Instructions for Playing: Two players compete to create
chains of capitals and countries as fast as they can. The first player chooses a
country or capital (any). The second player must choose a country that either ends the
same way as the previous country began or that begins the same way the
previous country ended. For example, if the first player chose
SpaiN, the second player could go with
PariS
or Nepal. Longer chains are possible, such as
SpaIN to
INdia.
You can also play in one-player mode by selecting the option on the bottom left.
By default, every 60 seconds of thinking, the opponent gets 1 point. Every time that
a player repeats a country or capital, the opponent gets 1 point. If you can't come
up with an answer, you can concede (giving the opponent a point) or challenge the
other player. He or she then needs to answer; if they can, they get two
points. If they need to concede , you'll get a point. Countries that share an exact name with
their capitals (such as Luxembourg, but not Mexico/Mexico City) appear only once, under countries.
Play to a score that
you'd like or a maximum time or total number of countries or capitals. There's no set "Game Over" point.
for Elina G. Hamilton, © 2014 Michael Scott Cuthbert.