Ballpark

The idea

Every answer is a number: a year, a height, a population, a record. You don't need to know the exact figure. You just need to be closer than everyone else. It's general knowledge plus gut feeling, and even a confident "somewhere around there" scores. The closest guess wins the round, and the most points after the last round wins the game.

How to play

1. The host screen (TV) shows a question and the unit to answer in ("How tall is Mount Everest, in meters?").
2. Type your best guess on your phone as a plain number before the timer runs out: 40 seconds in the Classic preset, 25 in Quick.
3. The round ends as soon as everyone has answered or the timer hits zero, whichever comes first.
4. At the reveal, the guesses line up by how close they are, the correct number appears, a fun fact is read out and points are handed out.
5. A quick scoreboard shows the standings, then the next question starts. After the last round, the final standings decide the winner.

A Classic game is 8 rounds (Quick is 5, Marathon is 12). The host can see who has answered, and all you need is one number per round.

Scoring

You score for how close you are, plus bonuses for placing well and for streaks.

Base points depend on how far off you are relative to the answer (your error as a percentage of the correct number):

Closeness bonus (by place in the round):

• Closest guess (1st): +200
• 2nd closest: +100
• 3rd closest: +50

Bullseye bonus: an exact answer adds +500 on top of the base 1000.

Streak bonus for being the closest several rounds in a row:

• 2 in a row: +150
• 3 or more in a row: +300

So one perfect guess can be worth up to 2000 points in a single round (1000 base + 500 bullseye + 200 for 1st place + 300 streak). Lose a round and your streak resets.