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[Bob Zager]

Yesterday evening, I was shopping in my area's Dollar General store, when I found this item in the toy/game aisle:

https://www.dollargeneral.com/p/wheel-of-fortune-and-jeopardy-2-in-1-games-set/886144972317

Not very much to it, and although the website entry shows no price, this products was marked $15!

[BillCullen1]

On Tuesday's WOF (10/14), towards the end, Ryan showed a home game with his picture on the box.

[Bob Zager]

On Tuesday's WOF (10/14), towards the end, Ryan showed a home game with his picture on the box.

I am rather surprised that Vanna White is not pictured along with Seacrest.

[Bob Zager]

Over the past weekend, I bought the "2 in 1," WOF/PCJ! game.  The WOF part is a virtual clone of the last "Game Box," version from Imagination Gaming (I don't know whether or not the company is still operating).  The PCJ! is a virtual clone of the version published by Igloo Books.

I also bought the 7th edition by Pressman.  What caught my eye, after opening it up. The box bottom's aprons showed what appeared to be phrases shown on puzzle board grids instead of just the side aprons WOF logo.  The fully exposed messages were:

STAY CALM AND PLAY WHEEL
I'D LIKE TO BUY A VOWEL
I'D LIKE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE
COME ON BIG MONEY

[Brig Bother]

Saw an add on Instagram for these folks:

https://game.city/shop/deal-or-no-deal

They also have a CatchPhrase game.

They've also just released Million Dollar Money Drop, which seems to play a halfway decent game, although it's a bit weird having the US set and UK theme - also the questions are fairly UK-centric, I don't know if that's a feature of playing in the UK or what. Also it hung up on me halfway through. Still, I would suggest it's more successful than their version of DoND.

[Bob Zager]

I was in my local Kohl's store today, and it looks like they will only be carrying the regular seventh edition of WOF, not a special bonus set with extra puzzles.

[Bob Zager]

A close source has said that Just Play Products board game based on Pop Culture Jeopardy! will not be released until Fall 2026!

[Jeremy Nelson]

A close source has said that Just Play Products board game based on Pop Culture Jeopardy! will not be released until Fall 2026!

While the timeline probably doesn't line up, I wonder if this is a strategic move to align with the release of Season 2 on Netflix.

[Brig Bother]

Also it's not very good to be honest, Bank Offers are rubbish - way too generous (you probably ought not to be offered £30k for the first offer), and its logic with the commentary isn't great, e.g. I've got £20,000 as my top box, I hit it, Noel says "that's OK!" Basically perhaps wait a bit.

They've recently updated the Game City Deal or No Deal game and the Banker algorithm has vastly improved, although Noel still says weird things at times.

[Brig Bother]

They've released a Pointless game today as well, which I'd suggest is the essence of Pointless without sticking very rigidly to the show's format.

[colonial]

My daughter and I just came back from vacation in Panama City Beach, where we dropped by the local Dave & Buster's. My daughter noticed a game show-centric arcade cabinet we've never seen before -- TPIR Shell Game -- so we checked it out.

Just like the name suggests, you choose which of five cups is hiding the prize. If you select the correct cup, you go straight to the Showcase Showdown to play for a bonus of up to 500 tickets.

Nothing to write home about, but worth at least one play. In this D&B, it was located with the other game show-centric cabinets -- DOND, PYL, WOF.


JD

[Bob Zager]

It's a new year, and soon will be a new season for what some consider (including myself) as "qualifying," as a game show--Survivor. 

After last year's launching of a "card," game by Exploding Kittens, the company has now, or is about to release a sequel to it's "The Tribe Has Spoken," game with one subtitled, "Let's Go To Rocks."

Here is a link to the manufacturers webpage, complete with video:

https://www.explodingkittens.com/pages/survivor-lets-go-to-rocks-watch?srsltid=AfmBOor-OPdE6mnPoBZ4UWiaqjXt2jl8Y_CbyRUq4ZmhAxnaiL3lyNox