I like games. We are a game family. Not sports games, ha ha. But board game types of things. I remember playing Scrabble with my mom growing up. Playing chess with my dad. Playing Sorry and cards and Life and Hangman and Tri-onimos and Operation and Trouble with my sisters. Playing Phase 10 and Candyland and Bananagrams and Monopoly and Risk with my kids. And playing all of these and more with our extended family.

But the giant game of all games is above them all – the mighty game of Trivial Pursuit. My parents and their best friends (who were also relatives) played canasta for a time, and who knows what else, but the game I remember the most for them is Trivial Pursuit. Our parents played it, and we were allowed to be in the room…sometimes…unless we were noisy. But when we got older, we were allowed to play as well. And when I got married, I got my own Trivial Pursuit boxes. Lots of old versions, picked up a garage sales or on this new thing called eBay. A few new ones went into the collection.

As my children came along, we kept playing it with my sisters and their families. Rules were followed. Two teams only. Guys and girls. Girls always pink, boys always blue (if you tried other combinations someone would invariably forget and move the other teams token). No phones when it’s your team’s turn. No time limits but could you please hurry up???

We’ve played other games, but Trivial Pursuit is always in the mix. It’s easy to play, it’s fun enough, and if you lose you can always claim that your team got the “hard” box.

It’s given us a lot of good family times over the years, and I’m super grateful for it.

I am thankful for Trivial Pursuit.