Magic Robot Quiz Game (1935)

About this game

While marketed as a board game, the Magic Robot Quiz game is probably more accurately a "curiosity" game. The "game" consists of placing a little robot figurine which holds a pointer in the center of a circular pattern of questions. The robot is rotated to a particular question, and then lifted from the question area and placed in the center of the circular pattern of answers, whereupon the figurine auto-rotates to point to the correct answer. The mechanics of the board simply consist of a magnet in the figurine and two magnets in the board. The question area sets the correct offset on the robot's magnet, and then the robot is allowed to freely rotate in the answer area to provide the corresponding alignment. The game is essentially a trivial pursuit limited to eight sets of 14 questions with a "wow" factor for kids. Merit also released a "World of Sport" version of the game which used an Olympic torchbearer to point to the right answer. Magic Robot Contents: 1 board 1 Robot figurine 4 overlay mats with questions and answers

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. The player count is not recorded for this one.
• Rules load. At 1.0/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 7 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.