How to play

The rules in a few minutes

You can understand BlobIQ in the time it takes to type a room code. Every round also has its own rules board, so you do not need to remember anything. Note: the game itself is currently in Polish.

Before you start

The TV. Open play.blobiq.com in the browser of your TV, or of a laptop connected to a TV, and choose New game (in the Polish menu: Nowa gra).
Phones. Each player scans the QR code or types the six-character room code on the page from the address shown on the TV.
The blob. You enter a name and shape your blob: colour, shape, eyes. Colours do not repeat within one room.
Start. The first player to join is the host. They start the game on their phone (at least two players are needed, and up to ten can play).

TV screen after the correct answer is revealed: the right answer is highlighted and the player blobs react — The question on the TV, the answers on the phone. After the reveal you can see who got it right. (Screenshots show the Polish game.)

Phone: four large coloured answer buttons A, B, C and D — The question on the TV, the answers on the phone. After the reveal you can see who got it right. (Screenshots show the Polish game.)

How a game goes

Every game has the same skeleton: the Warm-up, a few middle rounds and, at the end, the Road to the Centre. The lobby does not count towards play time. A full game takes about half an hour.

Warm-up

A practice question without points, so everyone presses a button once, then five questions. A right answer gives you 100 points and up to 50 points for speed. A mistake means zero points, nobody loses points. The first tap confirms your answer, so no changing your mind.

Middle rounds

Lightning. Eight seconds per question, and the order of correct answers counts. A wrong answer freezes your blob until the end of the question.
How Much Do You Bet? You only see the category and difficulty, then you bet from 50 to 250 points. A right answer: you get the stake. A wrong one or none: you lose the stake. Your total never drops below zero.
Three Balloons. Every blob has three balloons, and a wrong answer pops one. With no balloons left you go to the bench, but you still answer and earn fewer points.

After a round

After each round the TV shows the scoreboard, and the round winner does a little celebration.

Scoreboard after the Warm-up round with the points of four players

Road to the Centre

The finale is a race along a 20-square track to the trophy in the middle of the Arena. Your earlier points turn into starting squares: the leader starts at square 8, the rest proportionally closer to the edge. Before each question you choose Step (right answer +2 squares, wrong 0) or Leap (right +3, wrong -2). The fastest correct answer gets an extra square. Whoever reaches the centre first wins.

A few things worth knowing

We measure time on the phone, from the moment the answers appear on your screen, so slower Wi-Fi does not hurt anyone.
Phone died? Your blob falls asleep in its place. Come back on the same phone and you return with the same score.
A latecomer can join with the code during a game and enters from the next round.
The host announces rounds and comments on the results. Every round also has a “How to play” board.

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