
- BGG rank
- BGG #17,173
- BGG rating
- 6.7
Bug Run
- 2–6 players
- 60 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2025

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The Grand Kiwiz is a board game released in 2022 for 2–8 players and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Sébastien Pauchon, Frank Crittin, and Grégoire Largey and its main mechanics are Push Your Luck and Team-Based Game.
An innovative, interactive and terribly clever quiz game! Answer trivia questions and manage your risk to win points for your team! Each round, to avoid the wrath of the Grand Kiwiz, you eliminate the wrong answers one by one, being careful never to reveal the correct answer! The Grand Kiwiz believes he is quite educated and loves to test his court by asking them questions. To preserve their vain sovereign's pride his subjects must make sure to never give the right answer until the very last moment… Two teams of players compete over 6 rounds. Each round, they encounter 9 trivia assertions, 8 of which are false. The teams score points by revealing false assertions one by one, and lose points if they inadvertently reveal the correct answer. Each round, a Champion from each team takes turns in a tug of war: Use deduction to remove a cylinder from the board, hopefully revealing a false answer and increasing their team's score! If the correct answer is revealed by accident, the Grand Kiwiz is offended and your team will score minus points this round! Ask a teammate for help on which cylinder to remove, if they feel they need assistance to know which cylinder to remove. Pass in order to secure the team's current score without taking any more risk! The round ends when a team has inadvertently revealed the right answer, reached the maximum score or both chosen to pass. The team with the highest score after 6 rounds wins the game! —description from the publisher
The Grand Kiwiz supports 2–8 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The catalogue lists The Grand Kiwiz for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
The Grand Kiwiz has a complexity rating of 1.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
The Grand Kiwiz belongs to these categories: Trivia. Its main mechanics are Push Your Luck and Team-Based Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of The Grand Kiwiz are: Sébastien Pauchon, Frank Crittin, and Grégoire Largey. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists The Grand Kiwiz as a base game. It can be played on its own with the components in the box and does not require any other title. Expansions, if any exist, add new content or rules on top of it and are listed separately in the catalogue with a link back to this base game.