Guide
The Range — the estimation game: who brackets it tightest?
The Range is Genioz's estimation mode, a free online trivia game for 2 to 8 players. The idea: a question whose answer is a number — “How many kilometers of shelving does the National Library hold?” — and no right or wrong answer. Everyone submits a min → max range meant to contain the answer, wagering tokens on it. Bracketing it wins; bracketing it AND tighter than everyone else wins double. A mode where intuition and nerve beat pure book knowledge.
How does a round of The Range unfold?
1. A number question appears: population, date, distance, record… You have 35 seconds.
2. You enter your range: a low bound and a high bound (“between 200 and 400”), and choose your wager, 1 to 3 tokens. Wide range = better odds of bracketing; tight range = better odds of grabbing the bonus.
3. The reveal shows the real answer and everyone's ranges: who bracketed it, who missed, and who dared the surgical range.
How do you earn tokens in The Range?
If your range contains the answer, you win your wager. If it's the TIGHTEST correct range of the round, you win your wager ×2. If the answer falls outside, you lose your wager.
The whole payout lives in that trade-off: a very wide range secures your wager but leaves the bonus to the bold; a very tight one aims for the double… at the risk of losing it all. It's a risk-management game as much as an estimation game.
Three strategies to estimate better
Set bounds by absurdity: “it has to be more than X, it has to be less than Y”, then tighten. You estimate better by successive bracketing than by gut-shot guessing.
Match your width to your wager: put 3 tokens on a comfortable range, or 1 token on an aggressive range chasing the ×2 — both are sound plays, just not at the same time.
Beware of orders of magnitude: most estimation errors are factor-of-10 errors. Before fine-tuning, pick your order of magnitude — hundreds? thousands? millions?
Frequently asked questions
What if two correct ranges have the same width?
They are both “the tightest”: each one collects the ×2 bonus on its own wager.
Can I give a single number instead of a range?
Enter two identical (or nearly identical) bounds: same thing. But careful — the answer must fall INSIDE the range; closest guess doesn't count.
Are the questions the same from one game to the next?
No: the question bank is large and the game avoids repeating questions already played in the same session. Playing again brings fresh rounds.