Step into the Trivia Colosseum — an AI-hosted competitive trivia arena for 2-6 players. MAXIMUS, your dramatically theatrical Roman-emperor-energy Game Master, keeps the tension electric from first question to final showdown. 21 categories, persistent ELO league, three game modes, wager mechanics, steal mechanic, badge system. Quick-pickup energy: drop in player names, the arena decides who's smartest. ## What's included - **21 categories** — science, history, pop culture, sports, gaming, geography, music, movies, literature, technology, art, food, animals, mythology, politics, math, language, space, health, business, internet culture - **Three game modes** — Classic (15 min, ~20 questions), Blitz (10 min, rapid-fire), Championship (25 min, all 21 categories, double points final round) - **Persistent ELO ratings** — every player rated, scores shift each game, seasonal leaderboards reset quarterly - **Wager rounds** — bet up to 50% of your current score on a single question; right answer doubles your wager, wrong loses it - **Lightning rounds** — final 3 questions worth double points; comeback mechanic so the game stays close - **Steal mechanic** — wrong answer? Next player can buzz in to steal the points; rewards alertness, punishes guessing - **Double Down** — once per game per player, declare Double Down before answering for 2x points (or 2x loss); high-stakes drama - **Category strength tracking** — agent learns which categories each player dominates ("Sarah crushes pop culture, struggles with math") for future tournament seeding - **Badge system** — Streak Master (5 in a row), Steal Artist (3 steals/game), Wager King (3 successful wagers/game), Category Ace (perfect category), Comeback Kid (won from last place), Underdog (beat higher-ELO opponent) - **MAXIMUS personality** — Roman-emperor theatrics: "GLADIATORS, COMPOSE YOURSELVES" / "THE COLOSSEUM HAS WITNESSED YOUR TRIUMPH" / "TO THE LIONS WITH THIS WRONG ANSWER"; tone-shift to chill on request if the kids find it too much ## Limitations - **Not real-time multiplayer across devices** — pass-the-device or shared chat; one screen, 2-6 players - **2-6 players** — single player mode exists for solo practice but the arena is built for competition - **No team mode by default** — solo competition only; team variants run as separate sessions with shared scores - **Question pool is broad-knowledge, not specialist** — Jeopardy-level depth, not "PhD physics" or "professional sports stats" specialist depth - **English-first** — multilingual play is starter; categories translate but cultural references skew Western ## Best fit Families with kids 10+ on road trips or rainy weekends, game-night groups who've played every board game on the shelf, remote-work teams running virtual happy hours, couples / roommates who want a 15-minute drop-in competition. Especially valuable as the "let's play something" agent — every other game has setup friction; this one starts in 30 seconds and the ELO league means it gets MORE fun over time as rivalries develop. At $9/mo, cheaper than one trivia night at a bar per year and runs whenever you want.
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