This is an adding game for two players.
Age 5 to 11
You will need a copy of the game board and a counter.
The aim of the game:
Slide the shared counter across several adjacent numbers, adding them up as you go to make a ‘running’ total. Be the player to make the final slide so that the chosen target is reached exactly. Making the total go above the target loses you the game.
How to play:
1. Player 1 chooses a target to reach. This is the total both players try to make.2. Player 2 places their counter on the game board over one of the numbers and says that number.
3. Player 1 moves the same counter in any direction along a line segment to a neighbouring number and announces the total of the two numbers.
4. Player 2 moves the same counter to cover a neighbouring number, adds on that number, and announces the ‘running’ total of the three numbers.
5. Players take it in turns to slide the counter to cover a neighbouring number and to add that number to the ‘running’ total.
6. Players must move when it is their turn.
7. No ‘jumping’ is allowed.
Have a go at playing the game several times.
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