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Close Enough

Add up to the target without going over. Here is how to add it, set it up and run it.

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What it is

In Close Enough, guests take turns revealing hidden items to add up to a target amount without going over. Closest to the target wins the round.

Add it to your show

It is one step in your Rundown, like any other game. Add it where you want it to play.

  1. Open the Rundown tab and press Add.
  2. Choose Close Enough from the menu. It joins the end of the list and opens on the right.
The Add menu with Close Enough
Add Close Enough from the menu.

Set it up

The settings hold your rounds. Write the round's name and target after a hash mark, then one item per line with its value after a bar. Use at least five items.

Choose the points for winning, the bonus for landing exactly on the target, the turn timer, and the label for the values, such as dollars.

The Sounds tab picks the sound effect for each moment of the game.

The settings of Close Enough
Close Enough settings.

The target and the tiles

The TV shows the target amount and a board of face-down tiles. Each tile hides an item and its value. Guests take turns, and the phone of the guest whose turn it is shows the tiles.

Close Enough: the target and the tiles
The target and the tiles.

Reveal items

On your turn, tap a tile to reveal it. Its value is added to your running total. Keep going as long as you like, but if you go over the target you bust.

Close Enough: reveal items
Reveal items.

Stop on your total

Tap Stop to keep your total. You must reveal at least one item first. The board is shared, so what you revealed is gone for the next guest.

Close Enough: stop on your total
Stop on your total.

Closest wins

When everyone has had a turn, the closest total at or under the target wins the round. Landing exactly on the target earns a bonus.

Close Enough: closest wins
Closest wins.

Your controls on the Live tab

On the Live tab, Next round starts a round, Reveal an item and Stop play a turn for the guest who is up, Skip player moves on, and End round finishes it and picks the winner.

Tip The same keys are on the Host Remote, so you can run Close Enough from a phone or tablet.

The Live tab controls for Close Enough
The Live tab controls.

How it ends

The TV shows every guest's total against the target, and the winner.

The TV at the end of Close Enough
The TV at the end.

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