Vari Trivial is a card game of both bidding and bluffing played with the trivia questions from Trivial Pursuit. It replaces the game board, die and rules. Each player is dealt seven playing cards. These cards are numbered and color-coded to match the question categories rom Trivial Pursuit. A trivia question is read aloud and the players use the playing cards to bid for the right to answer it. The player who gives the answer is allowed to bluff, but can be challenged. A question answered incorrectly can be answered by another player. Plus and minus point cards are used to keep score. The winner is the player with the highest net score at the end of the game. Game can be ended anytime after seven trivia questions have been answered. —description from the back of the box