Prompt Refinery · worked example · PLY

MathMasters

Say the same number in more than one way — words, a picture, times, a match to 13 — and climb, or pass.

2–4 players · 25 min · ages 8+ · 52 play cards + 3 table cards (55)

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Thesis: This game is about saying the same magnitude in more than one mathematical language, exactly, felt as tight cancellation and the click of a true factor, decided by when you spend a scarce product versus when you echo a number they cannot beat.

What the crude pitch was:three homework levels, quiz Challenge cards, XP, badges-as-app, dice, rewind-for-wrong, leaderboards, a journal, and three product editions. That is a worksheet wearing a game. The refinery killed the quiz and kept the verbs: translate, factor, complete, challenge.

Other Table Press games

One pasteable hub for every gated intro: https://game-design-pi.vercel.app/shareable-demo/

Nonstop — Time only goes forward. Play the next card, or pass. Same kind, next number: say And then. Last to play writes the round.
LONG BEFORE — No years. Build a line, left earliest. Swap a rumor, ask which came first, or shout the name of the game. First true line wins.
BY THIS — Same things. New key. File a thing that still fits the current order, or recast the cabinet and shout the name of the game.
TECH EMPIRE — Deals hit the valley. Match the Need, buy it with Funds, or ride along. You are always rich in the wrong currency.
THE TOLL — The stack is one road. Own a stretch. Everyone who passes pays. Lock two doors and you are the target.
RUNWAY — Four kinds of capital. Four sectors. Pitch the right kind, ride when you cannot win, and lock a sector before the market cools.
LIFE 2.0 — Draw paychecks, pay bills, bid on careers and life milestones. Highest net worth after eight years wins.
The Traveler — Every card is a place you could go, and the money you spend to get there. Work the streets, chase the wonders, and keep enough for the flight home.
UPTIME — Turn raw silicon into servers, wire your servers into a network, and win the contracts that pay for it — before the supply chain runs dry.

Would you play this game?