Game Gurus

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Not to be confused with Game Guru, A European Video Game Show.

Game Gurus is a Canadian game show on YTV where two families play variations of various board games. It generally plays at 8:30 PM (PT/ET), after the ZAPX movie. Game Gurus is taped in Mississauga, Ontario. It is hosted by Joe Motiki. ^[1]

1 Game structure
2 Reference to popular culture
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Game structure

The first and second rounds consist of a variation of a board game, like Jenga or Scrabble. A Whac-A-Mole machine may also be brought out, or a round would begin in which the families have to identify artwork/pieces from certain board games.

The third and fourth rounds consists of various trivia questions about board games. The fourth round has the points doubled from those of the third round.

The "Galaxy" round is when one member from the winning family is banging in a greenscreen room, and the other family members have to bang him/her around the room to try to complete the objective in a time limit, in order to be one of several families with the chance to win a vacation. Variations of board games include Perfection and Battleship. Usually, if the family gets the number of points required, the family will win an MP3 player.

[edit] Reference to popular culture

On a YTV commercial of Game Gurus, the narrator replies to the host with, "How you doin'Lukas This is a reference to a commonly spoken phrase by the character Lukas Tribbiani from Friends.