What is Capitandem?
Capitandem is a daily geography game built around one question each round: which of two capital-city pairs is closer together? Each round shows four city names—two countries in each pair—with a plane icon between the paired cities. There’s no map or globe, so you have to rely on your mental atlas. The game has five rounds and takes about a minute; the distances remain hidden until you choose.
How to play Capitandem
- Read both pairs. Pair A and Pair B each show two capitals with their countries. Distances appear as ??? until you answer.
- Click the pair you think has the shorter distance. The two cards are the only interactive elements.
- Review the revealed distances and the margin between them, then move to the next round.
- Complete all five rounds to see your result. Use Replay on the results screen to run the same day again.
Why the margin matters
Feedback is binary: correct or incorrect. The margin beside each answer is what teaches you. Winning round five by 306 miles feels different from missing by 1,626. The distance shows whether you knew the geography or happened to guess well.
Reading distance without a map
A mental map can mislead you. Two capitals may look close together but be far apart, especially near the equator, where each degree of longitude covers more ground. Baghdad to Bamako may seem like the longer route and turn out to be shorter than the alternative.
When the pairs seem close, choose the one with the shorter route across the continent. A trip spanning much of Asia can be longer than it sounds, even when both cities are on the same landmass.
Modes
Daily challenge: Five rounds shared by everyone that day. You get one attempt, with no undo.
Replay: After finishing, use the results screen to play that day's rounds again.