Inspect the map
Darker means a larger numerical value. Missing data is hatched and never means zero.
How to play
Read the pattern before the answer reads you.
Mystery Map is the first Can You Geo? mode: read the color-map pattern, spend points only when evidence helps, then choose the hidden indicator.
Probe strategically
Investigating a country reveals its value once. Repeated and no-data countries cost nothing.
Guess, recover, learn
Wrong answers deduct points but stay playable. Correct answers unlock a source-backed reveal lesson.
Skill tiers
Choose how much the game helps.
Explorer
Easiest tier with broad answers and generous clues.
- 3 broad choices
- 3 country reveals
- Country names on hover
- Useful unit clues
Analyst
RecommendedBalanced serious play with plausible choices and enough evidence to reason it out.
- 4 plausible choices
- 3 country reveals
- Useful unit clues
- Default serious play
Cartographer
Hard tier for strong geography and data players.
- 6 close choices
- 1 country reveal
- Useful unit clues
- Closely related distractors
Atlas Master
Brutal expert tier with no visible answer list.
- No visible answer choices
- Search the approved catalog
- 1 country reveal
- Useful unit clues
Scoring
Every clue spends points.
Each round starts at 1,000 points. Revealing a new country value costs 100 points, revealing the unit costs 100 points, and each wrong answer costs 300 points. Point totals can finish below zero, but you can always continue to the reveal.
Daily has no speed bonus. The strongest runs come from reading the map before spending clues.
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