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This is a game for one, two, three or four players. The objective is to reach the ‘Finish’ at the one hundred position on the game board. After repeated playing, the game will help players remember prime and square numbers. If a player lands on a prime number they will be moved backwards ten places but if they land on a square number they will automatically advance eleven places.
Success in many board games depends on the luck of the dice and no skill is required. This game however is different. Because each player must choose a dice to dump it means that each turn they have up to three different moves they can make (there are three different pairs of dice which could produce three different sums). This is where the skill is involved. By planning ahead the player can choose the option that will avoid the prime number or ‘Go Back’ places and aim for the square numbers or ‘Free Turn’ places.
Click the options button to change the number of players, enter the names of those players and decide whether or not the prime and square numbers are coloured differently on the game board.
A Transum virtual trophy is available for completing the game.
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Anonymous, Ireland
Wednesday, February 12, 2020
"If you land on the number 36, it moves you forward 10 but then you land on a go back square. So it moves you back 9 places to 37 which is a prime which means that you move back 11 places. I get this is part of the game but surely landing on a square should be a good thing?"
Dianna,
Monday, May 4, 2026
"My class absolutely loved playing this!"
Alistair, New Zealand
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
"This is the second game I've chosen to make a table analysis for (after 23 or bust), and here's some fun things I've spotted: (Note: Tiles traveled from rolling are not considered)
-The lowest amount you can go back is 2, ironically by landing on 2 and going to start
-The lowest amount you can go forward is 1, by landing on 59 which takes you to 49 then 60
-Where there appears to be 4 "go back tiles" which send you to the start, there is secretly a 5th in *cough cough* 67. This is because 67 is prime, landing you on 57 which is a go back tile itself.
-As another commenter has pointed out, 36 is a square number that hurts you! This is because after moving forward 11 to 47, both 47 and 37 are primes which make you move back 20.
-Adding on to the previous point, 25 takes you to 36 for being a square, landing on 27 all the same. At least in 25's case you're moving forward 2"