Nature / Type: Maths game
Rating: ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Recommended age: 10 year-old ++
Who would love this: Kids and adults that enjoy numbers and maths
Prime Climb from Math for Love - when your kid asks to play a maths game again and actually loves every up and down! Thank you Divisible by Zero for providing a copy.
Why I love ❤️ it:
(1) Guides 2 Pawns Along Colourful Number Spiral
Prime Climb feels a bit like Snakes & Ladders… but smarter, sharper, and far more exciting. Each player guides two pawns along a colourful number spiral, aiming to land exactly on 101. On each turn, you roll two special dice and use them one at a time - choosing to add, subtract, multiply, or divide based on your pawn’s position. For example: I roll a 4 and a 5. One pawn moves from 0 to 4. My other pawn is on 20 - multiply by 5 and suddenly I’m at 100. So near, yet still not there. And that’s the tension: every turn can flip your fortunes. You might sit stuck on 100 unless you cleverly subtract or divide your way forward! Land on a prime number (those red circles), and you earn a bonus card. Land on another player? You bump them straight back to the start.
(2) Prime Cards Earned When Land On Red Circles
Landing on red circles earns Prime Cards. Some help immediately, some you save, and some create total chaos. You might roll again, send another pawn back to the start, reverse your number (73 → 37), or even steal a card from someone else. These twists keep every game unpredictable and highly entertaining.
(3) Maths + Strategy + Merciless Fun!
This game can be merciless - and that’s part of the fun. Getting bumped back to the start stings, but recovery is quick if you play smart (multiplication is your best friend early on!). There’s constant decision-making: Can you go for the biggest move without overshooting 101? Do you play aggressively and bump others, or push toward the finish? Also - once you’re past 50, multiplication won’t help you move forward - so subtraction and division suddenly become key. And rolling doubles? That gives you four moves instead of two — incredibly powerful if used well.
(4) Smart Game Board Design
The board design is genius. Each prime number under 10 has its own colour: 2 (orange), 3 (green), 5 (blue), 7 (purple). Composite numbers blend colours based on their factors — for example, 35 (5×7) is half blue, half purple. It’s not just pretty - it helps players instantly recognise factors, making multiplication and division more intuitive.
# gifted in exchange for review
Where to buy this:
https://www.cowtrees.au/educational-toys/539-prime-climb.html
Check out more reviews on Math for Love games:
- Tiny Polka Dot, By Math For Love
- Multiplication By Heart, By Math For Love
- Rolly Poly, By Math For Love
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