LONGTIME NFL punter Tress Way has a knack for creating trivia board games.
The 33-year-old launched his first party trivia game in 2017 after successful tests with fellow Redskins players.
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It all started over six years ago when Way began quizzing fellow teammates, coaches, and staffers at Redskins training camp about the Associated Press’ list of the top 100 college football programs of all time.
Way kept track of who could name the top 10 programs in the fewest guesses, sprouting his idea for a board game.
He created the game "What's Your Bid," combining elements from "Family Feud," Trivial Pursuit, and Spades.
Former Oklahoma center Ben Habern, who roomed with Way for two years in college, wasn't shocked by Way's idea.
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Habern said: "I wasn’t surprised when he told me he created this because even back in college he said one of his dreams was to create a board game.
"It was a passion of his and I knew at some point he would find the time to put something like this together."
After coaches and teammates asked Way if he had other lists besides AP's top 100 college football programs, he quickly got to work.
Way remarked: "I got to a point where I probably had three or four hundred topics in one week.
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"We’d sit there in the video room once everything was done, after all of our meetings, and we’d play for an hour. We split into teams and it started growing as more and more people wanted to play, to the point where we started making up rules.
"I kind of added in there, like in spades with a partner, a bidding aspect, where you bid on how many answers you’re going to get. If you don’t get that bid, you lose your bid to the other team.”
The refined version of the game features five categories: Sports & Entertainment, Science & Animals, Around the World & History, Statistics (General Knowledge), and Food & Drink.
There are over 500 questions in the game.
As it stands, What's Your Bid raised $49,999, surpassing its pledged goal of $28,000.
To play Way's What's Your Bid, you can purchase it online for $35.
