Numerica Fantastica
A downloadable game
Step into the shoes (or paws) of legendary heroes like Sadie Cat and take on a trio of terrifying monsters in this brain-busting, dice-rolling adventure! Armed with your trusty dice and a pocket full of Brain Tokens, you'll need to outsmart, out-roll, and out-math your monstrous foes. Use cunning calculations and clever combos to match the Monster’s Heart value and emerge victorious.
HOW TO PLAY
Flip Over the Monster
Flip over the top card from the Monster deck. Note the Heart value on the Monster card. This is your goal. Now it is time to begin the Battle Phase.
Battle Phase
Roll all of the dice that match your Hero card once. You must use the values on all of your dice. You may use any arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) to modify the values on the dice to exactly equal the Heart value on the Monster. Example: You roll a 3, 5, 8, and 9. The Monster’s heart is 16. You do 9 - 8, which gives you 1. Then you do 3 x 5, which gives you 15. Then you add the 1 to the 15 to get 16. Success!
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I've been enjoying the game. The artwork is adorable and the puzzle is fun. Nice and short, too, so I can play multiple games if I have the time.
I had a question on using division and I haven't seen any answer anywhere yet. Can you divide using numbers that don't divide evenly? For example: 7 divided by 3 to get 2 (leaving an unused 1 remainder).
Hello! The original intent was you could use fractions, but I hadn’t intended to use DIV. For the sake of consistency, I’m going to officially say that you can’t. But hey! House rules. Whatever allows you to enjoy the game!
Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! I thought division and fractions are the same just different symbols for the same thing. It's been a long time since i've taken a math class. :) Just FYI, the rules say (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division), so you may want to update it in the future if you meant something different. I'll play as you suggest and make it fun.
Another question since we're here about Slime King and Invisible Person's restrictions. Slime King's says "Dice showing an odd value may not be used in this battle." If I roll all odd numbers, what can I do?
The rules say that "If the value of a die is changed with a Brain Token or special power, the value showing on the die has not changed". Does that mean the only thing I can do is use a brain tokens to reroll each die once and if I roll odd again i'm stuck? Or am I not allowed to even use the die for a reroll?
Just wanted to see if you ran across this in playtesting and had a ruling.
I'm a sucker for a fun and simple math game, so I picked this up, printed it out, cut-and-sleeved the cards, and gave it a go!
It's quick to assemble (just a few sheets of cards to cut out and sleeve), it's super easy to learn, and it provides a quick little brain teaser.
Despite the characters "digging their own graves" in the comic, this doesn't require any deeper math than just simple arithmetic. It would be especially good for playing with kids who need some arithmetic practice (or who just need to feel like math is fun!), but it's also a quick little game adults can play to do some quick number theory puzzles.
Well worth a few bucks and the time it took to put it together! A charming presentation of a fun little brain-twiddling activity.
Thanks for making it, Shenbot Makes!
Thank you so much for the review! Thank you for playing!