Build a Price Guessing Game from Your Own Items: A Step-by-Step Host Guide
2 original rounds and separate host/player sheets
By the Right Price team
Take two fully worked sample items through the actual manual creator. Use the editable planning sheet to keep units, source dates and bundle answers consistent before previewing privately.
Playable kit and host resources
Price basis: supplied dollar amounts are fictional practice prices in USD, before tax and shipping. No current retailer quote is claimed. Bible cards use the named count units instead.
From your items to a hosted round
- Choose 6–10 items with exact units. Record the retailer/receipt, date, region, currency, quantity and tax/shipping basis on the editable planning CSV. Fictional cards need no retailer lookup but must retain their fictional practice price label.
- Open /games/new and sign in. On the opening screen, enter Game Title before choosing Create from scratch. Review Game Details, select an available game mode, then open Add Questions.
- Under Add Questions, put the exact item description in Your Question. Choose Question Type: Guess the Price. Enter 8.00 in Correct Answer for the sample notebook. More Options contains Question name, Description and Teaching notes; place the reveal explanation in Teaching notes.
- Choose Save & Add Another, then enter the notebook-plus-pen bundle with Correct Answer 10.00. These CSVs are planning documents; no automatic import or one-click deck loading is provided.
- Preview privately. Compare each answer with the host key and check that players see only prompts until reveal.
- For native pricing, use the app’s no-overbid rules. For closest-overall, two-point finales or shared paper ties, keep an external score ledger. Check current plans before inviting players.
Planning fields to check
A price without pack size is incomplete. A $12 three-pack differs from a $12 single item. If you change the notebook to $9, the notebook-plus-$2 pen bundle must become $11. Save both edits before printing; do not use a new player prompt with an old host answer.
2 ready-to-use cards
Practice shop · Fictional practice price · USD
1. Sample gift notebook
Exact unit: 1 hardback A5 notebook, 80 pages
Guess the assigned fictional practice price for 1 hardback A5 notebook, 80 pages. Exclude tax and shipping.
Host answer and worked explanation
$8.00 USD
The host card assigns $8.00 to 1 hardback A5 notebook, 80 pages. This is a fictional practice price, not a current retail quote.
Practice shop · Fictional practice price · USD
2. Sample two-item bundle
Exact unit: notebook $8 +pen $2
Add the fictional notebook $8 and one pen $2.
Host answer and worked explanation
$10.00 USD
$8.00 + $2.00 = $10.00. Each component is a fictional practice price.
For ordinary paper rounds, announce closest overall, one point per item and two for a bundle before starting; share equal-distance points and allow joint overall winners. Where this guide gives a different scoring exercise, follow that section instead. These are external house rules. Right Price pricing questions default to closest without going over; keep optional paper scores separate from the app leaderboard.
Copy these items into the creator
- Open /games/new and sign in. Enter Game Title on the opening screen, choose Create from scratch, review Game Details and select an available game mode.
- In Add Questions, enter Your Question, choose Question Type: Guess the Price for USD or Guess a Number for counts, and fill Correct Answer. More Options contains Question name, Description and Teaching notes. Save & Add Another repeats the manual process; these resource files do not auto-import a game.
- Preview privately and check every reveal against the key. Native no-overbid judging differs from optional paper scores; keep the latter on the host sheet. Check current plans before inviting players.
The public guide can be read without an account. Creating or hosting a game uses the product's sign-in and access flow; check current plans before your event. Answer disclosures on this page are convenient to hide, not private or access-controlled.