Board Games quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   What happens when a piece reaches the opponent's back row in Checkers?

   Answer: It is crowned a King

   Why: Crowning a King grants the vital ability to move and capture backward diagonally across the dark squares.

2. 2 Medium

   Why was the game Candy Land originally designed in 1948?

   Answer: To entertain children with polio

   Why: Milton Bradley bought the game, published it in 1949 and soon had the company's best selling title on its hands.

3. 3 Hard

   Why do Gloomhaven characters eventually leave the party and retire?

   Answer: Personal quest completion

   Why: Retiring pays twice: the city gains a point of prosperity, and every later character that player creates starts with an extra perk.

4. 4 Easy

   Which vowel appears twelve times as the most frequent tile in English Scrabble?

   Answer: E

   Why: Because E is the most common letter in English, it carries the minimum score value of just one point.

5. 5 Medium

   What geometric shape are the resource tiles on a standard Catan board?

   Answer: Hexagons

   Why: Catan's island is 19 terrain hexes laid out anew each game, and settlements go on the corners where three hexes meet.

6. 6 Hard

   In Scythe, why do players want to reach the central Factory?

   Answer: Powerful action cards

   Why: The Factory produces no resources at all, yet at game end it counts as three territories for whoever controls it.