GET_GIVE

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GET & GIVE

a beginners game

to plan and score

GET & GIVE

A beginners game of planning and scoring.

For ages 4 - 7. Three, four, or five players.

Equipment: Playing Board, Score Sheet, 5 Plan Sheets,

25 color pieces, 5 pencils, 60 white chips

Set up:

One player takes the Score Sheet, is Score Keeper.

Each player takes a Plan Sheet and a pencil.

Each player takes one kind of color piece:

FOR:

three players, take 5 of the same color pieces.

four players, take 4 of the same color pieces.

five players, take 3 of the same color pieces.

First Round:

In secret on the Plan Sheet each player writes the Playing Board square number where their color pieces will be placed, one color piece per square.

After the Plan Sheets are filled out, take turns putting the color pieces onto the Playing Board.

If player makes error, lose turn that round.

Score: Score each color piece on Plan Sheet.

White Chips

GET ONE : for your color pieces that are on

Playing Board squares alone.

GET ZERO : for your color pieces that are on Playing

Board squares with one other color piece.

GIVE BACK: for your color pieces that are on ONE

Playing Board squares with two or more

other color pieces.

Score Keeper:

The players total their Plan Sheets.

Put all the TOTALS on the SCORE SHEET.

Subtract the GIVE BACK from the GIVE to see how many white chips were won or lost that Round. Hand out the won white chips or take back the lost white chips. Players' score does not go below zero.

Second Round:

Return all color pieces to the players. All players erase their Plan Sheets. Then repeat the directions of First Round, Score White Chips and Score Keeper.

Keep playing Rounds until there is a winner.

Winner:

The first player to win ten chips at the end of a Round is the winner. In case of a tie play again.

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GET & GIVE PLAYING BOARD

_____________!_________________!_________________!_________________

-----1------------ 2------------------3----------------4--------

_____________!_________________!__________________!_________________

----5----------------6---------------7----------------8----------

_____________!_________________!__________________!__________________

------9-------------10-------------11-----------------12--------

_____________!_________________!__________________!__________________

-----13------------14---------------15---------------16---------

_____________!__________________!__________________!_________________

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GET & GIVE, SCORING SHEET

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NUMBER-------------COLOR---------BOARD-----------------SCORE------------------

OF--------------------------OF-------------SQUARE-------GET------------GIVE BACK--

PLAYERS------------PIECE-----------NUMBER----- CHIPS------------CHIPS--------

!_________!--------!_________!

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---------------------!________!-------1-------!__________!__________!

5 players

use only

3 pieces

__________________________________________________________________

---------------------!_________!-------2-------!__________!__________!

__________________________________________________________________

----------------------!_________!------3--------!__________!_________!

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4 players

use only --------------!___________!---------4--------!__________!_________!

4 pieces

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3 players

use only -------------!___________!----------5--------!__________!_________!

5 pieces

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---------------------------------------------------TOTALS---!____________!____________!

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GET & GIVE SCORE SHEET

Round 1_____________________________________________________________ ----------------------RED-------YELLOW--------BLUE--------GREEN-------ORANGE---

GET -----------!+ _____!-----!+_______!----!+______!------!+______!----!+________!

GIVE BACK

-------------------!- _____!-----!- _______!----!- ______!------! -______!----! -________!

TOTAL

-------------------!=_____!-----! =______!-----! =______!-----! =______!----! =_______!

___________________________________________________________________

Round 2

---------------------RED---------YELLOW---------BLUE---------GREEN------ORANGE

GET ------------!+ _____!----! +_______!-----! +______!-----! +______!----! +______!

GIVE BACK

-------------------! - ______!---! - _______!-----! - ______!-----! -_______!---! -_______!

TOTAL

-------------------!=_______!---! =_______!----! =_______!----! =_______!---! =_____! ___________________________________________________________________

Round 3

------------------!--RED---!---!YELLOW--!---!---BLUE---!----!-GREEN-!--!-ORANGE

GET------------!+ ______!---! +________!---! +_______!----! +_______!--! +_______

GIVE BACK

-------------------! - _____!----! - ________!----! - _______!---! -________!---! -______!

TOTAL

-------------------!=______!----! =________!----! =_______!---! =_______!---! =_____!

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Round 4

---------------------RED-----------YELLOW---------BLUE----------GREEN----ORANGE

GET-------------!+ _____!-----!+_________!-----!+_____!------!+_______!--!+_______

GIVE BACK

-------------------!- ______!----! - _________!----! - _____!------! -_______!--! -_______

TOTAL

-------------------!=______!----! =_________!----! =______!-----! =______!---! =______

___________________________________________________________________

Round 5

-----------------!-RED-----------YELLOW----------BLUE-----------GREEN---ORANGE

GET----------! + _____!------! +________!-----! +_____!-------! +______!--! +______

GIVE BACK

----------------!- _______!-----! - ________!-----! - _____!-------! -_______!--! -_______

TOTAL

----------------!=_______!-----! =_________!----! =_____!------! =_______!--! =______

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Round 6

--------------------RED-----------YELLOW-----------BLUE--------GREEN--- ORANGE

GET-----------! + _____!----! +__________!-----!+______!----! +______!--! +_______

GIVE BACK

-----------------!- ______!-----! - __________! ----!- ______!----! -_______!--! -_______

TOTAL

-----------------!=______!-----! =__________!-----! =______!---! =_______!--! =______

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GRAND TOTALS (add all scores of each round)

-----------------!________!-----! __________!------! _______!----!________!---!______

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