Comments on: Prime Climb Rules

By: Dan Finkel

Dan Finkel — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:55:03 +0000

In reply to Kris. Yep. That's fine.

By: Kris

Kris — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 16:19:14 +0000

Can the “switch two pawns on the board” card be used to switch the opponent’s two pawns if one of them is on 0 (effectively making no changes to the placement of any pawns)?

By: Dan Finkel

Dan Finkel — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 17:33:25 +0000

In reply to Jed savage. You must bump your own pawn.

By: Jed savage

Jed savage — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:30:10 +0000

The rules say “You can bump your own pawn”. Does than mean I do no have to bump my own pawn? Or I must bump my own pawn?

By: Dan Finkel

Dan Finkel — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:49:17 +0000

In reply to jacqueline.

I recommend you check out the video instructions, under the first tab on this page: https://mathforlove1.wpenginepowered.com/games/prime-climb/how-to-play/

By: jacqueline

jacqueline — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 18:41:38 +0000

Sorry I don’t understand how the game begins from the rules in the box. Is one of the two numbers you tile your starting point?

By: Dan Finkel

Dan Finkel — Sun, 02 Jan 2022 18:08:30 +0000

In reply to James. You can win the game using only three of the four 5s.

By: James

James — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 19:08:46 +0000

Hello, if I’m on 86 and roll double fives, can I end the game using only three of the fives? Or do I have to use all four fives?

By: Dan Finkel

Dan Finkel — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 21:30:18 +0000

In reply to Leslianne Costello.

1) Effectively yes. You basically have to divide, and that keeps you at 0.
2) Yes!
3) You do nothing in that case.

By: Leslianne Costello

Leslianne Costello — Thu, 25 Mar 2021 16:13:08 +0000

Two rules clarification questions for Prime Climb:
(1) In a two player game, my son played the “opponent may only subtract or divide” on me. I only had one pawn left, and it was on start. Do I lose a turn?
(2) Regarding the same action card, if I THEN played “roll again” is it still considered same turn? Does the “only subtract and divide” still apply?
(3)Later I pulled the “reverse to the nearest pawn” card, but no pawn was behind me. (I only have one pawn left.) Should I move forward to the nearest pawn instead, or do nothing?