The player who has made the most values – both in cash and products –will be the winner.

You don’t need to make it difficult for others to win because the important thing is to make your own money grow. 

Use your head and have a bit of luck.

The basic game will be the same throughout the different steps.

You buy and sell goats, cows, eggs, seeds and other farm products. You will move from space to space on the game mat, and different things will happen along the way.  

While you play you make calculations with the help of basic maths operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and percent. You are introduced to the principle of paying tax.

In turn the players throws the dice and moves around the game mat. You will land on different fields, and get different choices: 

  You need to apply long-term thinking and make calculations, and choose whether to take chances or not.   

  As you move across the game mat you have to make decisions wether to buy and sell farm product. What will help you to make profit?   

The Dipeo game is suitable from the age of 7 and up and is played with 2-4 players or teams. One game last from 45 minutes.

Place the game mat between you. Everyone gets a wallet for their properties with a pawn in the same colour, together with a small start capital.

Decide who shall be responsible for the bank and the shop. The banker receives and hands out money when you buy or sell something. The shopkeeper manages all the products going in or out.

The game contains 4 steps with different learning opportunities, from the basic game to more advanced options. 

Step 1: Basic game, You simply play to win. Start with using the Quick start leaflet.

Step 2: You play to get customers. Now you can look into the details of the rules in the How to play booklet.

Step 3: You can both save and borrow money to reach your goals. 

Step 4: You use your own knowledge and creativity to make your own rules. 

Click here to see the game rules in short scenes on video.   

Below you can read more details about how to play Dipeo.

The basic game will be the same throughout the different steps.

You buy and sell goats, cows, eggs, seeds and other farm products. You will move from space to space on the game mat, and different things will happen along the way.  

While you play you make calculations with the help of basic maths operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and percent. You are introduced to the principle of paying tax.

In turn the players throws the dice and moves around the game mat. You will land on different fields, and get different choices: 

On the white fields you can get farm products, either by buying or exchanging your "baby" product into an "adult" product.

You buy at the cost price, shown on the game mat and in the rules of the game. If you already have seeds, they will will become a vegtable, an egg will grow to a chicken, and so forth. 

When you land on one of the four markets you can sell with a profit. You get paid according to the following rules:

VEGETABLE MARKET 5x. Here you can sell only vegetables and seeds. Get paid 5 times (5x) the price on the product card.

CHICKEN MARKET 4x – here you can sell only eggs and hens. Get paid 4 times (4x) the price on the product card.

CITY MARKET 3x – here you can sell all kinds of products, both animals and other goods. Get paid 3 times (3x) the price on the product card.

VILLAGE MARKET 2x – here you can sell all kinds of products, both animals and other goods. Get paid 2 times (2x) the price on the product card.

You can land on one of the blue chance fields. Here you must pull a chance card. Both good and bad things can happen. You can earn money or loose money. For players who don't read, they can easily tell if something good or bad will happen by the happy face or the sad face on the card.

The things that happen will often use humour and be connected to useful information, so laughing and learning can also happen. Some cards will ask you to pretend to do something. Then you may have to play act, it gives the players the chance to move around and laugh – and it brings extra humour to the game.

When you pass START/village space, you get a reward from auntie. She is so happy that you have gone out in the world to try to earn money.   

When you land on a Bus space, you can take a bus to three of the markets - if you want. 

Landing on the Luck space means that can move to whatever space you like. But not to another luck space. Here you need to be strategic because it is a chance to get what you rally need to make a profit.

If you land on 10% TAX space, you must calculate how much to pay in taxes. Her you practice percent. And the player will get a tax proof showing their contribution to society.

In Dipeo you can get customers at the markets if you do a calculation from one of the market cards.

The market cards provide basic level calculation challenges, the intention is to give an understanding of the four basic maths operations.

The cards vary from very easy to more challening calculations. All the cards are illustrated to make the connection betweem mats symbols and real world challenges. 

In the Saving-lending game all the players save together to a common lending fund that everyone can borrow from

When you play with the Saving-lending fund, you start with a lower start capital, but you get a chance to build your business faster by taking the risk of borrowing.

Change rules if everyone agrees before the game starts. Try out different ways of making money. See what happens.

Creativity and independent thinking is an important part of building a business.

Everything is allowed as long as you all have fun and learn more about doing business!