This exciting game was originally aimed at intermediate and middle school students to help them make sense and be comfortable with the ideas and notation of pre-algebra. The game targeted many areas students find difficult: negative numbers, variables, evaluating expressions using the proper order of operations, powers, mental math, and word problems. Because it uses geometric notions that all young children possess, we found that even 5 year olds could play the game using only addition initially: adding subtraction soon after. Five year olds have no trouble understanding variables since they are presented as "wild cards". No dice. No spinner. Instead, use number and operation tiles to construct a problem whose answer is your move! Kindergarten to Algebra I. One level to be able to advance to the next.