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Ask HN: Are there any number or math based multiplayer board games?

6 points by timinman ↗ HN
Sometimes we have friends over for a couple games of Scrabble. One of my friends said that it would be more fun if there was a way to play with numbers instead of letters. It got us talking about creating some kind of multiplayer number puzzle game, maybe like a cross between Sudoku and Scrabble. Surely someone has had this idea before. Has anyone played a board game like this?

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RBerenguel
We had a TV show here in Spain, that as it turns out also featured in the UK and France. It was known here as "Cifras y letras" (Numbers and letters) and it went to make also a board game. You can check the English wikipedia explanation for some information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show)
danio
rummikub is quite fun. It's Rummy based (runs and sets) and re-arranging numbers and looking for patterns is key. No maths involved though.