iKNOW Rulebook

Table of Contents

Contents
Overview
The Question Categories
How to Play
Question Cards

Game board
400 Cards
iKNOW tokens (6)
iBET tokens (6)
Category token
Game chips (25 black, 25 white)
Rules

Overview

Age: 15+ Players: 2–6 Time: 45+ minutes

Collect 20 points' worth of chips by answering questions correctly and guessing how well – or badly – the other players will do!

The Question Categories

People
The World
Products & Works of Art
Phenomena & Events

How to Play

Starting the game: Place the game board on the table and give each player an iKNOW and an iBET token of a matching color, as well as one white chip each.
The first round: One of the players is picked to be the reader for the first round, and they begin by reading out a question from the category of their choice (marked with the transparent category chip), but no clues at this stage. While you're acting as the reader, you don't take part in the round with your iKNOW or iBET tokens.
iKNOW: Starting with the player on the reader's left, place your iKNOW token on an empty square on the game board. If you think you can answer the question correctly after the very first clue, place your token on a level marked with three pips. If, on the other hand, you want to hear more clues, place your token on the squares marked with two or one pips.
iBET: The player who placed their token highest, makes the first guess about which of the other players might get the question right (+) or wrong (–), by placing their iBET token on an empty circle on the game board. After that, the other players – following the order in which they'll answer – also make their guesses on any circles that are still empty.
Clues: When all the iKNOW and iBET tokens have been placed on the game board, the reader reads the three-chip clue. Now the players whose iKNOW tokens are on squares marked with three points answer the question (the player who placed their token the highest answers first). Then the two-chip and one-chip clues are also read out, until everyone has answered. Finally, the reader reads out the right answer.

Question Cards

Each card carries two questions, one per side. A question is followed by three clues, arranged from least to most revealing, and finally the answer.

Each clue is marked with a colored dot for its category, and the number of dots on a clue matches the iKNOW token level it belongs to: the first clue carries three dots, the next two dots, and the last clue one dot.
The answer line is marked with an asterisk.
Example question: "Which famous motor sports event?" — three dots: "It has been held annually in France since 1923."; two dots: "Paul Newman finished second in the 1979 race."; one dot: "It is the world's oldest sports car endurance race."; answer: "The 24 Hours of Le Mans."

How to Play

Starting the game: Place the game board on the table and give each player an iKNOW and an iBET token of a matching color, as well as one white chip each.

The first round: One of the players is picked to be the reader for the first round, and they begin by reading out a question from the category of their choice (marked with the transparent category chip), but no clues at this stage. While you're acting as the reader, you don't take part in the round with your iKNOW or iBET tokens.

iKNOW: Starting with the player on the reader's left, place your iKNOW token on an empty square on the game board. If you think you can answer the question correctly after the very first clue, place your token on a level marked with three pips. If, on the other hand, you want to hear more clues, place your token on the squares marked with two or one pips.

iBET: The player who placed their token highest, makes the first guess about which of the other players might get the question right (+) or wrong (–), by placing their iBET token on an empty circle on the game board. After that, the other players – following the order in which they'll answer – also make their guesses on any circles that are still empty.

Clues: When all the iKNOW and iBET tokens have been placed on the game board, the reader reads the three-chip clue. Now the players whose iKNOW tokens are on squares marked with three points answer the question (the player who placed their token the highest answers first). Then the two-chip and one-chip clues are also read out, until everyone has answered. Finally, the reader reads out the right answer.

Question Cards

Each card carries two questions, one per side. A question is followed by three clues, arranged from least to most revealing, and finally the answer.

Each clue is marked with a colored dot for its category, and the number of dots on a clue matches the iKNOW token level it belongs to: the first clue carries three dots, the next two dots, and the last clue one dot.

The answer line is marked with an asterisk.

Example question: "Which famous motor sports event?" — three dots: "It has been held annually in France since 1923."; two dots: "Paul Newman finished second in the 1979 race."; one dot: "It is the world's oldest sports car endurance race."; answer: "The 24 Hours of Le Mans."