Ready for surgery, Doctor?
When surgeons do an "-ectomy," they take something OUT of the body. (An appendectomy removes the appendix. A tonsillectomy removes the tonsils.) In this game, you'll build a complete brain, one part at a time. But if you draw an -Ectomy card... that part gets removed!
New here? Check 📖 How to Play and 🔍 Study the Brain first.
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How to play (Solo Rules)
Your goal: build a complete brain with all 9 parts before you run out of cards!
🃏Draw a card. You have 45 draws to finish your brain. The fewer cards you use, the more stars you earn.
🧩Brain Part card: read the clue and pick which brain part it describes. Answer correctly and that part pops into your brain!
🌟Any Part card: answer a brain trivia question correctly and you get to choose ANY missing part. Pick wisely!
✂️-Ectomy card: uh oh! If you have that part, it gets removed from your brain. If you don't have it yet... phew, nothing happens.
🛡️Brain Shields: if you correctly answer a card for a part you ALREADY have, you earn a Brain Shield (you can hold 3). A shield blocks one -Ectomy!
🔁Wrong answer? You don't get the part, but you'll see the right answer. That card goes back into the deck, so you'll see it again. Remember it!
🏆Win by completing all 9 parts. Finish in 20 cards or fewer for ⭐⭐⭐!
Based on the classroom game "-Ectomy" by Ellen Johnston McHenry (2006), rewritten as a solo game with updated questions.
🔍 Study the Brain
Tap each part of the brain to learn what it does. These are the answers to the game's questions!