Element Geography |

GAME DESIGNER: ATOM DUEL
PLAYERS: 2-3
TIME TO PLAY: 10 MINUTES
AGES: 7 +

OBJECTIVE: Win as many cards as possible

This game uses all of the element cards named after place names.

1. Take out the following 30 cards:
12, 21,29,31,32,38,39,44,52,63,65,67,68,69,70,
71,72,75,84,87,95,97,98,105,108,110,113,
115,116,117

2. Deal out the cards to all players and discard any extra cards

3. Player left of the dealer goes first and plays a card. Whosever card has the highest population wins the trick.

4. For exampleCopper (29), Yttrium (39) and Nihonium (113) are played.

5. Nihonium wins because the population of Japan (130 million) is higher than that of Cyprus ( 875,000) and Ytterby (2,900)

6. Some cards are named after the same place. Tie goes to the card with the lower Atomic Number.

7. Use the population chart as a cheat sheet ( see below) or play by memory

ATOMIC #	NAME	NAMED FOR	POPULATION
12	Magnesium	Magnesia (region of Greece)	190,000
21	Scandium	Scandinavia	21 Million
29	Copper	Cyprus	875,000
31	Gallium	France	67 Million
32	Germanium	Germany	83 Million
38	Strontium	Scotland	5.5 Million
39	Yttrium	Ytterby (Sweden)	2,900
44	Ruthenium	Russia	146 Million
52	Tellurium	The Earth	7 Billion
63	Europium	Europe	750 Million
65	Terbium	Ytterby, Sweden	2,900
67	Holmium	Stockholm, Sweden	1 Million
68	Erbium	Ytterby, Sweden	2,900
69	Thulium	Scandinavia	21 Million
70	Ytterbium	Ytterby, Sweden	2,900
71	Lutetium	Paris, France	2.1 Million
72	Hafnium	Copenhagen	600,000
75	Rhenium	Rhine River( Rhineland Pflaz State, Germany)	4.1 Million
84	Polonium	Poland	38 Million
87	Francium	France	67 Million
95	Americium	America	330 Million
97	Berkelium	Berkeley, California, USA	122,000
98	Californium	California, USA	40 Million
105	Dubnium	Dubna, Russia	70,000
108	Hassium	Hesse State, Germany	6.3 Million
110	Darmstadtium	Darmstadt, Germany	160,000
113	Nihonium	Japan	125 Million
115	Moscovium	Moscow, Russia	12 Million
116	Livermorium	Livermore, CA	90,000
117	Tennessine	Tennessee, USA	7 Million