First and foremost, it is a Black history trivia board game.  Hidden Knowledge is uniquely designed with additional “non-trivia” game concepts that allow for even the youngest players to enjoy and be highly competitive.  There is a unique knowledge trading system for capitalizing on your strengths while improving your weaknesses.  Aside from the more traditional trivia card set, there are special cards to balance the playing field and make the game more FUN and educational.  The game was designed with beautiful symbolism and imagery.  Hidden Knowledge is truly a work of art!  Black history is very important, and yet remains an under-developed part of our education.  As time goes by, it gets harder and harder to educate our younger minds of the greatness contributed by so many beautiful people.  My hope is that Hidden Knowledge is not only a preservation of great blackness, but the start of ALL improving “knowledge of self”!

It seems like ages ago when I zoned out during a lunch work break with pencil and paper with a mission to design a board.  Actually, it was some 20 years ago, or so.  In what amounted to about one hour, I had designed pretty much the board, card concepts and rules of play.  Yet, thanks to the “speed of life”…and err…procrastination and apathy, the idea remained largely dormant.  The board design was born out of a dream I had about the Pythagorean Theorem.  The theorem of course giving birth to the use of triangles, which ultimately gave birth to the pyramid usage and symbolism from the Cradle of Civilization.  Having a board birthed from mathematical concepts made calculating spaces much easier.  From there, all just kind of fell into place.  “So what really took so long?” you might be asking.  Aside from my lack of focused dedication, I would definitely say the data gathering and data entry of the trivia questions. To that I say, “Onward and upward!”