Primo: the beautiful, colorful, mathematical board game
A project in Seattle, WA by Math For Love000days
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Primo is a fast-paced, colorful, easy-to-learn board game that makes math addictively fun.
Backers: 1644
Average Pledge Per Backer: $49
Funded: $79,744 of $25,000
Dates: May 7th -> Jun 6th (30 days)
Project By: Math For Love
Backers: 1644
Average Pledge Per Backer: $49
Funded: $79,744 of $25,000
Dates: May 7th -> Jun 6th (30 days)
Project By: Math For Love
$79,744
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 6 @ 18:45 -0400 GMT
318%
of goal
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Latest News
Playing with Math and more
July 2nd - via: mathforlove.com
Early summer is a great time of year in Seattle and Eastern WA, where we’re splitting our time right now. We’ve been pouring energy into a few projects: launching our new game, Prime Climb; supporting Seattle Summer School with curriculum and professional development support; piloting a Math for Love summer camp, which just wrapped up after an excellent week; and setting up for fall. But in the midst of this, there has been some moments to down-regulate, and these times to breathe have been vital. I’ve gotten to read and take walks and relax, and I can feel my mind expanding as it gets a chance to rest. (Read More)
You Gave 300%! 
June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Everyone, we just passed the 300% mark, and made our final stretch goal. Thank you for this amazing show of support! We're happy to say that the game will now come with multiplication table reference cards, which will hopefully make play that much... (Read More)
27 hours to go!
June 5th - via: kickstarter.com
We're down to the final 1.125 days, and still one stretch goal to hit! Now is the time to get the word out to anyone you think would like this game. Let's light up the twitter-facebook-o-blogosphericomicon! If you're one of the backers who has joined... (Read More)
New Stretch Goal and the Great Primo Name Change Contest
May 31st - via: kickstarter.com
O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name; Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet.—Juliet We got a great mention on GeekDad today, in some distinguished company. In other... (Read More)
The view from halfway
May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
We're about halfway through our campaign today, and taking stock, we have: 963 backers $46,132 pledged 1160 games spoken for as rewards That last number is especially important, since it means we've passed the critical... (Read More)
Primo in the New York Times
May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Today's Numberplay Puzzle in the New York Times features puzzles based on the gameplay in Primo. Can you solve the puzzles? We posted four puzzles. Here's the first: 1. How can you get two pawns from 0 to 101 in four rolls (that’s eight numbers)... (Read More)
Stretch Goal Hit! and, Projects We Like
May 18th - via: kickstarter.com
With your help, we've made our 35K stretch goal! Everyone who gets the game will now receive five extra variations that can be played on the same board. We've already got ideas for these, and we're looking forward to play testing and refining them.... (Read More)
Prime Hunting, Stretch Goals, and Links
May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Once you start looking for prime numbers, you find them everywhere. Our observant backer William sent us a photo of his computer screen at this moment when our campaign featured 3 primes, all at once. You could ask, how did William know these... (Read More)
Our foolproof growth plan
May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Now that we've made our goal, it's time to look ahead to the rest of the campaign. How can we continue to gain new supporters, and spread the word about our project? This morning, it hit us: our supporters are the most incredible outreach network we... (Read More)
Print and Play now available!
May 13th - via: kickstarter.com
A Print and Play version of the game is now available as a reward at the $15 level. You can also add $10 to any order of five dollars or more to receive the Print and Play. Includes PDFs of the board, cards, instructions, multiplication table, and... (Read More)
Finished! (And just begun.)
May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
We are thrilled to announce that we have swept past our goal of 25K today. Our campaign has officially met its goal. It's hard to describe how excited we are. It's an evening of celebration here in Seattle. (Happily, the weather is cooperating.)... (Read More)
Big round numbers & perfect numbers
May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
I have to appreciate the perfection of the backer who gave us $6 so we could land cleanly on $23K. There's some deep appeal to big, round numbers with lots of zeroes. And maybe a nod of the head to 23, another prime number. They do tend to show up,... (Read More)
The prime number so unlucky it makes every other number seem lucky.
May 12th - via: kickstarter.com
This post is for backers only. Please visit Kickstarter.com and log in to read. (Read More)
Three-quarters of a day in and a third of the way there!
May 8th - via: kickstarter.com
We are so amazed by the great Primo backers out there!We've had an energetic start to the campaign and couldn't have made it this far without the incredible support of math and play lovers everywhere. Thank you for your support! It confirms what we... (Read More)
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