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Bid on history. Win with views.
A multiplayer auction game over Wikipedia's page views. Buy the articles you think the world will read most in the months ahead, then watch history pay out.
Practice needs no account and takes about five minutes against bots.
Every card is a real article
People, places, science and pop culture, drawn from thousands of Wikipedia's most-read pages. Card photos are free-licensed images from Wikimedia Commons. Photo credits
- Blue
Taj Mahal
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PurpleBlack hole
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OrangeAlbert Einstein
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GreyMount Everest
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GoldSolar eclipse
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BlueLeonardo da Vinci
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PurpleMahatma Gandhi
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GreyIsaac Newton
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BlueRoman Empire
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OrangeJapan
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PurpleJames Webb Space Telescope
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GoldElizabeth II
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OrangeOlympic Games
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GreyMoon landing
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- Grey
Isaac Newton
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- Blue
Roman Empire
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- Orange
Japan
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- Purple
James Webb Space Telescope
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- Gold
Elizabeth II
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- Orange
Olympic Games
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- Grey
Moon landing
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- Blue
Taj Mahal
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- Purple
Black hole
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- Orange
Albert Einstein
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- Grey
Mount Everest
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- Gold
Solar eclipse
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- Blue
Leonardo da Vinci
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- Purple
Mahatma Gandhi
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How a game works
A game is a run of auctions through real history. Cards bought early earn for more months, so an early bargain can beat a late superstar.
- 1
A card goes up
Each round, one Wikipedia article is auctioned. You see its photo, its title and how popular it was that month.
- 2
Everyone bids
Everyone gets the same match cash for the whole game. The top bid wins the card, and that money leaves the game.
- 3
Months pass
History jumps ahead. Every card you own earns its article's real page views for each month that goes by.
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Most views wins
After the last round, one more stretch of months plays out. The biggest total of views takes the game.
- Taj Mahal
- Solar eclipse
- Albert Einstein
- James Webb Space Telescope
Five colours of popular
A card's colour shows how many people read that article in the round's month, compared with every other article that month. It's a clue, not a promise: a Grey card can explode next month.
Grey
Below the median
50% of articles
Blue
Top half
30% of articles
Purple
Top 20%
15% of articles
Orange
Top 5%
4% of articles
Gold
Top 1%
1% of articles
Fair by design
The house rules every game runs on, whoever is holding the paddle.
Money never buys a win
There is nothing to buy that changes who wins: no match cash, no cards, no hints. Coins and gems are earned by playing.
No peeking at the future
Public games hide the real month and round the view counts, so looking an article up mid-auction tells you nothing.
No last-second snipes
A bid in the final seconds adds five more, so the best read on an article wins, not the fastest thumb.
The server decides
Every bid, timer and score is settled by the server. Your phone shows the game; it can't change it.
Up to 20 players. One room code.
Private rooms with share codes are on the way. Until then, sharpen your instincts against the bots.
Start playing