Got It

General Information

Players min: 2
Players max: 8
Age 6
Time 20
Time min 20
Time max 20

Location

Location 1 South Side Shelves
Location 2 Shelf 1
Location 3 Box
Location 4

BoardGameGeek Info

URL https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/74987
Complexity 1.80
Rating 6.8
Description The math game Got It! – which had a working title of Fermat – accommodates as many people as fit around the table. What they're looking at on the table is a 6x6 grid of cards, with half the cards numbered 1-14 and the other half bearing mathematical operators. To set up the game, these cards are placed randomly checkerboard-style, with numbers and operators placed adjacent to one another. Everyone plays simultaneously, with players trying to find a five-card formula that results in the number shown on a goal card, with goals ranging from 1 to 40. The solution must consist of orthogonally adjacent cards, though not necessarily in a straight line, and a player can't use a card twice in a formula. If a 12 is turned up as the goal, for example, one might find "8+4x1" in the grid, then shout out "Got It!" Players can mentally insert parentheses into a formula, so "7+2x3" can result in (7+2)x3 (=27) or 7+(2x3) (=13). The first player to shout with a correct formula – and the grid might contain many – claims the goal card. The player who collects the most goal cards wins! An easy version of Got It! can be set up for younger players, with a 5x5 grid that contains only the numbers 1-9 and only addition and subtraction as mathematical operators.
Players (best) 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8