Hexaquest: The Strategic Trivia Game Review

Pursuit of Good Trivia

Trivial Pursuit has been the gold standard for family trivia game nights. I bet most of you reading this right now have a copy sitting in the back of your closet. Or maybe you own Wits & Wagers, Linktofood, or Everything Ever to scratch that trivia itch. Aficionados rely on phone apps, Jeopardy!, and Wednesday night bar trivia, but tabletop options are scarce.

Enter Hexaquest, a new challenger that adds a dash of strategy with push-your-luck elements to all that useless knowledge buried in your memory. Originally Kickstarted in 2021, Tumbling Heads attempts to break the mundane and bring a fresh flavor to this age-old classic.

Let’s Make It a True Daily Double

Hexaquest starts with sixty-five beautiful acrylic hexagonal tiles placed in any order. These are double-sided, showing the point value on one side (ranging from one to five) and the question category on the other. Mixed in are five question mark tiles that act as the Daily Double, doubling the points on the face-down side.

Players draft any tile that is accessible Hive-style (meaning the tile can be pulled out without being blocked), choosing based on either the point value or the category. The player to their left then reads…

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