The chess set is handmade from high-quality wooden materials. It is lightweight and foldable so it is easy for carry.

Wooden board feels cheap (maybe balsa? There are no numbers and letters, and one rooks face was snapped off.

I'm not sure what makes this the amazon exclusive edition, but either way, we had a ton of fun playing it. It takes a team effort but it is fun. Overall, a very good family game.

The two sets of cards (one set for adults one for the kids) solves this problem. My kids are on the young side of the recommended ages and didn't know every answer. The kid cards are well-suited for her age.

Bought this as a birthday gift for an 11-year old. We have fun though and if i need to make the questions easier for my 9 and 7 year old i make it a multiple choice or simplify in some way.

The questions for adults are sometimes easy and sometimes difficult depending on where your strengths are. The entertainment questions are still the hardest for our family--both kid and adult questions alike. Many of the kid questions give true/false ...  Read More

Contributing to this are the ridiculously simple questions. Main disappointment is on the questions for kids. Over half the questions are multiple choice or worse, true of false. That's not trivia, that's just a guessing game.

The card holders are some flashy molded plastic box that looks cool but doesn't hold the cards worth a *. The card holder has a chance of mangling the cards with its odd shape.