Brain Chain

Brain Chain is a strategy-driven trivia board game played by two or three players or teams. The object is to be the first player or team to connect an unbroken row of six "links" horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. The game is played on a 10x10 category grid surrounded by an exterior track. Brain Chain has been described as Trivial Pursuit with a Go-Moku win mechanic plus a dash of Pueblo added in.

Brain Chain was designed by Alicia Vaz and Scot Blackburn, who are Los Angeles attorneys, and Kris Harter, a graduate of Pacific Union College and a teacher at Loma Linda Academy. Roy Ice designed all of the graphics on the gameboard and box. Brigit Warner edited all of the trivia questions.Brain Chain is currently owned and distributed by Brain Chain Games, Inc.

Games Magazine has named Brain Chain a Top 100 Game.

Gameplay

Before play begins, the players agree on the number of links necessary to win the game. A game of Brain Chain takes approximately 30 minutes if the goal is four links in a row, an hour if the goal is five links, or 90 minutes if the winning condition is a six-link chain.