SETUP
Place the game board in the center. Players can sit on 3 sides of the board.
Shuffle all the Matharon cards and place them in a pile faced down on the board (at the provided space).
Then open the top 4 cards from the pile and place it on the board (at the provided space).
Each player selects their robot player and collects 6 number tokens randomly drawn from the pouch.
We are now ready to run the Math-aron!
GOAL: To be the first to finish the Matharon race
HOW TO PLAY
- The youngest player starts the game.
- At the start, the first player chooses to solve one of the 4 Matharon cards open on the board using the number tokens he/she has.
- Solving a Matharon card: (Image needed)
– Each Matharon card has blank spaces on the left and the right side of the equation.
– You are allowed to keep only 1 token on each blank space on the left side of the equation, but upto 2 number tokens (to form 2 digit number) on the right of the equation.
– If the blank space is coloured, the player can only use a token that matches the color of the space.If the blank space is white then you can use any color token - After solving the card the player:
- Moves the number of steps shown on the card
- Discards and replaces the solved card with the top card from the pile
- Discards the used number tokens and replaces it with new number tokens by randomly drawing them from the pouch (All players should have 6 number tokens at any given point in the game)
- Then the next player takes their turn to solve one of the 4 open cards.
- The game finishes when any one of the player lands on/crosses the finish line.
image Space:
(image) Boost : Whenever the player lands on this space he/she can jump immediately to the next space
(image) Extra token : Whenever the player lands on this space he/she can take one extra number token for his next turn (total 7).
Note:
*If a player is not able to solve a card on their turn, they may replace all their number tokens and the turn is passed to the next player.
*If all cards have been played, shuffle all the discarded cards and make a new draw pile to play.
WINNER
The first player to land/cross the finish line is the ultimate Matharon winner. The winner is rewarded by a medal provided.
Single player mode:
You can also play this game as a single player by noting down the number of cards solved to reach the finish line and try to beat your own record by reducing the number of cards used.
NOTE:
For younger players you can use only addition and subtraction cards
