Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
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1. How do you score in the board game?
2. What is the difference between the board game and the in-a-bag game?
3. What is the purpose of the Multi-choice?
4. Once played can a Multi-choice be changed?
5. What is the purpose of the Free-choice?
6. Once played can a Free-choice be changed?
7. What is the purpose of the S square?
8. What is the purpose of the D square?
9. What happens if in a subsequent move a player adds to the answer already on a D square?
10. How many number tiles are there?
11. How many Multi-choice tiles are there?
12. How many Free-choice tiles are there?
13. What is the highest score achieved?
A. The answer to your calculation is your score. For example; you play 2×8=16, 16 is the answer to your calculation, 16 is your score.
A. The board game allows for up to 4 players, each taking their turn. The winner of the board game is the player with the highest score at the end of the game.
The bag game plays without a board and can be played by up to six players, all players play at the same time taking tiles from the common pot according to the rules. The winner is the player with no tiles, or the least tiles left when the pot has been used up.
A. Look closely at the Multi-choice and you will see that it includes all the operators (plus +, minus -, divide ÷, multiply x and equals =). It can be used as any one of those operators.
A. Yes, once you have played a Multi-choice and declared which operator it is for your calculation the next player can declare it as something else, if they wish; to suit their calculation.
A. A Free-choice is similar to a blank tile in Scrabble®. It can be declared as a Multi-choice or any single number between 0 and 9.
A. Yes, even if a player has declared it in a previous move to be, for example a number 8, you can declare it to be a number 2, or even a +, for your calculation.
A. S for Start. The first calculation played must include the S square, horizontally or vertically.
A. D for double score. If any part of the answer lands on a D square the score is doubled. For example; 2×8=16. Assume the 1 of 16 has landed on a D square, the score doubles to 32.
A. The new answer score doubles. For example someone adds to the calculation played above by playing 10x2x8=160, the 160 doubles to 320.
A. There are 10 of each number tile, 0 to 9 making 100 tiles.
A. There are 40 Multi-choice tiles in the board game and 50 in the bag version.
A. There are 2 Free-choices in the board game and 8 in the bag version.
A. The inventor has a personal best of 174,832
