Everybody places their token on the square labeled Start. Each player should have one token or playing piece. To Play, you'll need a group of 8 to 10 year olds. The playing pieces can be anything of course, buttons, coins, pieces borrowed from a monopoly or (small) chess set. Oh, don't forget to get hold of a die and a handful of playing pieces.

Finally, print out the specials! These are what will make the game much more than just another quiz.

Or hey, print out both and combine them into one massive big stack of question cards! The easy set for younger kids, or the harder set when they've outgrown the easy set.

Choose what set of multiplication times tables questions you want to print.

To do this, click on the image on the right.

By the way, thanks to Zazzle, you can now get the board professionally printed (at a reasonable cost). If you don't, then print out pages 2 to 5 (preferably onto card), and join the four pieces into one super-sized foldable playing board. Print out page 1 if you have a photocopier that can do enlarging. Please note that I've given two versions of the playing board in the same file. To make the game, you'll need to do some printing and cutting, and maybe pasting. Dr Mike's Times Tables Game combines not just this board game, but three of the games on this site into a beautiful professionally printed package! You can still make your own free version using the downloads available on this page, of course! News flash! After a successful campaign on, this times tables board game is now available to buy. You might also like to see a list of all the math board games on this site.

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Might start them on the Addition Board Game, which has basically the same rules, but a different set of question cards. A board, some 'question' cards, some 'special' cards, a die (dice), and away you go! The question cards make sure it's a learning experience for the kids who are playing, and the 'specials' make sure it's an exciting game, with the winner only known the moment they actually win! Best of all, it's all free and printable (except the die, and the playing pieces. Here's a math board game with simple enough rules.

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