GAME CONTENTS ONE OUTER GAME BOX, ONE INNER CARD BOX, ONE GAME BOARD, ONE STACK YELLOW CARDS, ONE STACK BLUE CARDS, ONE DIE, ONE SAND TIMER AND SIX COLORED TOKENS RULES OF PLAY EACH PLAYER SELECTS A TOKEN AND PLACES IT IN THE STARTING AREA. EACH PLAYER ROLLS AND THE HIGHEST ROLLER BEGINS WITH PLAY ROTATING CLOCKWISE. THE PLAYER ROLLING THE DIE ADVANCES THE NUMBER OF SPACES INDICATED. IF THE ROLLER LANDS ON RED, PLAY SKIPS TO THE NEXT PLAYER. IF THE PLAYER LANDS ON GREEN, THE ROLLER ROLLS AGAIN AND ADVANCES THE NUMBER OF SPACES INDICATED.
IF THE ROLLER LANDS ON YELLOW OR BLUE, HE/SHE DRAWS A CARD WITH THE CORRESPONDING COLOR BAR AT THE TOP FROM THE APPROPRIATE END OF THE CARD BOX. THE CARD MUST BE DRAWN IN SUCH A WAY THAT NEITHER THE ROLLER NOR THE PLAYER TO THE ROLLER’S LEFT MAY SEE THE ANSWER PRINTED ON THE BACK OF THE CARD. THE CARD IS THEN PLACED ON THE TABLE WITH THE QUESTION MARK UP AND POSITIONED SO THE ROLLER AND THE PLAYER TO THE ROLLER’S IMMEDIATE LEFT MAY CLEARLY SEE THE QUESTION.
THE ROLLER THEN READS THE QUESTION ALOUD TO THE GROUP. AFTER THE ROLLER HAS FINISHED READING THE QUESTION, THE ONE MINUTE TIMER IS STARTED. THE ROLLER THEN HAS UNTIL THE SAND TIMER RUNS OUT TO CONSIDER AN ANSWER.
AT THE END OF ONE MINUTE, THE ROLLER MUST ANSWER OR THE PLAYER TO THE LEFT MAY STEAL THE QUESTION. ALL QUESTIONS MUST BE ANSWERED WITHOUT WRITING OR USING A CALCULATOR. NO PLAYER MAY INTERPRET QUESTIONS OR GIVE HINTS TO OTHER PLAYERS AS INTERPRETING THE QUESTION IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE. ON THE MOST DIFFICULT CARDS, A SYMBOL "ALLOW 2 MINUTES FOR ANSWER" WILL APPEAR, ALLOWING THE PLAYER TWO MINUTES TO ANSWER
IF THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED CORRECTLY, THE ROLLER ADVANCES FIVE SPACES AND PLAY ROTATES TO THE NEXT PLAYER. IF THE ROLLING PLAYER ANSWERS CORRECTLY AND UPON ADVANCING FIVE SPACES LANDS ON GREEN, THE ROLLING PLAYER ROLLS AGAIN AND ADVANCES BUT DOES NOT GET ANOTHER QUESTION.
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STEALING IF THE ROLLER ANSWERS INCORRECTLY OR PASSES, THERE IS NO PENALTY, BUT THE PLAYER TO THE LEFT MAY USE THE REMAINING TIME IN THE TIMER FOR AN ATTEMPT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION. IF NO TIME REMAINS, THE STEALING PLAYER MUST ANSWER IMMEDIATELY. IF THE STEALING PLAYER ANSWERS CORRECTLY, HE/SHE ADVANCES FIVE SPACES AND THEN BECOMES THE ROLLER. IF A STEALING PLAYER ANSWERS CORRECTLY AND UPON ADVANCING FIVE SPACES LANDS ON GREEN, THE STEALING PLAYER ROLLS AGAIN AND ADVANCES BUT DOES NOT GET ANOTHER QUESTION. IF A STEALING PLAYER ANSWERS CORRECTLY AND UPON ADVANCING FIVE SPACES LANDS ON RED, PLAY ROTATES TO THE NEXT PLAYER.
NO PLAYER IS REQUIRED TO STEAL. HOWEVER, IF A PLAYER DOES ATTEMPT TO STEAL AND ANSWERS INCORRECTLY, HE/SHE MUST MOVE BACKWARD FIVE SPACES AND PLAY SKIPS TO THE NEXT PLAYER.
QUESTION TYPES YELLOW CARD QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO LOGIC, CALCULATION, AND REASONING. BLUE CARD QUESTIONS ARE RELATED TO GENERAL KNOWLEDGE OF SCIENCE, MATHEMATICS, AND LITERATURE. BRAIN CARDS TWENTY YELLOW BRAIN CARDS AND TEN BLUE BRAIN CARDS ARE RANDOMLY PLACED IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STACKS. IF A BRAIN CARD IS DRAWN, THE ROLLER IS FACED WITH THREE CHOICES: 1) ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION IN THE CARD DECK CORRECTLY AND MOVE TEN SPACES FORWARD. 2) ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION IN THE CARD DECK INCORRECTLY AND MOVE TEN SPACES BACKWARD. 3) DUMP THE QUESTION ON ANY OTHER PLAYER WHO THEN MUST ANSWER ACCORDING TO THE SAME RULES WITHOUT THE OPTION OF GIVING THE QUESTION AWAY.
THE ROLLER MUST CHOOSE A STRATEGY BEFORE SEEING THE QUESTION. STEALING IS NOT PERMITTED ON “BRAIN” CARDS. PLAY CONTINUES CLOCKWISE FROM THE ROLLER.
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WINNING THE GAME
TO WIN, THE ROLLER MUST ENTER THE FINISH AREA AND CORRECTLY ANSWER THE NEXT QUESTION WITHIN THE ALLOTTED TIME FROM HIS/HER CHOICE OF EITHER THE YELLOW OR BLUE CARD STACK. IF THE QUESTION IS ANSWERED INCORRECTLY, THE QUESTION MAY BE STOLEN BY ANOTHER PLAYER AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. IN THIS SITUATION, THE ROLLER REMAINS IN THE FINISH AREA UNTIL PLAY ROTATES BACK AROUND. IF A PLAYER IN THE FINISH AREA SUCCESSFULLY STEALS, HE/SHE WINS THE GAME AUTOMATICALLY.
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