The Game of Number Code
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After becoming familiar with the values of the number Code, the Game Code, given on page 42, can be very much improved in its complexity, and consequently, in its resulting mental development.
Have the one hundred words on one side of the card and the corresponding numbers from one to one hundred on the reverse side as illustrated. Deal all the cards, have no draw pile. All cards in the hand and in reserve piles on the table are to be with the words up and the numbers down. Start by playing the cards into the middle of the table with the numbers up, beginning with cards which bear numbers ending in 1. The next card is played word up upon the pile; then, if no one calls "Code," turn the card over and if it should be that this card does not bear the following consecutive number the card must be replaced in the player's hand and the player ceases with no penalty. If, when the word is played, some other player, who knows by the number value of the word that it is an error, calls "Code" before the card is turned over, then, if correct, he is entitled to give the player a card from his hand. The game is played and scored as in Code, but has the added value of requiring the players to know the number value of all the words.
The Number Game
This game will assist in learning the number value of the words and the word for each number. Shuffle the cards from the Code Games, have one person hold these cards out of sight of the players. The reader turns all cards with the words up and reads the word on the top card. The first one to tell the proper number value of the word gets the card. In this way go through the entire pack, each person retaining the cards which he obtains by first speaking the number. The one holding the most cards at the end of the game is the reader for the next game.
The same game may be played by reading the numbers and seeing who can first speak the Code Word.