Thanks for the link. I think the fact that we had several similar reasons simply shows how self-evident they are. I really like the details you provide here, as well as the many references to better games, which provides further evidence for my claim that there has been a lot of board game innovation in recent years/decades.

Re: Trivial Pursuit discussion above, I think Wits & Wagers is a superior game for that type – it cleverly maintains all the intellectual fun of enumerating facts without requiring anyone to know any of the answers!