First Look at Do the Math

[The_Great_Butler]

Hmm, not bad for a quickie game. It's a decent spin on the one-or-the-other concept.

I don't really care for the set being mostly just a video screen, but I guess that's just a thing of the times.

[nowhammies11]

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I almost had the format down.  My thought was, to paraphrase another user, "an elaborate version of Switch?".  I hope that it really works out!  Can't wait for Monday!

[blozier2006]

I must say, I like this game! Very easy to understand, yet may not always be a "gimme" (depending on how "sexed-up" the prizes used in a given playing are).

One thing I got to thinking about... if this game had been around in the Barker era, how would you envision the set looking for it? I could see an eggcrate display for the cash amount, and concealed price tags to be uncovered for the price reveals (a la Double Prices or 1 Right Price)

[The_Great_Butler]

One thing I got to thinking about... if this game had been around in the Barker era, how would you envision the set looking for it? I could see an eggcrate display for the cash amount, and concealed price tags to be uncovered for the price reveals (a la Double Prices or 1 Right Price)

Depends. It could have worked even as far back as the 70s by simply having a concealed price tag on each side of a modestly-sized prop as you describe it. The plus and minus sign would have been small cards (like the markers in Barker's Markers/Make Your Mark) and the contestant would manually place their selected sign between the first price tag and the eggcrate.

I really like this game the more I think about it. It's charming in its simplicity.

[Axl]

I don't really care for the set being mostly just a video screen, but I guess that's just a thing of the times.

That disappoints me, too.  With Double Cross, they integrated a screen cleverly into a larger prop, which I liked.  I guess having an unadorned flat screen is reasonable when you're just trying to represent a chalkboard, but I hope it doesn't set a precedent.

[SilverFirePrime]

That disappoints me, too.  With Double Cross, they integrated a screen cleverly into a larger prop, which I liked.  I guess having an unadorned flat screen is reasonable when you're just trying to represent a chalkboard, but I hope it doesn't set a precedent.

I wouldn't mind a big video screen like that becoming a precedent.  You have games played on the turntable, you have games played behind door 2, why not a few games that are played on a giant LCD screen that's rolled out on to the stage?  The only key is moderation. 

[Mr. Weatherman]

I wouldn't mind a big video screen like that becoming a precedent.  You have games played on the turntable, you have games played behind door 2, why not a few games that are played on a giant LCD screen that's rolled out on to the stage?  The only key is moderation.

I'm okay with a few LCD screens being used, but I certainly don't want to see existing games get the giant LCD treatment. If an eggcrate display breaks down, then I can understand switching it out with the newer technology, but I don't want to see simple props like Clock Game be converted to a giant LCD display. I also don't want all of the new games going forward to rely on them, either. As been stated before, the various mechanisms that control many of the older games are what make them so fun to watch. You just don't get that same effect with LCD displays.

[CJBojangles]

I wouldn't mind a big video screen like that becoming a precedent.  You have games played on the turntable, you have games played behind door 2, why not a few games that are played on a giant LCD screen that's rolled out on to the stage?  The only key is moderation. 

Absolutely not. The charm of the pricing games is their intricate and individual "carnival-like" designs. It's what makes each game completely unique to the next and what gives each game its own personality.

The minute you start playing multiple games on a big TV screen is the minute that those games become virtually indistinguishable, and all the charm therein is lost.

[mrbrown2195]

The minute you start playing multiple games on a big TV screen is the minute that those games become virtually indistinguishable, and all the charm therein is lost.

Except they've kept the games distinguishable. Double Cross is nothing but a giant TV screen. Do the Math is nothing but a giant TV screen. Hell, they could potentially be the same screen, just a different face slapped on the front depending on what's going to be played that afternoon.

[The_Great_Butler]

Except they've kept the games distinguishable. Double Cross is nothing but a giant TV screen. Do the Math is nothing but a giant TV screen. Hell, they could potentially be the same screen, just a different face slapped on the front depending on what's going to be played that afternoon.

Double Cross actually has something to it beyond the screen, though. Do the Math, unless there's something I can't see, is pretty much just the screen.

I mean, I doubt many people are going to argue Temptation, Bonus Game and Any Number are 'nothing but a giant TV screen' now. Do the Math doesn't have any real prop, just a screen that fills all the purposes of one, not terribly unlike Clock Game on Doug Davidson's versions.

[CJBojangles]

Except they've kept the games distinguishable. Double Cross is nothing but a giant TV screen. Do the Math is nothing but a giant TV screen. Hell, they could potentially be the same screen, just a different face slapped on the front depending on what's going to be played that afternoon.

And I said nothing to the contrary. I was responding to SilverFirePrime's suggestion that one big monitor be rolled out on occasion to play many games.

They did a wonderful job incorporating a monitor into Double Cross without the game being a big rectangle. I hope they continue that practice with games to come.

[FPGWillyT]

Is it at all rude to think it's Most Expensive with two prizes?  I happen to like it.  Very simple/easy to explain and play.

[Axl]

Nope, not rude.  That's exactly what it is.