How to play

One country a day, the same for everyone, six tries.

The outline

The shape shown is a real country, to scale and the right way up. Nothing is distorted to make it harder.

Every guess brings you closer

A guess gives you three things: the straight-line distance to the target country, the bearing to reach it, and a closeness percentage.

The bearing is a real course

The arrow shows the initial bearing — the course a ship would steer at the start. On a globe, that is not the same as “up and to the right on the map”.

One game a day

Everyone gets the same country, derived from the date in Paris time. The next game arrives at midnight.