questions.Players try to identify images on cards on the board. Once a player has identified an image, they are asked a trivia question related to the image. The player selects the level of difficulty of their question and decides how many chips to bet on whether they know the answer. Different question levels pay out different amounts: true/false questions pay 1:1, multiple-choice questions pay 2:1 and open-ended questions pay 3:1.