How to Play Bonobo Brain

Learn through quiz games. In Ranked you compete for regions on the country map from your profile. Train solo in Storm and climb ELO.

Basic Rules

  1. Ranked is played with 3 players on the map of the country you set as your defending country in your profile.
  2. At the start every player picks one region as their base. The pick order is drawn at random, and bases must be at least one region apart.
  3. Players take turns — you have 10 seconds to choose a region to attack.
  4. If you run out of time, the system automatically attacks a random neighboring region.

Battle for Regions

  1. You can only attack regions adjacent to yours.
  2. When attacking, a trivia question appears — correct answer = region conquered.
  3. Question difficulty depends on your ELO rating.

Points

  1. Every player starts with 1000 points — exactly what their base is worth.
  2. Claiming a free region (no question): +200 points.
  3. Capturing an opponent's region: +300 points.
  4. Destroying an opponent's base: +800 points, and you take over all of their regions along with their points.
  5. When you lose a region, you lose its points too.

Victory and Draws

  1. A player who loses their base is eliminated.
  2. The game ends after 15 rounds or when only one player is left on the map. The player with the most points wins.
  3. If points are tied, the player with the higher answer accuracy wins.
  4. If accuracy is tied too, it's a draw — the players lose less ELO to each other than in a defeat.
  5. You gain ELO for winning and lose it for losing.

Question Storm

  1. Solo mode — answer questions for 2 minutes.
  2. 3 wrong answers = game over. Wrong answer = −15 seconds.
  3. Streak bonus: +2 seconds for every 3 correct in a row.
  4. Question difficulty increases with your score.

ELO System and Tiers

New players start at 1000 ELO (Silver). Matchmaking prefers players in the same tier.

Tips for Players