Thermometer Questions

Thermometer questions follow the format, “After traveling _____, am I hotter or colder?” Valid answers are hotter or colder. Hiders have five minutes to answer. When starting a thermometer question, you should inform the hider that you are starting a thermometer and send them your current location (we recommend sending a pin through Google or Apple Maps.) Then, after traveling a sufficient distance — measured as the crow flies — send them your new location. If the new location is closer to the hider’s current location, then you are hotter. Otherwise, you are colder. These questions are a good way of determining whether you are moving in the right direction.

After a thermometer question has been answered, the hider may draw 2 cards and keep 1.

Here’s a little diagram to help illustrate how thermometer questions can work: After traveling 10 miles, am I hotter or colder

These are the thermometer questions available to the seeker in small sized games:

½ Mile (400 meters)
3 Miles (4.83km)

For medium and large sized games, add the following:

10 Miles (16.1km)

For large sized games, add the following:

50 Miles (80.5km)